Phillis Meti

Phillis Meti (born 11 July 1987) is a professional golfer from Auckland, New Zealand.[1] Although born in New Zealand, Meti is of Cook Islands Maori descent.[2] Her home golf club is Akarana, located in the Auckland city CBD.[3]

From 2002 to 2004, Meti was a junior representative for her province, North Shore.[1] Meti then began to compete in long drive competitions: in 2006, she won the Womens World Long Drive Championships with a drive of 326 yards, becoming the youngest winner of the competition at 19 years and 3 months of age.[4] In the 2007 and 2008 competitions she was runner-up. In 2009 Meti turned professional and moved to Australia to compete in the Australian Ladies Professional Golf tour.[1]

In 2016 Meti won the Womens World Long Drive Championship for a second time.[5] In 2017, she broke the world record for the longest drive by a woman golfer, hitting a drive of 406 yards while competing at the World Championships.[6]

Meti has also represented New Zealand in athletics; in 2004, she competed in discus and shot put at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PHILLIS METI - Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG)". alpg.com.au. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. ↑ "About Phillis". PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Phillis Meti - Tour Professional | Womens Home Akarana Golf Club". www.akaranagolf.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. ↑ "IGANZ". IGANZ. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Golf: Phillis Meti wins World Long Drive Championship". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Kiwi Phillis Meti claims new world record for longest drive – New Zealand Golf Digest". New Zealand Golf Digest. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. ↑ "Phillis Meti | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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