Dorothy Delasin, a daughter of a Filipino couple living
in Daly City, is a two-time Filipino Athlete of the Year awardee, for
winning three world championships (as this was being written). Delasin
won the LPGA Giant Eagle Classic for two consecutive years, first in
2000 when she was only 19 and then in 2001, becoming the youngest LPGA
winner in 25 years. She was the Rookie of the Year in 2000.
In October 2001, she clinched her third international title by beating
the world's top 20 women players in the Samsung World Championship in
Vallejo, California.
In 1999, the California Golf Writers Association named her as the Amateur
Golfer of the Year for her string of victories. As an amateur, she captured
the US Women's Amateur Championship, California Women's Championship
and US Girls Championship. In 1993, she won the Junior World Cup held
in Japan.
In 1996, she won a gold medal for the Philippines in the 1996 Southeast
Asian Games and a bronze in the 1998 Bangkok Asiad. She also represented
the country in the 1996 World Amateurs.
Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas and lives with her family in Daly
City, otherwise known as the "Adobo City" because of its huge
Filipino population.
