2010-11 (Senior): Fall Only- Competed in two events during the fall...low finish a tie for 37th (83-85-168) at UAB's Fall Beach Blast...had an 86.20 stroke average over five rounds played...low score an 81 in the final round of the Fred Marx Invitational
2009-10 (Junior): Played in eight events on the season...had three consecutive top-20 finishes, including a tie for ninth (78-75-153) at the Troy Women's Invitational, a tie for 14th (75-77-80-232) at the Gamecock Classic and a tie for 16th (79-74-153) at UAB's Fall Beach Blast...had a 79.86 stroke average over 21 rounds played...shot
a season-low 74 in the final round of the UAB Fall Beach Bash...low 54-hole total a 232 at the Gamecock Classic...of the 21 rounds played, 11 were in the 70s
2008-09 (Sophomore): Finished
second on the team with an 80.77 stroke average over 13 tournaments and 31
rounds...tied for 23rd at the ULM Fred Marx Invitational for her best
finish of the season...saved her best for last carding a career-best 73 in the
final round of the Sun Belt Championships - finished the tournament in 26th
best with her best 54-hole total (231)...shot eight rounds in the 70s
2007-08
(Freshman): Played in 16 rounds...averaged 80.75, fourth best on
the team...recorded four rounds in the 70s...her highest 54-hole finish came at the
Larry Nelson Collegiate with a tie for 20th...finished in the top-31 in three of
her six events competed.
Prep:
Made
the cut in the Acer S A Open at Durban Country Club in 2007...represented
KwaZulu-Natal at the 2006 Pick 'n Pay Inter-Provincial...represented
KwaZulu-Natal at the 2006 72-Team Championship...winner of the 2006 North Coast
Championship...won the 2005 Inter-Club Championship...2006 and 2007 Royal
Durban Golf Club Champion...earned provincial colors in hockey
Personal: Full name is Taynee Melina Pearson...born June 10, 1987, in
Johannesburg, South Africa...daughter of Garth and Amanda Pearson...has one
brother, Calvin...majoring in kinesiology...father represented the South
African professional golf team in Spain in 2002-03
