University of Georgia Athletics
2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Isabel Emanuels
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
Pre-Collegiate Highlights:
• Prior to arriving on campus, ranked No. 1 in Texas, among the top-10 golfers in the Class of 2026 and in the top-20 nationally overall with a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the U.S. in the Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings.
• Qualified for a trio of USGA events to headline an extremely strong 2025 calendar season – the U.S. Women’s Amateur, the U.S. Girls' Junior and the U.S. Women’s Four-Ball (teaming with Lydia Portlock).
• Enjoyed stellar results at back-to-back editions of the Women’s Western Junior. In 2024, tied for ninth in qualifying and then advanced to the championship match at Hinsdale Golf Club in Clarendon Hills, Ill. In 2025, notched back-to-back 72s en route to earning medalist honors at Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Captured stroke play medalist honors in back-to-back editions of the Texas Women’s Amateur in both 2024 – at Spanish Oaks Country Club – and 2025 – at the Corpus Christi Country Club.
• Shot 1-over 143 to tie for 21st in stroke play and then advanced to the Round of 32 in match play at the 2025 U.S. Girls Junior at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.
• Reached the Girls’ Junior by shooting 2-under 70 to earn medalist honors at a June 16 qualifier at Cherokee Run Golf Club in Conyers, Ga.
• Advanced to the 2025 Women’s Am by shooting 1-under 71 and tying for third before winning at 5-for-2 playoff in a qualifier at The Club at Falcon Point in Katy, Texas.
• Notched a pair of top-5 individual finishes at the Texas UIL Class 6A state tournament while competing for Austin Westlake High School, tying for third in 2024 as a sophomore and fifth in 2025 as a junior. Did not play for the Chaparrals as a senior while focusing on her individual game.
• Also won medalist honors at the 2025 District 26-6A and Region IV Championships.
• Led Westlake’s Chaparrals to a seventh place team finish in 2024 and a fourth place effort in 2025.
• Voted first-team All-State by the Texas Association of Golf Coaches (TAGC) and to the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) “Super Elite” team in 2025.
• Tabbed All-Central Texas Girls Golfer of the Year by the Austin American-Statesman in both 2024 and 2025.
• Secured a pair of victories during the 2023 calendar, winning the Legends Junior Tour (LJT) James A Ragan Memorial and the Texas Junior Golf Tour (TJGT) Brackenridge Winter Classic.
• Won her first-ever WAGR level event, shooting 14-under at the 2024 Texas Masters – IMG World Qualifier.
• Recorded 14 victories and 10 more runner-up efforts in 39 events on South Texas PGA Junior Golf events between 2019-23.
Personal:
• Born April 16, 2008, Isabel is the daughter of Chiric and Nitcelle Emanuels and intends to major in Business Management.
• A Georgia native who moved to Singapore when she was 6, South Florida when she was 8 and then to Texas when she was 10 years old.
• Prior to arriving on campus, ranked No. 1 in Texas, among the top-10 golfers in the Class of 2026 and in the top-20 nationally overall with a career-high ranking of No. 18 in the U.S. in the Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings.
• Qualified for a trio of USGA events to headline an extremely strong 2025 calendar season – the U.S. Women’s Amateur, the U.S. Girls' Junior and the U.S. Women’s Four-Ball (teaming with Lydia Portlock).
• Enjoyed stellar results at back-to-back editions of the Women’s Western Junior. In 2024, tied for ninth in qualifying and then advanced to the championship match at Hinsdale Golf Club in Clarendon Hills, Ill. In 2025, notched back-to-back 72s en route to earning medalist honors at Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Captured stroke play medalist honors in back-to-back editions of the Texas Women’s Amateur in both 2024 – at Spanish Oaks Country Club – and 2025 – at the Corpus Christi Country Club.
• Shot 1-over 143 to tie for 21st in stroke play and then advanced to the Round of 32 in match play at the 2025 U.S. Girls Junior at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.
• Reached the Girls’ Junior by shooting 2-under 70 to earn medalist honors at a June 16 qualifier at Cherokee Run Golf Club in Conyers, Ga.
• Advanced to the 2025 Women’s Am by shooting 1-under 71 and tying for third before winning at 5-for-2 playoff in a qualifier at The Club at Falcon Point in Katy, Texas.
• Notched a pair of top-5 individual finishes at the Texas UIL Class 6A state tournament while competing for Austin Westlake High School, tying for third in 2024 as a sophomore and fifth in 2025 as a junior. Did not play for the Chaparrals as a senior while focusing on her individual game.
• Also won medalist honors at the 2025 District 26-6A and Region IV Championships.
• Led Westlake’s Chaparrals to a seventh place team finish in 2024 and a fourth place effort in 2025.
• Voted first-team All-State by the Texas Association of Golf Coaches (TAGC) and to the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) “Super Elite” team in 2025.
• Tabbed All-Central Texas Girls Golfer of the Year by the Austin American-Statesman in both 2024 and 2025.
• Secured a pair of victories during the 2023 calendar, winning the Legends Junior Tour (LJT) James A Ragan Memorial and the Texas Junior Golf Tour (TJGT) Brackenridge Winter Classic.
• Won her first-ever WAGR level event, shooting 14-under at the 2024 Texas Masters – IMG World Qualifier.
• Recorded 14 victories and 10 more runner-up efforts in 39 events on South Texas PGA Junior Golf events between 2019-23.
Personal:
• Born April 16, 2008, Isabel is the daughter of Chiric and Nitcelle Emanuels and intends to major in Business Management.
• A Georgia native who moved to Singapore when she was 6, South Florida when she was 8 and then to Texas when she was 10 years old.
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