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Rebecca Watson
 Rebecca Watson
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Edinburgh, Scotland

High School:
Mary Erskine School

Height:
5-4

Birthdate:
03/03/1989

AT TENNESSEE: 2008-09: Competed in seven tournaments for the Lady Vols, posting an average round of 79.10...Had a fantastic performance at the Mercedes-Benz Championships, carding a career low total of 72-73-74=219 to lead UT and tie for 15th...Named Lady Vol Athlete of the Week after the Mercedes tournament...Finished 32nd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with a 17-over par 233...Named to her second consecutive NGCA Academic All-America Team...Also appeared on SEC Academic Honor Roll for second time.

2007-08: Tied for 49th at the SEC Championships after firing a 242...Best tournament of the season was at the Las Vegas Showdown...In Vegas, Watson opened with a season-topping 73 and finished with a three-day season-best score of 226 to tie for 41st...Shot a 77-74-78=229 at her first-ever collegiate tournament, the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships...Had fourth-highest Lady Vol score (246) at NCAA East Regional...Named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll and NGCA Academic All-America Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Captained the Mary Erskine School golf team for three years and helped it win the Edinburgh Schools' golf tournament in 2005....Played for the winning Scottish schools team in the annual match versus the best of the English schools in 2005...Selected for the same squad in 2007...Graduated with a 4.0 GPA...Was a member of the East of Scotland Institute of Sport.

AMATEUR: Watson was a member of the Scottish National Under-18 squad since 2005...Was tied for third amongst Scottish girls in the 2005 national rankings...Earned runner-up status at the Scottish regional final of the 2005 Golf Foundation Weetabix UK Championships...While in high school, traveled to Florida on three occasions and came home with top honors at the 2003 IJGT Champions Gate Tournament...In 2005, tied for 15th in the Doral Publix Junior Golf Classic in Miami, Fla...Tied for sixth in stroke play at the 2006 Strathtyrum Tournament at the prestigious St. Andrews Links Golf Course.

PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting and international business...Admires Princess Diana, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, Jr...Has an 18-year-old sister, Sally, who is a freshman at Stanford University and competed in the 2008 Curtis Cup on the Old Course at St. Andrews...Calls her biggest thrill in golf when she won her first match for Scotland...Rebecca Jane Hogg Watson was born on March 3, 1989, in Edinburgh, Scotland...Her parents are Graham and Maggie Watson.

QUICK FACTS
Rounds 38
Strokes 3,009
Average 79.18
Rounds of Par or Under One
Low Round 72, 2008 Mercedes-Benz
Low Tournament (54 holes) 219; 2008 Mercedes-Benz
Top-10 Finishes None
Best Finish t15th, 2008 Mercedes

SCORECARD
2008-09
Cougar Classic t104th 82-79-85=246
Mason Rudolph* t85th 81-79-83=243
Mercedes-Benz t15th 72-73-74=219
NGCA Match Play t61st 79-76=155
Lady Puerto Rico 32nd 79-79-75=233
Wildcat Invitational t71st 84-74-82=240
Bryan National Collegiate* t87th 88-80-78=246
Low Round - 72 (Mercedes-Benz)
Low Total - 219 (Mercedes-Benz)
2007-08
Mercedes-Benz* t61st 77-74-78=229
Las Vegas Showdown t41st 73-77-76=226
Lady Puerto Rico t86th 82-80-80=242
UCF Challenge* t91st 81-81-80=242
SEC Championships t49th 79-83-80=242
NCAA East Regional t98th 85-78-83=246
Low Round - 73 (Las Vegas Showdown)
Low Total - 226 (Las Vegas Showdown)

YEARRNDS STKS AVG LOW
2008-09 20 1582 79.1 72
2007-08 18 1427 79.3 73
TOTALS 38 3009 79.2 72
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