Beth Bauer

{{short description|American professional golfer (born 1980)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Beth Bauer | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = Beth Bauer Grace | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|15}} | birth_place = Largo, Florida, U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | weight = | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = Tampa, Florida, U.S. | spouse = Andy Grace | partner = | children = 1 | college = Duke University | yearpro = 2000 | tour =  | extour = Futures Tour LPGA Tour | prowins = 4 | lpgawins =  | letwins =  | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins = 4 | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | nabisco = T16: 1998 | lpga = T52: 2002 | wusopen = T18: 2002 | dumaurier = DNP | wbritopen = T8: 2002 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = LPGA Rookie of the Year | year1 = 2002 | award2 = Futures Tour Player of the Year | year2 = 2001 | award3 = Futures Tour Rookie of the Year | year3 = 2001 | awardssection =  }} '''Beth Bauer Grace''' (born March 15, 1980) is an American professional golfer. She played under the name '''Beth Bauer'''.

== Early life and amateur career == In 1980, 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.<ref name="goduke2">{{cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=205145868&DB_OEM_ID=4200 |title=Beck, Duncan Take Top Honors for ACC Women's Golf |publisher=Duke University Athletics |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref>

== Professional career == She won the player and rookie of the year awards on the developmental 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-09-sp-golf9-story.html |title=Bauer Has a Rewarding First Season |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Peter |last=Yoon |date=October 9, 2002 |access-date=May 4, 2010}}</ref>

However, her performances fell away over the following seasons and she lost her place on the LPGA Tour at the end of the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/01/Sports/Confidence_elusive_fo.shtml |title=Confidence elusive for Bauer |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |first=Bob |last=Harig |date=July 1, 2006 |accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> She quit playing professional golf at the end of 2007.<ref name="golfweek.com">{{Cite magazine |last=Nichols |first=Beth Ann |url=http://golfweek.com/news/2011/dec/30/where-are-they-now-beth-bauer/ |title=Where are they now: Beth Bauer |magazine=Golfweek |date=December 30, 2011}}</ref>

== Personal life == 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2011/April/Catching-Up-With-----Beth-Bauer-Grace/ |title=Catching up with ... Beth Bauer Grace |date=April 11, 2011 |first=David |last=Shefter |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111212255/http://www.usga.org/news/2011/April/Catching-Up-With-----Beth-Bauer-Grace/ |archive-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>

On December 20, 2011, she gave birth to a girl and after being the director of golf at Cypress Run Golf Club for over five years, her family has relocated to Birmingham, Alabama where she still enjoys playing and teaching the game.

== Awards and honors == * In 1999, while at Duke University, she was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year. * In 2001, she earned Futures Tour Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year awards. * In 2002, she earned LPGA Rookie of the Year award.

==Professional wins (4)== ===Futures Tour wins (4)=== *2001 California FUTURES Classic, Colorado Women's FUTURES Classic, Aurora Health Care SBC FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, York Newspaper Company FUTURES Classic

==Results in LPGA majors== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 |- |align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship |T16LA |CUT |T35 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T39 |T45 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|LPGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |CUT |CUT |CUT |CUT |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |CUT |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T18 |T43 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |- |align=left|Women's British Open |– |– |– |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |63 |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} ^The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001. {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} LA = Low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" tied

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==External links== *{{LPGA Tour player|beth-bauer/80218}} *{{LPGA Futures Tour former player|BauerBeth|archive=20121015095407}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauer, Beth}} Category:American female golfers Category:Duke Blue Devils women's golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Pinellas County, Florida Category:Sportspeople from Largo, Florida Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women