LEE-ANNE PACE

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

South Africa

PLAYER BIO

Personal Profile

Date of Birth: 15th February 1981

Place of Birth: Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Nationality: South African

Residence: George

Interests: Reading, Watersports

Career Profile

College: Murray State University / University of Tulsa

Date turned Pro: May, 2005

Current Tour: LET (Exemption status - Winners of OoM, British Open or Evian)

Former Tour: LPGA, Futures Tour

Number of Tour Wins: LET 5

Number of Top Ten finishes: 16

Professional Highlights

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school.

In 2011, Lee-Anne played in 21 LET events and recorded nine top-10 finishes including 3 second places, one third, one fourth, three fifths and one sixth. Her best performances were at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, where finished second followed by the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, where she tied for second as the defending champion and Open de España Femenino, where she also tied for second.

Lee-Anne had an unforgettable season picking up 5 victories on her way to winning the Henderson Money List.  She claimed her maiden Ladies European Tour victory at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone. She then claimed the S4C Wales Championship at Conwy and the Finnair Masters at Helsinki Golf Club. Needing to seal her place at the top of the Henderson Money List she won back-to-back events in China: the Sanya Ladies Open at Yalong Bay Golf Club and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open at Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club. She posted five other top-10 finishes including a tie for 2nd at the Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open; tied 4th at the Tenerife Ladies Open; tied 5th at the Portugal Ladies Open; 6th at the Open de France Feminin and a tie for 7th at the Korean Ladies Masters. She won the 2010 Henderson Money List, becoming the first ever South African in LET history to do so. She was also voted as the Players’ Player of the Year receiving an overwhelming majority with 92 per cent of the vote.

Personal

168cm tall with brown hair and green eyes. Hobbies include reading and all water sports. Influenced by mother and father, Val Holland, Holley Hair, and Brad Whalen. Attended University of Tulsa and has a degree in Psychology. Attached Mosselbay Golf Club in South Africa.

Amateur Highlights

Multiple winner of South Africa national tournaments. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Individual winner of the 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship while at Murray State University. 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. 2003 Murray State Player of the Year. 2005 NCAA All-American Second Team selection while at University of Tulsa. Individual winner of the 2005 WAC Championship. 2005 University of Tulsa Player of the Year. Represented South Africa six times, including in two World Amateur Championships in Malaysia and Puerto Rico.