Tai Perry

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Unionville, Pa.
High School:
Unionville Chaddsford HS

PERRY[apos]S INFORMATION

AT TENNESSEE:

2002-03: Registered a 59th-place-tying 240 at the NCAA Central Regional...Posted a 241 to finish in a 38th-place tie at the SEC Championships...Fired a 224 at the Lady Boilermaker to place in a career-high fifth-place tie...Continued her end-of-season resurgence at the Bryan National Collegiate with an 11th-place-tying 147...Bettered her previous career-best tournament by five strokes with a 219 at the Lady Gator and placed seventh...Fired a career-low 69 in the first round of the Lady Gator...Registered a 55th-place-tying 236 at the Arizona Wildcat...Earned fourth career even-par or under round with a final-day 72 to conclude a 54-hole 227 at the Mason Rudolph...Carded a two-day nine-over 153 to tie for 15th at the Lady Kat...Posted a 77.00 shot average over the season...Career shot average of 77.59 puts her 10th all-time in Tennessee history, while her 82 career rounds rank eighth on the program[apos]s charts...
2001-02: Played in all 10 tournaments for the Lady Vols...Bested her career-low 18-hole score with a 2-under 70 in the final round of the season, along with a career-best 224 54-hole total at the NCAA East Regional...Recorded a 236 54-hole total at the SEC Championships...Carded a then career-low 1-under 71 during the third day of the Auburn Derby...After struggling during the fall, she found her swing in the spring, stringing together 14 of 16 rounds in the 70s...Notched career-low finish of 11th at the Dr. Thompson Rainbow Tournament...Recorded season-low total of 229 at the Bryan National Collegiate...Registered a season stroke average of 78.00...
2000-01: Participated in eight tournaments on the season, including the Franklin Street Trust Tar Heel Invitational as an individual...Her score counted in 16 of the 18 rounds she played with the team...Came on strong in the spring season as she fired only one round of 80 or above and had a spring stroke average of 76.73...During the first round of the SunTrust Lady Gator she fired a career-low, even-par 72...Recorded her then best-career finish at the Green Wave Classic as she placed 12th...Playing in her first SEC Tournament she finished tied for 20th and carded a then-career-low score of 226.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterwinner with the golf team at Unionville Chaddsford High School...Earned a varsity letter as a member of the softball team.

AMATEUR: Tied teammate Violeta Retamoza with a 13th-place 74 in the U.S. Women[apos]s Open Local Qualifier in Atlanta, Ga., to move on to the sectional qualifying round...Unfortunately, Perry finished outside of the sectional qualifying ranks in Charlotte, N.C....Ranked as high as 12th in the Golfweek/Titlelist Girls[apos] Amateur Rankings...Member of the East team that was victorious at the 2000 Canon Cup...Named to the second unit of the 1999 Polo Junior All-America Team...Played on the 1999 Canon Cup Team...Won the Delaware Junior Championship three years in a row...Finished sixth at the 1999 Rolex Junior tournament...Was a 1999 Optimist International Junior runner-up...Captured second place two years in a row at the AJGA Patterson Cup...Reached the final of the 1998 AJGA Polo Junior Classic...Defeated current LPGA Tour player Dorothy Delisan 3&2 in match play to advance to the round of 16 at the 1998 USGA Junior Girls[apos] Championship...Took third place at the AJGA Stonebridge Junior Classic...Won all 12 tournaments in the Plantation Events series...Recorded an 11th-place finish at the 1998 MCI Tournament...1998 Delaware Amateur Champion...Three-time qualifier for the USGA Junior tournament...Lowest career round is a 63.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology...Born Tai Kealapuaonaonaokalani Perry on Nov. 9, 1981, in Baltimore, Md...Daughter of Harold and Terry Perry...Has one sister, Megan, 18...Both parents are golf professionals...Golf ambition is to play on the LPGA Tour and make the Hall of Fame.

PERRY[apos]S SCORECARD

YEAR	RNDS	STKS	AVG	LOW
2000-01	24	1867	77.79	72
2001-02	29	2262	78.00	70
2002-03	29	2233	77.00	69
TOTAL	82	6362	77.59	69

2002-03

Lady Kat Invitational	t15th	73-80=153
Mason Rudolph	t17th	78-77-72=227
Mercedes-Benz	DQ	DQ-80-80
Auburn Tiger Derby	t29th	74-78-75=227
Regional Challenge	t47th	81-78=159
Arizona Wildcat	t55th	78-75-83=236
Lady Gator	7th	69-80-70=219
Bryan National	t11st	74-73=147
Lady Boilermaker	t5th	73-77-74=224
SEC Championships	t38th	79-78-84=241
NCAA Central Regional	t59th	78-76-86=240
Low Round	69 (1 -- Lady Gator)
Low Total	219 (Lady Gator)

2001-02

NCAA Fall Preview	t93rd	75-85=160
Mercedes-Benz	t38th	75-83-78=236
Capstone Intercollegiate	t13th	88-78-74=240
Auburn Tiger Derby	t42nd	81-83-71=235
Arizona Intercollegiate	t55th	80-75-79=234
Lady Gamecock Classic	t48th	79-79-79=237
Dr. Thompson Tournament	t11th	76-74-81=231
Bryan National Collegiate	t37th	76-77-76=229
SEC Championships	t41st	78-82-76=236
NCAA East Regional	t41st	77-77-70=224
Low Round	70 (3 -- NCAA East Regional)
Low Total	224 (NCAA East Regional)

2000-01

Tar Heel Invitational	t63rd	84-84-77=245
Mercedes-Benz	t48th	82-77-81=240
SunTrust Lady Gator	t29th	72-77-78=227
Green Wave Women[apos]s Classic	t12th	79-79-77=235
Betsy Rawls Intercollegiate	t29th	78-76-79=233
Bryan National Collegiate	t43rd	80-77-73=230
SEC Championships	t20th	77-75-74=226
NCAA West Regional	t33rd	76-79-76=231
Low Round	72 (1 -- Sun Trust Lady Gator)
Low Total	226 (SEC Championships)

italics indicate round of par or better

2002-03 ROUND-BY-ROUND BREAKDOWN

	1st	2nd	3rd
Low	69	73	70
Rounds	10	11	8
Strokes	757	852	624
Average	75.70	77.45	78.00

COLLEGIATE QUICK FACTS

Rounds: 82
Strokes: 6,362
Average: 77.59
Rounds of Par or Under: Six
Low Round: 69; 2003 Lady Gator Invitational
Low Tournament (54 holes): 219; 2003 - Lady Gator Invitational
Top-10 Finishes: Two
Best Finish: t5th; 2003 Lady Boilermaker