Player Profiles
5-4 • Senior
Stephanie MEADOW Jordanstown, Northern Ireland (Hank Haney Acad.)
Profiles
OUTLOOK: Stephanie Meadow produced the best season in Alabama history during the 2012-13 season and returns to anchor the Crimson Tide’s 2013-14 team … the three-time first team All-American (Golfweek) owns the two lowest single-season stroke averages in school history (72.15 in 201011 and 71.24 in 2012-13) and enters 2013-14 owning the career scoring record by almost at full stroke at 72.11 … counted toward the team score in 94 of 100 career rounds … produced a heralded summer of 2012 that included clinching a Curtis Cup victory for Great Britain and Ireland and winning the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship ... equaled the team’s high-point total and captured the deciding point for GB&I in the Curtis Cup ... her victory at the Ladies British Amateur Open Championship qualified her for the 2012 United States Open (participated) and the 2012 Ladies British Open (DNP) ... competed in the 2012 World Amateur in Turkey for Northern Ireland and tied for 47th at the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship ... three time first-team All-SEC selection and named 2013 SEC Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... the 2011 SEC Freshman of the Year ... her performance as a freshman was historic with a school-record three wins and a freshman-record 72.15 stroke average ... played in the 2011 Women’s British Open and finished second at the European Amateur Championship .... was the top-ranked amateur by the Ladies’ European Amateur Rankings in 2011 and is first in the LEAR in 2013 ... part of the Tide’s starting five in every event during her first three years at the Capstone … 2013 SEC and NCAA East Regional medalist ... captured her first collegiate victory at the 2011 Lady Puerto Rico Classic and followed that with a win at
the Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate and NCAA East Regional ... went on to win the 2011 SEC/Pac12 Challenge as well as the 2012 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate ... owns the school standard for career wins with seven ... qualified for match play at the 2010 United States Amateur at the Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club, finishing tied for 47th after 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying … advanced to match play again in 2013 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur …participated in the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur ... arrived at the Capstone as one of the highest-rated recruits in the world … moved to the United States at the age of 14 to attended the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy. 2012-13 (JUNIOR): Posted the lowest scoring average in women’s collegiate golf ... ranked as the No. 2 player nationally by both the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and the Golfstat Cup ... named the SEC Player of the Year and ScholarAthlete of the Year ... first Alabama player to be named SEC Player of the Year and the third player in league history to win Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same season ... unanimous first team All-American (WGCA and Golfweek) and a first team All-SEC selection ... first team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican … finished with a 71.24 stroke average that set the school record ... was 16 strokes under par for the season or 0.48 strokes below par per round ... counted toward the team score in 32-of-33 rounds during the 2012-13 season ... had a career-best 10 top-10 finishes and 12 rounds in the 60s ... finished in the top 10 in all but one tournament in 2012-13 ... opened the year with a tie for 22nd at the Cougar Classic with a 1-over-par total of 217 ... tied for 10th
MEADOW’S PERSONAL BESTS Collegiate Debut: 2010 Fall Preview Low 18: 66 — twice; 2013 NCAA East Regional Low 18 vs. Par: -6 — two times; 2013 NCAA East Regional Low 54: 203 (-13) — 2013 NCAA East Regional Low 54 vs. Par: -13 — 2013 NCAA East Regional Victories: 7 — 2011 Lady Puerto Rico Classic; 2011 Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate; 2011 NCAA East Regional; 2011 SEC/ Pac-12 Challenge; 2012 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate; 2013 SEC Champion; 2013 NCAA East Regional. Career Top-Five Finishes: 14 Tournaments Under Par: 12 at the Fall Preview, shooting 1-over 217 with rounds of 70, 73 and 74 ... tied for third at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at 5-under 211 (69-70-72) ... tied for ninth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with a 2-under total of 214 ... shot even par at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (67-76) ... placed third at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate ... overcame an opening-round 77 to shoot 70-67 on the final two days for a 1-over-par 213 ... fired a 4-over 214 at the SunTrust Gator Women’s Invitational to post a third-place finish ... tied for eight at the PING/ASU Invitational, shooting 6-under over the final two rounds for a 4-under 212 ...
Meadow’s Career Stats Year Events Rds Strokes Avg. vs. Par Avg. vs. Par 2010-11 11 34 2,453 72.15 +8 0.24 2011-12 11 33 2,407 72.94 +39 1.18 2012-13 11 33 2,351 71.24 -16 -0.48 TOTALS 33 100 7,211 72.11 +31 0.31
18 Alabama Women’s Golf
18 54 Par or Better 60s Top 10 Wins 66 207 18 4 6 3 67 211 16 4 4 2 66 209 21 12 10 2 66 203 55 20 20 7