ELGA’s order of merit
Liz Bennett from Hampshire won the English Women’s Golf Association order of merit for 2008. She is now England’s top woman golfer of the year .
Liz is an England International from Brokenhurst manor and has had a fantastic career so far. At the start of the season she set herself four targets and with her victory in the order of merit she achieved them all. In 2008 she has played in the Curtis Cup, in the World Team Championship and the Ricoh British Women’s Open.
“It’s been good,” she said. “The Curtis Cup was definitely a highlight. The atmosphere was great and I played well, although I didn’t get the results I wanted.
“Ending the year in Australia at the World Team Championships was great too, playing with people from all those different countries.
“I’m pleased with my year and winning the order of merit finishes it off very nicely,” said Liz, who is now hoping to bow out of amateur golf.
Liz Bennett is off to the Ladies’ European Tour qualifying school in January where she hopes to win her player’s card. “I feel the time is right to move on. I have done what I wanted to do in amateur golf and I feel I’m ready to compete with the professionals.
“I’ve really enjoyed my amateur career. I had four fantastic years at university in America and it was great to come back and play for England and for GB&I. But now it’s time to move on.”