Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986 in Mountain View, California, residence Bradenton, Florida) is an American professional golfer. Creamer took up golf at the age of ten and enjoyed a precocious amateur career. She won a total of 19 amateur national titles including 11 American Junior Golf Association tournaments. She was a semi-finalist in the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship at the age of 16 and reached the same stage in 2004. In the same year she came second in the ShopRite Classic on the LPGA Tour and tied 13th in the U.S. Women's Open, and also represented the United States in the Curtis Cup. She won the 2004 LPGA Tour Qualifying School by five shots, thus gaining membership of the tour for 2005. She was the youngest player and the first amateur to win the event, and turned professional immediately afterwards. On May 22 2005 Creamer won the Sybase Classic Presented by Lincoln Mercury golf tournament in New Rochelle, New York at 18 years 9 months and 17 days. This made her the second-youngest first time winner of an LPGA tournament after Marlene Bauer-Hagge, whose first victory was back in 1952. A few days later she graduated from Pendleton School in Bradenton, Florida. On July 23, she added a win in the Evian Masters, a tournament held in France, co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour, and recognized as a major by the Ladies European Tour (but not by the LPGA) and became the youngest and quickest player to reach $1 million in LPGA career earnings. In August 2005 she won the NEC Open on the Japan LPGA tour. Creamer earned a spot on the 2005 Solheim Cup Team, the youngest player to do so. She finished 2005 second on the LPGA Tour money list behind Annika Sorenstam, with earnings of $1,531,780. In 2005 Creamer is one of two golfers contributing a "Rookie Blog" to the LPGA's web site; the other rookie blogger is Erica Blasberg. Creamer currently has endorsements deals with ADT, Taylor Made, Adidas & RBS |
