Background
Bauer was born in Largo, Florida.
Bauer was born in Largo, Florida.
She played on the United States. 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. 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.
Her performances fell away over the following seasons, and she lost her place on the LPGA Tour at the end of the 2006 season.
She quit playing professional golf at the end of 2007. In March 2008, she met Andy Grace while working as a beverage cart girl at the Heritage Harbor Golf and Country Club.
As of April 2011, she was student-teaching in an elementary school in Florida. On December 20, 2011, she gave birth to a girl, Courtney Lee, and has indefinitely shelved her planned second career as an elementary school teacher.
Futures Tour wins (4)
2001 California FUTURES Classic, Colorado Women"s FUTURES Classic, Aurora Health Care Session Border Controllers FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, York Newspaper Company FUTURES Classic
The Women"s British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.