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Stahle, Louise

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. Golf is played on a tract of land known as the course which consists of a series of holes or cups. Most golf courses usually consist of nine or eighteen holes. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers.

Louise Stahle, LPGA player was born on 19 March 1985, in Lund, Sweden. Her height is five foot nine inches. Her rookie year is 2006. She started playing golf at the age of 9. Stahle was a member of the Swedish National Team from 2001 to 05. In 2002, she won the French Open Amateur Championship and was a member of the 2002 and 2003 PING Junior European Solheim Cup Teams.

Stahle was the first Swede to win the Ladies British Open Amateur in 2004 and became the first player in 30 years to successfully defend the title when she won again in 2005. In 2004, she also was awarded the St. Rule Trophy for a 10-under-par outing on St. Andrews’ old and new courses, as well as the Beirut Cafe Ladies Trophy. Stahle Tied for ninth individually at the Women’s World Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, and Sweden went on to win the team title. Before she began her career at ASU, Arizona State University, Stahle was named preseason Second-Team All-American by Golfweek. As a freshman at ASU, she had three collegiate victories, including the Pac-10 Championship and Wildcat Invitational, where she Tied the school record for lowest round in relation to par with a 6-under-par 64 in the first round.

In 2005, she was named the National Golf Coaches Association, NGCA Eleanor Dudley Division I Player of the Year, NGCA freshman of the year, first-team All-American and All-American scholar. She was a GolfStat Cup recipient, Pac-10 Golfer of the year and freshman of the year and a NCAA first team selection. Stahle also competed in the Weetabix Women’s British Open in 2004 T42 and 2005 T8 and the 2005 Safeway International presented by Coca-Cola T37. She is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.

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