2021-22 Women's Golf Roster
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Isabella Holpfer
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- HAK Stegersback
- Hometown:
- Vienna, Austria
Bio
Final bio including career stats (PDF)
2023-24 Season Highlights:
• Recipient of the Marilyn Vincent Award as the senior female student-athlete in all sports with the highest cumulative grade point average.
• Competed in six of 13 events during the season and compiled a 75.56 average over 16 rounds.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ lineup for the final three fall events.
• Notched a pair of par-or-better rounds with a low of 2-under 70 in the second round of the Illini Invitational.
• Shot even-par 71 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, Georgia’s low rally that day.
• Led the Bulldogs in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 74.
• Placed 14th individually playing for Georgia’s “B” team during the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, helping that quintet to a ninth-place finish overall.
• Shot 3-over 219 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic to record a season-best individual finish (14th).
2022-23 Season Highlights
• Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large All-District Team, a ledger including student-athletes from 12 sports.
• Posted a 75.53 stroke average over 19 rounds in seven events, including appearances as an individual competitor at the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ lineup for two fall tourneys – the Illini Invitational and the Stanford Intercollegiate – and contributed 4.5 counting scores (75.0 percentage) over six rounds.
• Contributed counting scores in two of three rounds to help Georgia shot a school-record 24-under at the Illini Invitational.
• Finished third at the Lady Bulldog Individual Championship, a one-day, 36-hole event to open the 2023 calendar.
• Returned to Europe in April to represent Austria at the European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, where she finished 14th.
• Posted back-to-back par-or-better in the first two days of the NCAA Athens Regional en route notching her second top-20 finish in an NCAA Regional (also fifth at Columbus in 2021).
2021-22 Season Highlights
• Produced a 73.92 average, with seven par-or-better scores, in 26 rounds over nine tournaments during the season.
• In the Bulldogs’ lineup for eight of 11 team events and contributed counting rounds at a 79.5 percent pace.
• Fired her career-low loop – a 4-under 68 – in the second round of the Cougar Classic to help the Bulldogs post a school-record 14-under 274 team round.
• Led Georgia individually at the final two events of the fall slate, tying for sixth to pace the Bulldogs en route to a team victory at the Illini Invitational and tying for 26th at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
• Shot 5-under 211 at historic Medinah Country Club, the best 54-hole tally of her collegiate career.
• Finished the fall with the team’s third-best average (72.75) and third-most par-or-better rounds (six).
• Opened the spring by tying for fifth at the Lady Bulldog Invitational, shooting 3-over 147 on her home layout at the UGA Golf Course.
2020-21 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for first-year students, one of nine Bulldogs featured on the SEC Honor Rolls for spring sports and first-year student-athletes.
• Competed in seven of 11 events, headlined by a top-5 finish at NCAA Columbus Regional.
• Compiled a stroke average of 75.38 over 21 rounds, with five par-or-better efforts and a pair of top-20 finishes.
• Opened the 2020 fall edition of the Liz Murphey with a 3-under 69, her low loop of the year, and eventually finished tied for 19th individually.
• Ranked No. 70 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index entering the spring season.
• Among the world’s top-82 golfers who competed in the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur but did not make the 30-player cut after shooting 79-85.
• Shot 72-70-75 – a season-best 217 – to tie for fifth at the NCAA Columbus Regional.
• Her second-round 70 helped vault the Bulldogs from fourth (three shots back) to first (by seven strokes) on the team leaderboard, a position they maintained throughout the final round.
• Helped lead Georgia to a dominant 15-stroke win in Columbus as one of three Bulldogs to post top-5 efforts (along with medalist Jenny Bae and t-5th Candice Mahé).
• Placed second at the Salzburg Women’s Championship in her first summer event after shooting 68-69-72-72=281.
• Represented Austria in both the European Ladies Team Championships and the European Ladies Amateur Championship.
• Finished fifth at the Austrian Women’s International Amateur, where she recorded a 3-under 289 tally.
Pre Collegiate Highlights:
• Ranked as high as No. 25 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and listed at No. 40 in November 2019 when she signed to play collegiately at Georgia.
• One of three Bulldogs – along with Caterina Don and Candice Mahe – invited to compete in the 2020 Augusta National Women’s Amateur prior to the event’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• All told, recorded 28 top-10 finishes in 82 WAGR events from 2014-20.
• 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
• Born January 6, 2001, Isabella is the daughter of JoAnn and Günter Holpfer and is majoring in Public Relations. She also is pursuing a Sports Media Certificate from UGA's Carmical Sports Media Institute.
• Recipient of the Jerman/Bruce Women’s Golf Scholarship for 2021-22.
2023-24 Season Highlights:
• Recipient of the Marilyn Vincent Award as the senior female student-athlete in all sports with the highest cumulative grade point average.
• Competed in six of 13 events during the season and compiled a 75.56 average over 16 rounds.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ lineup for the final three fall events.
• Notched a pair of par-or-better rounds with a low of 2-under 70 in the second round of the Illini Invitational.
• Shot even-par 71 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, Georgia’s low rally that day.
• Led the Bulldogs in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a 74.
• Placed 14th individually playing for Georgia’s “B” team during the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, helping that quintet to a ninth-place finish overall.
• Shot 3-over 219 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic to record a season-best individual finish (14th).
2022-23 Season Highlights
• Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large All-District Team, a ledger including student-athletes from 12 sports.
• Posted a 75.53 stroke average over 19 rounds in seven events, including appearances as an individual competitor at the Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club and the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ lineup for two fall tourneys – the Illini Invitational and the Stanford Intercollegiate – and contributed 4.5 counting scores (75.0 percentage) over six rounds.
• Contributed counting scores in two of three rounds to help Georgia shot a school-record 24-under at the Illini Invitational.
• Finished third at the Lady Bulldog Individual Championship, a one-day, 36-hole event to open the 2023 calendar.
• Returned to Europe in April to represent Austria at the European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, where she finished 14th.
• Posted back-to-back par-or-better in the first two days of the NCAA Athens Regional en route notching her second top-20 finish in an NCAA Regional (also fifth at Columbus in 2021).
2021-22 Season Highlights
• Produced a 73.92 average, with seven par-or-better scores, in 26 rounds over nine tournaments during the season.
• In the Bulldogs’ lineup for eight of 11 team events and contributed counting rounds at a 79.5 percent pace.
• Fired her career-low loop – a 4-under 68 – in the second round of the Cougar Classic to help the Bulldogs post a school-record 14-under 274 team round.
• Led Georgia individually at the final two events of the fall slate, tying for sixth to pace the Bulldogs en route to a team victory at the Illini Invitational and tying for 26th at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
• Shot 5-under 211 at historic Medinah Country Club, the best 54-hole tally of her collegiate career.
• Finished the fall with the team’s third-best average (72.75) and third-most par-or-better rounds (six).
• Opened the spring by tying for fifth at the Lady Bulldog Invitational, shooting 3-over 147 on her home layout at the UGA Golf Course.
2020-21 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for first-year students, one of nine Bulldogs featured on the SEC Honor Rolls for spring sports and first-year student-athletes.
• Competed in seven of 11 events, headlined by a top-5 finish at NCAA Columbus Regional.
• Compiled a stroke average of 75.38 over 21 rounds, with five par-or-better efforts and a pair of top-20 finishes.
• Opened the 2020 fall edition of the Liz Murphey with a 3-under 69, her low loop of the year, and eventually finished tied for 19th individually.
• Ranked No. 70 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index entering the spring season.
• Among the world’s top-82 golfers who competed in the 2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur but did not make the 30-player cut after shooting 79-85.
• Shot 72-70-75 – a season-best 217 – to tie for fifth at the NCAA Columbus Regional.
• Her second-round 70 helped vault the Bulldogs from fourth (three shots back) to first (by seven strokes) on the team leaderboard, a position they maintained throughout the final round.
• Helped lead Georgia to a dominant 15-stroke win in Columbus as one of three Bulldogs to post top-5 efforts (along with medalist Jenny Bae and t-5th Candice Mahé).
• Placed second at the Salzburg Women’s Championship in her first summer event after shooting 68-69-72-72=281.
• Represented Austria in both the European Ladies Team Championships and the European Ladies Amateur Championship.
• Finished fifth at the Austrian Women’s International Amateur, where she recorded a 3-under 289 tally.
Pre Collegiate Highlights:
• Ranked as high as No. 25 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and listed at No. 40 in November 2019 when she signed to play collegiately at Georgia.
• One of three Bulldogs – along with Caterina Don and Candice Mahe – invited to compete in the 2020 Augusta National Women’s Amateur prior to the event’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• All told, recorded 28 top-10 finishes in 82 WAGR events from 2014-20.
• 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
• Born January 6, 2001, Isabella is the daughter of JoAnn and Günter Holpfer and is majoring in Public Relations. She also is pursuing a Sports Media Certificate from UGA's Carmical Sports Media Institute.
• Recipient of the Jerman/Bruce Women’s Golf Scholarship for 2021-22.
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