Rachel hetherington biography

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Rachel Hetherington is an Australian professional golfer playing on the American LPGA Tour.
Hetherington won the New South Wales (NSW) Junior Championship from 1989-92.

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Played as the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic (June 13-15). Rachel Teske (Aus, née Hetherington) beat Lorie Kane (Can), Jennifer Rosales (Phil) and Annika Sörenstam (Swe) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Squaw Creek CC, Vienna, Ohio].

Played as Wegmans Rochester LPGA (June 19-22). Second-placed Lorena Ochoa (Mex) finished 4 shots behind Hetherington (Aus). [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].

Played as the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic presented by ALLTEL (July 11-14). Second-placed Beth Bauer (USA) finished 2 shots behind Rachel Teske (Aus; née Hetherington). [Highland Meadows GC, Sylvania, nr Toledo, Ohio].

Played as the PING Banner Health Championship (March 14-17). Rachel Teske (Aus, née Hetherington) beat Annika Sörenstam (Swe) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Moon Valley CC, Phoenix, Arizona].

Played as the Evian Masters (June 13-16; LET/LPGA Trs event; recognised as a major ch'ship by the LET, but not by the LPGA Tour). Second-placed Maria Hjorth (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Rachel Teske (Aus; née Hetherington). [Evian Masters GC, Evian-les-Bains

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Rachel Hetherington’s formula for coping with the white hot intensity of playing professional golf successfully at the highest level was relatively simple. At least the way she dealt with that pressure was. Can you imagine playing against the best women golfers in the world on the biggest stage of all, the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association), the USA tour?

Your playing reputation and livelihood is at stake every time you walk out onto the fairway, watched not only by packed live galleries, but by millions of viewers around the world critiquing your every move. For us mere sporting mortals, it would be enough to terrify you, but that’s what sets the top pros in any sport apart from the rest, their ability to not only cope with that enormous pressure, but thrive, succeed and be excited by it. Rachel certainly managed to conquer any self doubts, becoming one of Australia’s finest ever women golfers, and said she rarely felt pressure in a negative way.

Pressure was something she used mostly in a positive way as she explained. “It comes back down to your practice

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Rachel Hetherington

Rachel is a partner in our Global Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group based in London.

In addition to her merger control practice, Rachel regularly advises on antitrust investigations and compliance, as well as subsidies and utilities regulation. She has particular expertise in energy, utilities and natural resources as well as in financial services and healthcare.

Currently based in London, Rachel has also worked in our Brussels team as well as in-house.

She has been recognised as a leading lawyer by MergerLinks and a rising star by GCR.

Work highlights

Recent highlights include advising:

Anglian Water on its PR24 price control and Scotia Gas Networks on its GD3 price control, having previously advised both on successful CMA appeals in PR19 and GD2
A global bank on an ongoing CMA investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct
A vehicle manufacturer in parallel EC and CMA investigations into suspected anti-competitive conduct
Emirates technology and investment group, e& on its $400m majority acquisit