| Page Dunlap | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | E. Page Dunlap Halpin | ||||
| Born | (1965-12-16)December 16, 1965 (age 59) Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | University of Florida | ||||
| Turned professional | 1987 | ||||
| Former tours | Futures Tour (1987–91) LPGA Tour (1991–97) | ||||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| Epson Tour | 5 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | CUT: 1987 | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T35: 1994 | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | 64th: 1997 | ||||
| du Maurier Classic | 16th: 1994 | ||||
| Women's British Open | DNP | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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E. Page Halpin (born December 16, 1965), néeE. Page Dunlap, is an American formerprofessional golfer who was a member of theLPGA Tour for six years during the 1990s. Dunlap is best known for winning the individualNCAA Division I Championship in 1986.
Dunlap was born inHarrisonburg, Virginia in 1965. Her parents Bunny and Bill were avid golfers, and she grew up playing the game. She attendedSarasota High School inSarasota, Florida, and played for the Sarasota Sailors high school golf team. Dunlap was the state high school golf championship runner-up twice—as a junior in 1982, and again as a senior in 1983. She also found success as a junior amateur golfer by winning the Orange Bowl Junior Tournament in 1982 and the American Junior Golf Association tournament in 1983. She graduated from Sarasota High School in 1983.
Dunlap accepted an athletic scholarship to attend theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where her older brother,Scott Dunlap, was already a member of theFlorida Gators men's golf team.[1] She played for coachMimi Ryan'sFlorida Gators women's golf team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987, and was a member of the Lady Gators' back-to-back NCAA championship teams in 1985 and 1986.[1] Dunlap was also a three-time collegiate tournament medalist, which included winning the Florida Intercollegiate Golf Championship in 1985,[2] and shooting a 72-hole score of 291 to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship by a single stroke in 1986.[3] She was a second-teamAll-American in 1985, a first-team All-American in 1986, and won theBroderick Award for Golf as the nation's outstanding female collegiate golfer in 1985–86.[1][4]
Dunlap graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1987, and was inducted into theUniversity of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1998.[5][6]
After turning professional, Dunlap played on theFutures Tour[7] and won five tournaments.[8] She then played on the LPGA Tour for six years (1991–1997), and had several top-ten finishes, but never won an individual Tour event.[7] Her best finishes in the LPGA majors included a tie for thirty-fifth in the 1994LPGA Championship, sixty-fourth in the 1997U.S. Women's Open, and sixteenth in the 1994du Maurier Classic.[9] Dunlap's career earnings as a professional golfer totaled over $210,000; her best earnings year was 1993, when she won $59,053.[7]
From 1998 to 2000, Dunlap served as the head coach of theVanderbilt Commodores women's golf team, and one of her team members was the first-everVanderbilt University golfer to qualify for the NCAA Women's Golf Championship tournament as an individual. Dunlap left Vanderbilt to return to Florida to get married in 2000.
Dunlap has been inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Players Hall of Fame.
