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Augsburg College Athletics Staff -- Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick Women's Golf Head Coach
Contact Laura -- 763-694-7670, patrickl@augsburg.edu

Laura Patrick (Bradley '01) was named co-head coach for the Augsburg women's golf program in August 2005, joining Troy Nygaard as the Auggies' co-head coaches. She assumed a solo role as head coach in the 2006-07 season.

Since 2003, Patrick has worked as a teaching professional for the Golf Academy of Three Rivers Park District at Baker National Golf Course in Medina, Minn. She serves as co-site director and instructor for the LPGA-USGA Girls' Golf Program and conducts private, semi-private and group lessons to adults and children of all skill levels at Baker National. She also serves as a volunteer coordinator and golf shop shift leader at the Golf Academy. She also owns her own golf instruction business, LP Golf. Patrick is a LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division Class B member.

Prior to moving to Minnesota, Patrick served as assistant professional and golf shop assistant at the Mt. Hawley Country Club in Peoria, Ill. She has also served as an instructor at numerous golf camps, and served as an instructor for the Delano (Minn.) High School girls' golf team in 2005.

As a player, Patrick has earned numerous honors in the LPGA's Teaching and Club Professional division. She tied for 29th at the 2003 national championship, tied for seventh in the division's Midwest Section championship in 2003 and 2004, and tied for fifth in the division's team national championship in 2004. As an amateur, she played twice in the LPGA's State Farm Rail Classic in Springfield, Ill., and twice in the SBC Futures JWA/Anheuser-Bush Futures Golf Classic in Decatur, Ill.

Patrick competed collegiately at Bradley University (Ill.) after competing in her first season at Ohio State. At Bradley, Patrick set school records for low season scoring average and low 54-hole tournament scoring, and was a two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree. She was team captain and team MVP for a Bradley squad that claimed its first-ever MVC title in 1999. She earned MVC All-Academic Team honors multiple times and was named to the National Golf Coaches Association Division I All-Scholar team in 2000. She was a finalist for Bradley's Watonga Award, an athletic department honor for community service, academic achievement and athletic success, in 2000.

At Ohio State, she set a new freshman scoring average record in 1998. Patrick was an Illinois high school state champion in 1995, and was ranked 23rd nationally among junior girl golfers in 1996 by Golfweek magazine.

Patrick earned her bachelor's degree in business marketing from Bradley in 2001, graduating magna cum laude. She received a Dean's Scholarship from Bradley, was inducted into the Beta Gamma Signa National Business Honor Society, and received the Marketing Excellence Award from the school's marketing department in 2001.

Women's Golf Head Coach -- Laura Patrick

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