University of North Carolina Athletics
Former Tar Heel Golfer Ashley Prange On The Big Break's Season Finale
May 8, 2006 | Women's Golf
May 8, 2006
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Former Tar Heel golfer Ashley Prange has advanced to the finals of The Golf Channel's Big Break V. Prange and Jeanne Cho are the final two contestants and will compete for the opportunity to play professional golf against the world's best on the LPGA Tour. The two-hour finale airs Tuesday night at 9:00 on The Golf Channel.
Prange played on the 2001-04 Carolina women's golf teams. She was a two-time All-America, first team in 2004 and honorable mention in 2003, and a three-time All-ACC performer, 2002, 2003, 2004. Prange captured three collegiate titles, winning the 2004 Lady Gamecock Classic, the 2004 LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic and the 2002 Mercedes-Benz Championship. She was a semi-finalist at the 2003 Women's Western Amateur Championship. Prange, who played on the Futures Tour in 2005, comes from a golfing family as her father and three of her uncles are teaching professionals.
The Big Break show concept pits highly skilled golfers against each other in a variety of challenges that test their physical skills and mental toughness. The series began February 7th with 11 contestants and one golfer has been eliminated each week. The last golfer standing will be awarded her "Big Break," a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in select LPGA tour events with some of the best golfers in the world.
Another former Tar Heel, Kimberly Lewellen, was one of the contestants who advanced to the final four before being eliminated. Lewellen, known as Kimberly Byham when she played for Carolina 1990-93, is now the head women's golf coach at East Carolina University.
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