Beth Bauer

Beth Bauer
Personal information
Full nameBeth Bauer Grace
Born (1980-03-15) March 15, 1980 (age 44)
Largo, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceTampa, Florida, U.S.
SpouseAndy Grace
ChildrenCourtney Lee
Career
CollegeDuke University
Turned professional2000
Former tour(s)Futures Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT16: 1998
Women's PGA C'shipT52: 2002
U.S. Women's OpenT18: 2002
du Maurier ClassicDNP
Women's British OpenT8: 2002
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year2002
Futures Tour
Player of the Year		2001
Futures Tour
Rookie of the Year		2001

Beth Bauer Grace (born March 15, 1980) is an American former professional golfer.

Bauer was born in Largo, Florida. As an amateur, she won the 1997 U.S. Girls' Junior and in 1998 and 1999 she earned back-to-back victories at the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. She played on the victorious U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1998 and 2000.

A former student at Duke University, where she played on the golf team, she turned professional in 2000. At Duke, she was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year in 1999, an honor that was later awarded to fellow Blue Devils Liz Janangelo (2003), Brittany Lang (2004), Amanda Blumenherst (2006), and Laetitia Beck.[1]

She won the player and rookie of the year awards on the second tier Futures Tour in 2001 as she graduated to the LPGA Tour for 2002. She enjoyed further success in her first season on the main tour, finishing in 18th place on the money list and winning the rookie of the year award ahead of Natalie Gulbis.[2] Her performances fell away over the following seasons, and she lost her place on the LPGA Tour at the end of the 2006 season.[3] She quit playing professional golf at the end of 2007.[4]

In March 2008, she met Andy Grace while working at the Heritage Harbor Golf and Country Club while finishing her college degree. They married in November 2010. As of April 2011, she was student-teaching in an elementary school in Florida.[5] On December 20, 2011, she gave birth to a girl and after being the director of golf at Cypress Run Golf Club for over 5 years, her family has relocated to Birmingham, Alabama where she still enjoys playing and teaching the game.

Professional wins (4)

Futures Tour wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship T16LA CUT T35 T39 T45
LPGA Championship T52 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT T18 T43 CUT CUT
Women's British Open – – – T8 63 CUT CUT

^The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" tied

References

  1. ^ "Beck, Duncan Take Top Honors for ACC Women's Golf". GoDuke.com. May 2, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Yoon, Peter (October 9, 2002). "Bauer Has a Rewarding First Season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Harig, Bob (July 1, 2006). "Confidence elusive for Bauer". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  4. ^ "Where are they now: Beth Bauer". December 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Shefter, David (April 11, 2011). "Catching up with ... Beth Bauer Grace". Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.