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Creamer took up golf at the age of ten and enjoyed a notable 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 placed second in the ShopRite Classic on the LPGA Tour and tied for 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 on the tour for 2005. She turned professional immediately afterwards. On May 22, 2005 Creamer won the Sybase Classic Presented By Lincoln Mercury 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 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 tournament in France , a tournament co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour , and recognized as a major by the Ladies European Tour 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. Creamer was second behind Sorenstam on the first list of Women's World Golf Rankings , released in February 2006. As of mid-March, 2006, she was third on third in the rankings, behind Sorenstam and Michelle Wie . Creamer currently has endorsements deals with ADT, Taylor Made, Adidas, NEC and RBS. TRIVIA Due to her fondness for wearing pink, especially during tournaments, her friend, Casey Wittenberg, nicknamed Paula the "Pink Panther." The sobriquet has followed her on tour ever since. AMATEUR VICTORIES AND HONOURS
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RESULTS IN LPGA MAJORS LA = Low Amateur DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" tie for position Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish. EXTERNAL LINKS
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