Pamela Crikelair - Big Break III Contestant

Age:
25

Residence:
Highland Beach, Fla.

Hometown:
Westchester County, N.Y.

Occupation:
Golf Professional

Married/Children:
Single/0

Home Golf Course:
Grande Oaks Golf Club, Boca Raton Resort & Club

Hobbies:
Needlework, snow sports and skeet shooting

About Pamela Crikelair:
Growing up in Westchester County, N.Y., golf was never a part of Pamela's life. She began downhill ski racing at age 6 and was big into field hockey and lacrosse during adolescence and early adulthood.

It wasn't until three years ago - as a senior at Dartmouth College - that she picked up a golf club as a way to help rehabilitate a field hockey injury. After graduating, Pamela rejected lucrative offers to work on Wall Street, choosing instead to move to Florida to learn a game she had never played competitively and pursue her dream of becoming a professional golfer.

Her first professional event was the 2003 Futures Golf Tour Qualifying School, where she shot under par and proved to herself that she could compete despite her lack of playing experience. She turned pro just prior to production of "The Big Break III."

Standing 6-feet tall, Pamela hits the ball long and already has competed in two Remax World Long Drive Championships. She also finished fourth in the 2003 Connecticut State Women's Amateur Championship.

While on site shooting "The Big Break III," Pamela used her experience as an aerobics instructor to help keep the other ladies in "step" by conducting impromptu aerobics classes on the driving range.

Source: The Golf Channel