Amelia Lewis

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'''Amelia Lyn Lewis''' (born February 23, 1991) is an American professional golfer. In December 2010 at age 19, Lewis became the first Jacksonville, Florida, native to be fully exempt on the LPGA Tour since Colleen Walker in 1982, some 28 years earlier.<ref name=golf2 /> In the following year (December 2011) Lewis became the first Jacksonville native to ever hold tour cards on both the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.

Lewis holds over 53 titles in junior, amateur and professional golf. She is a three-time All-First Coast Player of the Year and the 2009 Florida First Coast Scholar Athlete.<ref name=golf5 /> She hold the course records at the Valley Course at the TPC Sawgrass where she won the 2008 CMAA World Championship and Overall championship Titles.

==Early life and education== Lewis was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Georgina (Hurst) and Chris Lewis. She is the oldest of four children and a fifth generation Jacksonville native. Lewis attended the private preparatory school The Bolles School, graduating in 2009 with Honors. She attended one semester at the University of Florida where she played on the women's golf team.<ref name=golf9 /> She left college in December 2009 to pursue her professional golf career.<ref name=golf1 />

==Amateur career== As a junior and amateur golfer, Lewis has often played and won on the Women's and Men's amateur tours in North Florida. In May 2008 she won the annual amateur CMAA World Championship & Overall championship Titles that launched her name to the National level across the United States. Lewis earned her entry from the Women's Champion status of the San Jose Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida. She went to the National Championship and set a new course record for her first day score of a 67 (5 under par) on the Valley Course, and then won the CMAA women's division with a total score of 2 under par on the TPC Sawgrass.<ref name="cmaa4" /> Later, in the CMAA Ultimate Division against the Men's Champion and Senior Men's Champion, Women's Champion Lewis, at 17 years old, completed a 15-foot birdie putt on the stadium course's 18th hole to win 2008 Ultimate Champion.<ref name=cmaa4 /> One year later after her high school graduation, Lewis won the 107th North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship<ref name=golf6 /> in 2009, where her name currently resides on the walls of Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina, with golf's greatest. The North and South Women's Amateur is an invitational tournament, participants are chosen based upon their performance in national amateur championships and overall competitive record. Also in the summer of 2009, she qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur and upset top seeded Danielle Kang in the first round of match play.<ref name=golf7 /><ref name=golf8 />

For nine months from August 2009 until she turned professional in April 2010 Lewis held the third-place ranking on the Golfweek Women's Amateur golf rankings right behind first place Lexi Thompson. After receiving a full exempt status of a class A-3 from the LPGA she turned professional<ref name=golf5 /> and joined the LPGA Symetra tour in April 2010. She won her first professional tournament six months later on the Suncoast Series Professional Tour. thumb|Lewis, pictured 2016.

===Notable amateur wins=== *2009 North and South Women's Amateur<ref name=golf6 /> *2008 NCC CMAA Ultimate Champion * playoff of men & senior men's champions<ref name=cmaa4 /> *2008 NCC CMAA Women's Champion<ref name=cmaa4 /> *2008 FHSAA Class 1A Regional Champion *2008 FHSAA Class 1A District Champion *2008 JAGA Junior Girls 15-18 Champion *2008 AJGA Mayakoba Junior Golf Classic Champion *2008 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series New Mexico State Champion *2008 SJCC Ladies Club Champion<ref name=cmaa4 /> *2008 SJGT Hampton Club Junior Classic Champion *2008 IJGT Amelia Island Plantation Champion *2007 San Jose CC 18 & U Ladies Long Drive Champion *2007 FHSAA Class 1A Regional Champion *2007 FHSAA Class 1A District Champion *2007 JAGA Junior Girls 15-18 Champion *2006 San Jose CC Ladies Long Drive Champion 12/2006 *2006 FHSAA Class 1A Regional 2 Champion 10/2006 *2006 FHSAA Ponte Vedra Invitational Medalist / Champion *2006 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series Santa Ana Golf Club 13 – 15 Girls Champion *2006 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series Shaker Hills Golf Club 13 – 15 Girls Champion *2006 Callaway Golf PGA Junior Series The Walker Course at Clemson 13-15 Girls Champion *2006 FWSGA State Amateur Match Play - Championship Consolation Flight Champion

===Amateur awards=== *2009 Florida Times-Union Scholar Athlete<ref name=golf5 /> *2009 Van Etten Bent Award *2008 Florida All-First Coast Player of the Year<ref name=golf30 /> *2008 Rolex All American – Honorable Mention *2008 A.C. Skinner Award, The Bolles School *2008 The President's Award, The Bolles School *2007 Van Etten Bent Award *2007 Florida All-First Coast Player of the Year<ref name=golf30 /> *2006 Florida All-First Coast Player of the Year<ref name=golf30 /> *2006 Golf News Female Junior of the Year *2006 Callaway Junior PGA Jr. Series Player of the Year 13-15 Age Division *2004 SJGT Southeastern Junior Golf Girl Player of the Year *2004 Florida All-First Coast First Team *2004 MVP The Bolles School Girls Golf Team *2003 SJGT Southeastern Junior Golf Girls overall Most Improved Player

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=golf1>{{cite magazine |title=Why are college players increasingly on the move? |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/college-golf/2010/01/too-many-college-players-are-o.html |magazine=Golf Digest |date=January 8, 2010}}</ref> <ref name=golf2>{{cite news |last=Smits |first=Garry |title=Jacksonville native Amelia Lewis eager for LPGA Tour try: Bolles graduate, 19, gets her game in shape for a shot at LPGA card |url=http://jacksonville.com/sports/golf/2010-12-08/story/jacksonville-native-amelia-lewis-eager-lpga-tour-try |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=December 8, 2010}}</ref> <ref name=cmaa4>{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Gerry |title=2008 National Club Championship Held at TPC Sawgrass |url=http://www.cmaa.org/template.aspx?id=24074 |publisher=www.cmaa.org |date=December 2008 |access-date=2013-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103051203/http://www.cmaa.org/template.aspx?id=24074 |archive-date=2013-11-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=golf5>{{cite news |title=Topics / Class Acts / Amelia Lewis |url=http://jacksonville.com/interact/wikijax/entry/amelia_lewis |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=June 11, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=golf6>{{cite web |title=Lewis wins Women's North and South Am |url=http://www.amateurgolf.com/3694-GolfNews-Lewis-wins-Womens-North-and-South-Am |publisher=Amateurgolf.com |date=July 18, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=golf7>{{cite news |title=Former Bolles golfer Amelia Lewis upsets top seed at U.S. Women's Amateur |url=http://jacksonville.com/sports/golf/2009-08-06/story/former_bolles_golfer_amelia_lewis_upsets_top_seed_at_us_womens_amateur |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=August 6, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=golf8>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Lewis, Thompson win at U.S. Amateur |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4380071 |work=ESPN Golf |date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=golf9>{{cite web |title=2009 Women's Golf Roster Amelia Lewis |url=http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2009&player_id=20 |publisher=gatorzone.com |date=October 1, 2009 |access-date=October 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103110526/http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2009&player_id=20 |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=golf30 >{{cite news |last=Smits |first=Garry |title=Jacksonville's Amelia Lewis turns professional |url=http://jax-cdn.com/sports/2010-04-06/story/jacksonvilles-lewis-turns-professional |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=April 6, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415061501/http://jax-cdn.com/sports/2010-04-06/story/jacksonvilles-lewis-turns-professional |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{Official website|https://amelialewis.com/}} *{{LPGA Tour player|amelia-lewis/88236}} *{{Ladies European Tour player|131528}} *{{WPGA Tour Australasia player|lewis-amelia}} *{{ALPG Tour player|5520|archive=20201020090258}} *{{WWGR|3522}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Amelia}} Category:American female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Jacksonville, Florida Category:Bolles School alumni Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American sportswomen

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