Isabelle "Izzy" Beisiegel (née Blais, born February 6, 1979), is a
professional golfer
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from
Quebec
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, Canada. Before her first attempt qualifying for the
PGA Tour
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Q-School in 2004, Beisiegel was quoted as saying, "The ball doesn't know if it is a man or a woman who is hitting it." She married former University of Oklahoma football defensive back, Dan Beisiegel, on February 29, 2000.
Woman's golf achievements
*NCAA All-American 1997-1998 for the
University of Oklahoma
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.
*Tied for 36th at
1998 U.S. Women's Open.
*Medalist at 2003
LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...
Q-School.
*Spent 2004 on LPGA Tour.
*Finished 11th and shot an LPGA course record of 65 in the final round of the 2004
Office Depot Championship (El Caballero Country Club; Los Angeles, California).
*Earned her first LPGA top-10 finish (7th place) at the 2004
Kellogg-Keebler Classic (Stonebridge Country Club; Aurora, Illinois).
Men's golf achievements
*Attended 2004
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...
Qualifying School
In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ...
, becoming the first woman to compete in the event.
*Earned
Canadian Tour
PGA Tour Canada, commonly referred to as the Canadian Tour, was a men's professional golf tour headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The United States–based PGA Tour took over operation of the tour on November 1, 2012, at which time it was renamed ...
card for 2011, becoming the first female player to earn a playing card on a men's professional golf tour. However, she did not make the cut in any of the six tour events she played, and lost the card after the 2011 season.
*Shot a 74 and finished in the top third of the field (39th place) at the 2012 men's U.S. Open Local Qualifier (Miramont Country Club;
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated in East-Central Texas in the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is northwest of Houston and east-northeast of Austin, ...
).
References
External links
Yahoo sports profile
Canadian female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Golfing people from Quebec
Oklahoma Sooners women's golfers
1979 births
Living people
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