2018-19 Women's Golf Roster
Tardy, Bailey
Bailey Tardy
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Norcross High School
- Hometown:
- Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Bio
Complete final bio (PDF)
2018-19 Season Highlights
• Played in two fall events while also competing in LPGA Q-School.
• Opened the season by tying for 14th at the Mary Fossum Invitational.
• Notched three par-or-better scores in six fall rounds and contributed 5.5 counting scores (91.7 percent).
• Opted to turn professional following the fall semester but did remain in school to graduate from UGA in May.
2017-18 Season Highlights
• Only played in two events – both in the fall – in a campaign shortened first by playing in LPGA Q-School and then by injury.
• Participated in both the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and the Stanford Intercollegiate, with a best shot of 50th in Eden Prairie, Minn., at the Annika.
• Returned to action during the summer and enjoyed a highly successful campaign.
• Finished as low amateur at the Georgia Women’s Open, placing third overall after shooting 2-under 142.
• Captured the Georgia Women’s Amateur title in impressive fashion, shooting 8-under 208 to lead from wire to wire by an eight-stroke gap.
• Shot 4-under 138 to finish eighth in stroke play qualifying and then advanced to the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Am. Defeated Kailie Vongsaga and Yealimi Noh in the first two rounds before falling to eventual champion Kristen Gillman.
2016-17 Season Highlights
• An honorable mention All-America pick by the WGCA and Golfweek.
• Individually, finished at No. 30 in Golfstat and No. 41 by Golfweek.
• Voted second-team All-SEC.
• Led UGA with eight top-20 efforts.
• Covered 10 fall rounds at a combined 12-under.
• Tied the second-best round in school history twice, shooting 6-under at the Annika and Windy City.
• Was 6-0 in match play at the Gifford Great 8 and Liz Murphey.
• Secured a U.S. Open spot for the third time in four years (also in 2014 and 2016) by winning a qualifier at Butler Country Club.
• Was T13 at the Open after shooting an opening 70 but missed the cut following an 82.
• Reached U.S. Women’s Am match play for the fourth straight year.
2015-16 Season Highlights
• Named first-team All-America by both Golfweek and the WGCA.
• Only golfer named to WGCA Watch Lists for both the National Player and Freshman of the Year awards.
• Voted SEC Freshman of the Year, first-team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC, by league coaches.
• Finished ranked No. 5 by Golfweek and No. 9 by Golfstat.
• Paced UGA in average, top-10s, par-or-better rounds and birdies (115).
• Notched individual victories at the Windy City and the Bryan Regional (tied UCLA’s Bronte Law).
• Missed Stanford due to a concussion.
• Fired a school-record 12-under 204 to win the Windy City medalist, a shot better than Reilley Rankin in the 1998 Liz Murphey Collegiate.
• Posted a 3-2 mark at the 2016 Curtis Cup, UGA’s eighth Curtis Cupper.
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• An AJGA Rolex All-American in 2013, 2014 and 2015, who also competed in the Wyndham Cup each of those years.
• Won the 2015 North & South Am in dramatic fashion, rallying from two down with two to play before topping Bethany Wu in 20 holes.
• Medalist at the 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior, one of four appearances in the event.
• Medalist and led Greater Atlanta Christian to the Georgia 2A state title as a freshman in 2012. Then finished as runner-up individually three times – in 2A (for GAC) in 2013 and in Class 6A (for Norcross) in 2014 and 2015.
Personal
• Born Aug. 8, 1996, Bailey is the daughter of Bob and Kim Tardy and is majoring in Family Financial Planning.
• Recipient of the following scholarships – Jack & Mary B. Dinos in 2016-17 and 2018-19, Robert E. Dicks III in 2015-16 and Vickie & Leon Farmer in 2017-18.
2018-19 Season Highlights
• Played in two fall events while also competing in LPGA Q-School.
• Opened the season by tying for 14th at the Mary Fossum Invitational.
• Notched three par-or-better scores in six fall rounds and contributed 5.5 counting scores (91.7 percent).
• Opted to turn professional following the fall semester but did remain in school to graduate from UGA in May.
2017-18 Season Highlights
• Only played in two events – both in the fall – in a campaign shortened first by playing in LPGA Q-School and then by injury.
• Participated in both the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and the Stanford Intercollegiate, with a best shot of 50th in Eden Prairie, Minn., at the Annika.
• Returned to action during the summer and enjoyed a highly successful campaign.
• Finished as low amateur at the Georgia Women’s Open, placing third overall after shooting 2-under 142.
• Captured the Georgia Women’s Amateur title in impressive fashion, shooting 8-under 208 to lead from wire to wire by an eight-stroke gap.
• Shot 4-under 138 to finish eighth in stroke play qualifying and then advanced to the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Am. Defeated Kailie Vongsaga and Yealimi Noh in the first two rounds before falling to eventual champion Kristen Gillman.
2016-17 Season Highlights
• An honorable mention All-America pick by the WGCA and Golfweek.
• Individually, finished at No. 30 in Golfstat and No. 41 by Golfweek.
• Voted second-team All-SEC.
• Led UGA with eight top-20 efforts.
• Covered 10 fall rounds at a combined 12-under.
• Tied the second-best round in school history twice, shooting 6-under at the Annika and Windy City.
• Was 6-0 in match play at the Gifford Great 8 and Liz Murphey.
• Secured a U.S. Open spot for the third time in four years (also in 2014 and 2016) by winning a qualifier at Butler Country Club.
• Was T13 at the Open after shooting an opening 70 but missed the cut following an 82.
• Reached U.S. Women’s Am match play for the fourth straight year.
2015-16 Season Highlights
• Named first-team All-America by both Golfweek and the WGCA.
• Only golfer named to WGCA Watch Lists for both the National Player and Freshman of the Year awards.
• Voted SEC Freshman of the Year, first-team All-SEC and Freshman All-SEC, by league coaches.
• Finished ranked No. 5 by Golfweek and No. 9 by Golfstat.
• Paced UGA in average, top-10s, par-or-better rounds and birdies (115).
• Notched individual victories at the Windy City and the Bryan Regional (tied UCLA’s Bronte Law).
• Missed Stanford due to a concussion.
• Fired a school-record 12-under 204 to win the Windy City medalist, a shot better than Reilley Rankin in the 1998 Liz Murphey Collegiate.
• Posted a 3-2 mark at the 2016 Curtis Cup, UGA’s eighth Curtis Cupper.
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• An AJGA Rolex All-American in 2013, 2014 and 2015, who also competed in the Wyndham Cup each of those years.
• Won the 2015 North & South Am in dramatic fashion, rallying from two down with two to play before topping Bethany Wu in 20 holes.
• Medalist at the 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior, one of four appearances in the event.
• Medalist and led Greater Atlanta Christian to the Georgia 2A state title as a freshman in 2012. Then finished as runner-up individually three times – in 2A (for GAC) in 2013 and in Class 6A (for Norcross) in 2014 and 2015.
Personal
• Born Aug. 8, 1996, Bailey is the daughter of Bob and Kim Tardy and is majoring in Family Financial Planning.
• Recipient of the following scholarships – Jack & Mary B. Dinos in 2016-17 and 2018-19, Robert E. Dicks III in 2015-16 and Vickie & Leon Farmer in 2017-18.
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