Joanne Mills
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Joanne Nicole Mills is an Australia
n golfer, who currently plays on the Ladies' European Tour
.
Mills was born in Sydney
, New South Wales
. As an amateur, she won the 1991 New South Wales Strokeplay Championship, the 1992 Tasmanian Strokeplay Championship, and the 1993 Victoria Strokeplay Championship. After turning professional in 1993, she won the 1997 Ladies' German Open, and, ten years later in 2007, the S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe. She also played on the LPGA Tour from 2002 to 2005.
Mills's father, Greg Mills, is a former secretary of the English Ladies' Golf Union, and is now CEO of Golf New South Wales.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n golfer, who currently plays on the Ladies' European Tour
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
.
Mills was born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. As an amateur, she won the 1991 New South Wales Strokeplay Championship, the 1992 Tasmanian Strokeplay Championship, and the 1993 Victoria Strokeplay Championship. After turning professional in 1993, she won the 1997 Ladies' German Open, and, ten years later in 2007, the S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe. She also played on the LPGA Tour from 2002 to 2005.
Mills's father, Greg Mills, is a former secretary of the English Ladies' Golf Union, and is now CEO of Golf New South Wales.
Ladies European Tour wins
- 1997 Ladies' German Open
- 2007 S4/C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe
ALPG Tour wins
- 1999 Betta Electrical Bega Ladies Classic
- 2000 Mandeni Ladies Plate
- 2001 Bega Ladies Classic
- 2002 Bega Ladies Classic
- 2006 LG Bing Lee Women's NSW Open
- 2008 Optus World Coraki Pro-Am
- 2010 St Georges Basin Country Club Pro-Am