Hannemann, Candy - Autograph

Born: June 25, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Candy Hannemann turned professional in 2002 after a decorated amateur career. She won the 1995 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Grand Geneva Junior Classic and the 1996 AJGA Las Vegas Legacy Founders Junior Classic. She is a three-time Women’s Western Junior Championship winner (1995-97) and a winner of the 1997 and 1998 South American Team Championship. From 1998-2001, she won the Tar Heel Invitational while a member of the Duke University Women’s Golf Team and won NCAA team championships from 1999-2002. Hannemann won the 2000 North and South Amateur Championship and, in 2001, she won the NCAA individual title, the Honda Award and was named a First-Team All-American. She was the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year and was the low amateur at the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open. In 2002, she won the ACC individual title, the Brazilian Amateur Championship and recorded a top-15 finish in the World Amateur Championship.

In 2006 Hannemann posted two top-10 finishes: a tie for ninth at the Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola and tie for 10th at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

In 2004 and 2005, the Upper Deck Company produced 8 x 10 autographed images on card stock. These pictures present themselves as glossy photographs. The Upper Deck Company commissioned private signings with these stars. The backs of each card expressly warrants the authenticity of the signature of the depicted golfer.