Kelli Shean
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Kelli Shean is a golfer from South Africa. She is currently a senior at the University of Arkansas
in Fayetteville.
In 2005 she achieved the following:
In 2006 she won all of the following:
on a golf scholarship in 2007 and has participated in every tournament up to date.
Her first collegiate win came in 2009 at Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Kansas where she finished 7 under par.
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Shean competed in the 2010 U.S. Women's Open as her second professional event, placing 65th. She was leading the majority of the first round, where she gained most of her publicity.
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
in Fayetteville.
History and family
Shean was born in Cape Town, South Africa to Stephen and Dianne Shean. She has two older brothers, Gary and Trevor, and 1 older sister, Desray.Amateur career
Shean had a successful amateur career in South Africa.In 2005 she achieved the following:
- Finished 2nd along with Ashleigh SimonAshleigh SimonAshleigh Ann Simon is a South African professional golfer.Simon had a successful amateur career. She was the youngest player to win the ladies’ South African Amateur Stroke Play and Match Play double and the first player in 101 years to win the Ladies South African Open title three times...
in the Spirit International Team Championships in Women's Division - Runner up as South African Team in the World Division
- Runner up South African Amateur Stroke Play Championships
- Won South Africa Amateur Match Play Championships
- Won Order of Merit for Ernie Els Junior Tour with 2 wins, 3 runner ups, and one 3rd place finish
In 2006 she won all of the following:
- World Amateur Team Championships
- Gauteng Open Match Play Championships
- Southern Cape Open Championships
- Kwa-Zulu Natal Open Championships by a record 11 shots]
- Western Province Open Championships by a record 12 shots
Collegiate career
Shean came to the University of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
on a golf scholarship in 2007 and has participated in every tournament up to date.
Her first collegiate win came in 2009 at Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational in Kansas where she finished 7 under par.
Professional career
Shean participated in her first LPGA event in September 2009 as an amateur. She tied for 27th in the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas ChampionshipP&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship
The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, in full the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G is a golf tournament for professional female golfers that is part of the LPGA Tour. It was first played in 2007 at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas.Procter & Gamble , a manufacturer of a...
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Shean competed in the 2010 U.S. Women's Open as her second professional event, placing 65th. She was leading the majority of the first round, where she gained most of her publicity.