Kelly Heffer

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
High School:
Cherry Creek
Prev School:
University of Arizona

1996-97 – Heffer emerged as the team's leader on the course, averaging a team-best 79.66 stroke average for the season. She placed in the top 20 seven times, including tying for 16th at the Big 12 Championships with an 83-77-79--239. Her season-best score matched her career-low round, shooting 74 three times during the season (first round of the Big 12 Fall Preview, second round of the Sunflower Classic, and second round of the UNM Spring Invitational). Her best tournament finish was fifth place at the Sunflower Classic, carding 82-74-80--236 in October, and was in the top 20 in all six fall tournaments.

1995-96 – Transferred to Colorado prior to the spring season, where she made an immediate impact, leading the Buffs in spring stroke average at an 84.07 pace.

Arizona – Played on the Wildcat traveling squad for two-and-a-half years, earning two-letters and reordering one top 10 finish and two top 20 finishes, with her low tournament round for Arizona a 72.

High School – Heffer was the medalist in the 1992 Colorado Girls’ State Championship, a year which also saw her win the Colorado Match Play Championship. She earned Rolex honorable mention junior all-America honors in 1990, and was honored for her golf accomplishments by the Sportswomen of Colorado in 1993, and was the Colorado Section PGA’s Player-of-the-Year in 1993. She was Cherry Creek’s MVP her junior and senior seasons, during both of which Cherry Creek won the state team title.

Other – Heffer is no stranger to recent success in Colorado, as she followed her impressive high school career by claiming top honors in the 1994 Colorado Women’s Open and runner-up accolades in both the 1994 Stroke and Match Championships. After skipping the 1995 Colorado Women’s Open, Heffer claimed top honors in the 1996 Colorado Women’s State Match Play Championships, defeating former Cherry Creek teammate Leslie Buckley 13 and 12 in the 36-hole final. In her 52 holes for the tournament, Heffer was an incredible 10 under. Heffer returned to the Colorado Open in 1996 where she finished as the second-low amateur.

Personal: Born October 29, 1974, in Denver, Colo., Heffer is majoring in communications at Colorado. Coming out of high school she was recruited by Arizona, New Mexico, UCLA, Tulsa and Florida. She lists swimming and yoga among her hobbies, and hopes to play professional golf after graduation. She lists the biggest moment of her high school career as winning both the team and individual title at the 1992 Colorado State Girls’ Championship.

Career Tournaments

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Feb. 26-27, 1996	Monica Welsh Memorial (72)	82-76-80—238	t-8th
Mar. 14-15, 1996	NIU Snowbird Classic (72)	92-88—180	t-78th
Mar. 26-28, 1996	Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invite (72)	87-88-83—258	t-75th
Apr. 8-9, 1996	Maxwell Berning Invite (72)	88-80-80—248	t-32nd
Apr. 22-23, 1996	Big Eight Championships (71)	86-87-80—253	23rd

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Sept. 9-10, 1996	Nebraska Chip-N Club Invite (72)	81-81-81-243	t-17th
Sept. 15-16, 1996	BYU Invite (72)	78-80—158	t-8th
Sept. 22-24, 1996	Nike Invitational (72)	83-82-75—240	t-20th
Oct. 7-8, 1996	Big 12 Fall Preview (72)	74-77-80—231	t-11th
Oct. 14-15, 1996	Marilyn Smith Sunflower Classic (72)	82-74-80—236	5th
Oct. 28-30, 1996	New Mexico State Invite (74)	79-78-80—237	t-13th
Mar. 17-18, 1997	New Mexico Spring Intercollegiate (73)	82-74-79—235	t-17th
Mar. 25-27, 1997	Hawaii Wahine Invite (72)	81-85-82—248	t-51st
Apr. 7-8, 1997	Utah Dixie Classic (72)	80-86-77—243	41st
Apr. 21-23, 1997	Big 12 Championships (72)	83-77-79—239	t-16th

Career Statistics

Overall						Spring				Fall
Season	Rd	Strk	Avg	Lo	Rd		Strk	Avg	Rd		Strk	Avg
1995-96	14	1,156	82.57	74	14		1,156	82.57	--		--	--
1996-97	29	2,310	79.66	74	12		965	80.42	17		1,345	79.12
Totals	43	3,466	80.60	74	26		2,121	81.58	17		1,345	79.12