Carson-Newman College Women's Golf

Strudwick brought her her first tournament win and her first SAC title.  It all happened on the same day. The Eagles were eight back making the turn on the back nine, but a furious charge rallied the Eagles to the 2015 SAC tournament title.  Elizabeth England, Danielle Baiunco and Meridith Hawkins all earned All-SAC honors. In her first season as head women's golf coach in 2013-14, Strudwick guided C-N to the top overall seed in the South Atlantic Conference tournament while sophomore Meridith Hawkins was the league's player of the year with the lowest overall stroke average.   Strudwick was the LPGAs Rookie of the Year in 1993 and owns 57 top 10 finishes in her career.  She has more than 1.5 million dollars in career earnings took home tournament championships at the French Open and the AGF Paris Open.  Over the last few years, shes taken on another passion, teaching golf.  Most recently, Strudwick was an instructor at Fairways and Greens Golf Center in Knoxville, Tenn. She is a TPI Level 3 certified Junior instructor and Level 2 Golf Coach. Strudwick is well regarded within the golf industry as reaching the highest level of training and coaching and is regularly asked to consult with other PGA Members, course owners on how to improve & increase junior programs.  In 2011, Strudwick was named the Tennessee PGA Junior Teacher of the Year and was named to U.S. Kids Top 50 Kid Teachers.  She replicated the U.S. Kids honor in 2012 in addition to being named the PGA Knoxville Junior Leader of the Year.  Strudwick took home the PGAs Richard Eller Growth of the Game award in 2008.  That distinction recognizes the golf professional who has excelled in leadership, player development, and promotion of the game of golf to all sectors of players.  Strudwick resides in Knoxville.