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ISABELLA HOLPFER

5-7 ◊ FRESHMAN ◊ VIENNA, AUSTRIA ◊ JOURNALISM

ISABELLA’S SCORECARD

CAREER STATISTICS

◊ Invited to the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur ◊ Ranked as high as No. 25 in the WAGR ◊ Runner-up at the 2018 & 2019 R&A Girls’ Amateurs

Season ‘20-21 T 2 RD 6 STK 455 AVG 75.83 LOW 69 ◊ 2015 & 2017 Junior Vagliano Trophy winner

Totals 2 6 455 75.83 69 FALL 2020 HIGHLIGHTS:

TOP 10 FINISHES: 0 (0) • Qualified for both the Blessing Collegiate Invitational and the Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate Classic.

TOP 20 FINISHES: 1 (1) PAR OR BETTERS: 1 (1) BEST FINISH: • • Ranked No. 70 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index entering the spring season. Opened the Liz Murphey with a 3-under 69, her low loop of the fall. 19th – 2020 Liz Murphey Fall LOW ROUND: PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS: 69 (-3) – 2020 Liz Murphey Fall 1st • Ranked as high as No. 25 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and listed at No. 40 in November 2019

LOW TOURNAMENT: when she signed to play collegiately at Georgia.220 (+4) –2020 Liz Murphey Fall • One of three Bulldogs – along with Caterina Don and Candice Mahe – invited to compete in the 2020 Augusta 2020-21 RESULTS National Women’s Amateur prior to the event’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

T47 Blessings Coll. .......79-77-79=235 • All told, recorded 28 top-10 finishes in 82 WAGR events from 2014-20.

T19 Liz Murphey Fall.....69-74-77=220 • Finished third in her debut event on the LET Access Series, the 2019 VP Bank Ladies Open at Gams-Werdenberg Golf Club in Gams, Switzerland. • Finished as runner-up at both the 2018 and 2019 R&A Girls’ Amateur Championships. • In 2019, dropped a 4-and-3 decision to Pia Babnik in the championship match at Panmure Golf Club. • In 2018, tied for 15th in qualifying at Royal St. David’s Golf Club and never trailed in her first four matches, including a 2-and-1 victory over Alessia

Nobilio in the quarterfinals. Dropped a 2-and-1 decision of Austrian teammate Emma Spitz in the championship. • Represented Austria at the 2019 European Ladies’ Team Championship and at the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 European Girls’ Team Championships. • Won the 2014 the Austrian Match Play Championship at Salzkammergut Golf Club as a 13-year-old, the event’s youngest winner ever. • Recorded additional international victories at the 2015 Irish Women’s Stroke Play Championship, the 2018 Slovenian Amateur and the 2018 English

Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship. • Notched additional top-10 finishes in 2018 at the International de France U21 Trophee Esmond (fifth), the Spanish Ladies Amateur (fifth) and the

Portuguese International Ladies Amateur (eighth). • Shot 1-under 287 to capture the 2018 Slovenian Amateur in Livada. After being part of a five-way tie for the lead after an opening 72, shot 70 in the second round and led the rest of the way. Held off Pia Babnik of Slovenia and fellow

Austrian Emma Spitz by one stroke on the final leaderboard. • Wrapped up 2018 with a dominating 11-shot win at the English Women’s

Amateur at Coventry Golf Club, where she led from wire-to-wire after posting a 7-under 66 in the opening round and eventually finished at 13-under. • Won the 2015 Irish Stroke Play in a sudden-death playoff with Chloe Ryan at

Dún Laoghaire Golf Club. Posted a par on the first extra hole to secure the title after both golfers finished the 54-hole event at 221. • Helped Europe capture the Junior Vagliano Trophy in both 2015 and 2017. In 2017, posted a perfect 4-0 record to help the Europeans defeat Great Britain and Ireland, 15-3. Represented Europe with current Georgia teammate

Caterina Don in the 2017 event. • Top performances in the Euro Girls’ Team Championships came in 2014, when she tied for 10th in stroke play qualifying to help Austria earn the No. 2 seed in the match play bracket at Golf Resort Skalica in Trnava, Slovenia; and in 2015, when she helped Austria earn a bronze medal at Golf Resort Kaskada in

Kurin, Czech Republic. • Began playing extensively in 2009 in Austrian “Schüler Golf Cup U10” tournaments, winning 21 events in her age group that year. • Earned a wildcard spot in the 2010 U.S. KidsGolf World Championship in

Pinehurst, N.C. Eventually participated in five editions of the tournament, finishing 25th in 2010 (9-year-old), 30th in 2011 (10-year-old), 14th in 2012 (11-year-old) and eighth in 2013 (12-year-old). PERSONAL:

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