Isabelle Lendl
Encyclopedia
Isabelle Lendl is an American amateur
golf
er. She finished second in the 2006 American Junior Golf Association
girls standings. She ranked first in the Top Fives and was named a first team Rolex Junior All-American. Her father is Ivan Lendl
, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She speaks two languages - Czech
and English
.
She was the youngest player to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur at the age of 12. She earned three AJGA
tournament victories in 2006; the MCI Junior Heritage, Scott Robertson Memorial, and the Thunderbird International Junior. She was a member of the United States team in the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup
, where she went 2–0 to help the U.S. earn a 6–6 tie.
Isabelle and her older sister Marika are on the varsity golf team for their college, the University of Florida
.
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er. She finished second in the 2006 American Junior Golf Association
American Junior Golf Association
The American Junior Golf Association is a "501 nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is considered by many leaders in the golf industry to be the premier...
girls standings. She ranked first in the Top Fives and was named a first team Rolex Junior All-American. Her father is Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She speaks two languages - Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
She was the youngest player to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur at the age of 12. She earned three AJGA
American Junior Golf Association
The American Junior Golf Association is a "501 nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is considered by many leaders in the golf industry to be the premier...
tournament victories in 2006; the MCI Junior Heritage, Scott Robertson Memorial, and the Thunderbird International Junior. She was a member of the United States team in the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup
Junior Ryder Cup
The Junior Ryder Cup is a team golf competition between Europe and the United States. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Ltd . The teams consist of six boys and six girls...
, where she went 2–0 to help the U.S. earn a 6–6 tie.
Isabelle and her older sister Marika are on the varsity golf team for their college, the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
.