Beth Bauer is an American

United States

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 professional golf

Golf

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er.

Bauer was born in Largo, Florida

Largo, Florida

Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, USA and is part of the Tampa Bay Area. Centrally located, it is the crossroads of the county. As of the 2000 census, the City had a total population of 69,371. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was...

. As an amateur, she won the 1997 U.S. Girls' Junior

United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship

The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 18.4 or less...

 and in 1998 and 1999 she earned back-to-back victories at the North and South Women's Amateur

North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship

The North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament held since 1903 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina...

 at Pinehurst Resort

Pinehurst Resort

Pinehurst Resort is a historic upmarket golf resort at Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA. It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments.-History:...

 in North Carolina

North Carolina

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. She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup

Curtis Cup

The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...

 team in 1998 and 2000.

A former student at Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

, where she played on the golf team, she turned professional in 2000. She won the player and rookie of the year awards on the second tier Futures Tour

FUTURES Tour

The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...

 in 2001 as she graduated to the LPGA Tour

LPGA

The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

 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

Natalie Gulbis

Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...

. Her performances fell away over the following seasons, and she lost her place on the LPGA Tour at the end of the 2006 season.

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

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...	T16LA	CUT	T35	DNP	DNP	T39	T45	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T52	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	T18	T43	CUT	DNP	CUT
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...	-	-	-	DNP	T8	63	CUT	CUT	DNP

^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

WD = withdrew

"T" tied

Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

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