Where’s Natalie Gulbis?

Where’s Natalie Gulbis?

‘Who’s behind your success essay contest’

By DAVID THEUS

This week’s tournament play finds our ladies of the LPGA in Arkansas at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons. This tournament was held in Rogers, 

Arkansas at the Pinnacle Country Club, this track is a 6,238 yard, par 72 course. The tournament is proud to donate proceeds from this year’s play to: The First Tee of NW Arkansas and the Boys and Girls Club of Benton County and Washington County, both great organizations helping disadvantaged boys and girls in their community.

This year’s winner was South Korea’s Seon Hwa Lee. This victory secures for Ms. Lee the number five position in the overall money list for this year at a whopping $993,823.00. When asked how she felt after the win, she had this to say: "I feel great. This is my second win this year, and it was a really tough day, the weather was really hard, and everything was really hard. But I really feel good about my game. And every single shot was I wanted today, and I feel really great. I feel really good now."

To wrap up the top five finisher’s, Jane Park and Meena Lee tied for second one stroke back from the winner with a -14, and tying for fourth place were Karen Stupples and Ai Miyazato, two back from the leader with -13 for the tournament. Second and fourth place finishers taking home $133,624 and $65,508 respectively.

As for our Natalie, she’s involved in more than just golf this season. RSM McGladrey, a leading provider of accounting, tax and business consulting services, announces its "Who's Behind Your Success?" nationwide essay contest, featuring LPGA star and Team McGladrey member Natalie Gulbis. Inspired in part by Gulbis' own personal essay about her father, the "Who's Behind You

r Success?" contest launched June 24 and will culminate with a grand prize package that consists of one lucky participant and a guest spending a day with Gulbis in her hometown of Las Vegas, including a morning workout and nine holes of golf, followed by a dinner with Natalie.

The "Who's Behind Your Success?" contest, which is open to anyone over age 18, invites participants to submit essays of 200 words or less, highlighting the most influential and/or inspirational individual behind the success in their life. Essays can be submitted through Aug. 4, 2008, at the contest's web site, www.rsmmcgladrey.com/nataliecontest, which also will feature Gulbis' own personal essay about her father, who she calls the most influential person behind her success. One grand prize winner will be announced Oct. 21 during the National Championship rounds of The PGA McGladrey Team Championship, the first nationwide grassroots best-ball amateur championship managed by The PGA of America. Five finalists will receive the following: TaylorMade Driver, adidas golf shoes, a Canon Six PowerShot and a SkyCaddie SG-5.

Natalie said this about the opportunity: "I am very proud to work with McGladrey on the 'Who's Behind Your Success?' contest. I think it's a great idea for a contest and I hope everyone will participate, I submitted my own essay about my dad, who sacrificed a lot to help me keep my dreams alive, and I hope it encourages people across the country to participate. I'm glad to be a part of the selection process, and I'll be eager to meet the grand prize winner in person!"