Louise Stahle
Personal information
Born	March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) (age 24) Lund, Sweden
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College	Arizona State University
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2006) LET (joined 2007)
Professional wins	none
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
LPGA Championship	MC: 2006
Women's British Open	T8: 2005

Louise Stahle (born March 19, 1985 in Lund, Sweden) is a professional golf player who plays on both the US based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 Notes and references 4 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Stahle had a very successful amateur career. In 2002 she won the French Open Amateur Championship,^[1] was runner-up at that year's Girls British Open^[2] and was a member of the losing European Junior Solheim Cup team.^[3] In 2003 she was a member of the winning European Junior Solheim Cup team in her native Sweden.^[4]

In 2004 she won the St Rule Trophy,^[5] the Beirut Café Ladies Trophy on the Telia Tour,^[6] won the Smyth Salver as leading amateur at the Weetabix Women's British Open^[7] and became the first Swede to win the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship.^[8] She became the first player in 30 years to successfully defend the title when she won again in 2005.^{[1] [9]} She was a member of the Swedish National Team from 2001-2005 and was part of the 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships winning Swedish Team.^[10]

Stahle played collegiate golf at Arizona State University where she had one of the finest freshman seasons in school history.^[8] She had four runner-up performances and three tournament victories in 10 tournaments including wins at the Wildcat Invitational^[11] and PING/ASU Invitational. She was named National Golf Coaches Association Eleanor Dudley Division I Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year as well as being named All-American First team^[12] and Scholar team.^[13] She was Pac-10 Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year, won the Pac-10 championship and was named All-Pac-10 first team.^[8] She also won the GolfstatCup, which is given to the player who has the best scoring average versus par with at least 20 full rounds played during a season.^[14]

[edit] Professional career

Stahle turned professional in 2005 after finishing tied for eighth at the Weetabix Women's British Open and made her professionial debut at the Scandinavian TPC in Sweden.^[15] She gained exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season by finishing tied for 11th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.^[16]

In 2006 she played in 16 LPGA tournaments, earned US$27,309 and finished 139th on the Money List. Her best finish was tied 42nd in the Longs Drugs Challenge.^[1] She finished tied for 43rd on her return to LPGA Final Qualifying and gained non-exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season. She finished joint 6th at the LET Final Qualifying School to earn full playing status for the 2007 season.^[17]

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the LET Tour's official site

Persondata
NAME	Stahle, Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lund, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH