Chile’s 21-year-old Nicole Perrot finished the Longs Drugs Challenge at -14, good enough for a one stroke victory over Hee-Won Han. With her victory Perrot becomes the tenth first time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. While looking through her bio I noticed she shares a birthday with me…December 26th.

2005 has been quite the year for the young women in the golf world. Paula Creamer made headlines by going pro after graduating high school, winning a tournament, and then dominating another tournament. Earlier this week Michelle Wie announced she was going pro at the age of 15. It’s great to see the game of golf becoming more and more popular for the younger females. Maybe the big TV networks will take notice and show LPGA tournaments in prime time a little more often.