Maria Verchenova - Russian Golf Babe

Maria Verchenova (born 27th March 1986, in Moscow) is a Russian professional golfer. She is 5'9" tall and the first Russian to become a full-time member of the Ladies European Tour.

From 1992 until 2002 Maria attended the Ballet School ‘Inspiration’ in Moscow. The stage for a dancing career seemed to be set. But everything changed at age twelve during a family vacation in Czech Republic, where she was first introduced to the game of golf. Despite a lack of golfing opportunities in Russia during her childhood, Maria fell for and took to the game thanks to her father.

Prior to turning pro, Maria Verchenova collected several Amateur Championship titles in Europe, before turning professional in December 2006. At the age of 18 she won the 2004 Russian Amateur Championship. In 2005 she picked up a few more non-professional titles at the Austrian, Latvian and Slovenian Amateur Championships, before turning professional on 1st December 2006.

Maria managed a top 10 finish during her rookie season of 2007.
She managed to finish fifth at the Tenerife Open in June 2008. The following month, she qualified for her first major competition, the Women's British Open, and rounded off her breakthrough year by competing at the Dubai Ladies Masters in the United Arab Emirates in December 2008.
In 2009 Maria finished joint 8th in the Dubai Ladies Pro-Am at the Emirates Golf Club and joint 12th in the Lalla Meryem Cup at the Soleil Golf Course, Morocco.

Maria says of herself: "I always like to bring something extra special to the golf course, so if I’m wearing sexier, more stylish stuff like a shorter skirt or a nice tennis-style dress and people notice then great."

In 2010 Maria competed in 13 European tournaments and has featured in 4 tournaments so far in 2011.

Tomorrow, Maria will be competing in the 'European Nations Cup' at the La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain. Maria finished joint 9th in this tournament 12 months ago.

Read more at: Maria Verchenova / Facebook and Maria's Official Website

Caroline Wozniacki - Danish Tennis Babe

Caroline Wozniacki (born 11th July 1990) is a Danish tennis player. As of 11th January 2011, she is ranked World No. 1 on the WTA Tour. She has won twelve WTA singles titles, six of those in 2010 and was the runner-up at the 2009 US Open, losing to Kim Clijsters in the final.

Wozniacki is currently playing in the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne, where she is the top seed. She defeated Gisela Dulko in the first round 6-3, 6-4, and will face Vania King in the second round tomorrow.

Wozniacki is the daughter of Polish immigrants, Piotr and Anna Wozniacki. Her mother having played on the Polish women's national volleyball team, and her father played professional football. The couple moved to Denmark when Piotr signed for the Danish football club Boldklubben 1909. Her best friend is her fellow Danish tennis player Malou Ejdesgaard, her doubles partner in some WTA tournaments.

Read more at: Caroline's website

Also see: Caroline Wozniacki/Twitter and Caroline Wozniacki/Facebook

Lindsey Vonn - American Alpine Ski Babe

Lindsey Vonn (née Kildow, born 18th October, 1984 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA) is a US alpine ski racer.

In 1999, Vonn became the first American female to win at Italy's Trofeo Topolino (for skiers of ages 11–14) where she was victorious in slalom. After climbing through the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team, she made her World Cup debut aged 16 on the 18th November, 2000 in Park City, Utah.

Lindsey Vonn made her Olympic debut at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she raced in both the slalom and combined in Salt Lake City, coming sixth in the combined.

At her second Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy in 2006, Vonn crashed while training for the downhill race and was evacuated by helicopter and hospitalized overnight. Despite a bruised hip, she returned the following day to compete and finished eighth. The gritty performance earned her the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, as voted by American fans, fellow Team USA athletes, former U.S. Olympians, and members of the media for 'best representing the Olympic Spirit.'

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Vonn won the gold medal in downhill, the first American woman to do so. She also won bronze in the Super-G (Super Giant Slalom).

She also won three consecutive overall World Cup championships ( in 2008, 2009, 2010), the first American woman and only the second woman ever to accomplish this.

With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, 34 World Cup wins in four disciplines (Downhill, Super G, Slalom and Super-Combined), her two World Championship gold medals and two World Championship silver medals, Lindsey Vonn has become the most successful American woman skier in history.

Read more at: http://www.lindseyvonn.com

Also see: Lindsey Vonn/Facebook and Lindsey Vonn/Twitter