Laetitia Beck

In 2011, she was voted the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year, in 2013 and 2014 she was an All-American, and for her college career she had a 73.58 stroke average (10th-best in school history).[5][6] Beck and her family immigrated to Caesarea, Israel, an affluent town midway between the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, when she was six years old.When she reached 18 years of age, she was enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and completed her required military exams.But the army designated her to a sports prodigy status, and postponed her military service until after she finishes her education in the U.S.[5][14][15] Beck is the first Israeli to compete in an LPGA Tour tournament, and displays the flag of Israel on her golf shoes (and sometimes on her hat or clubs), and a blue-and-white magen david symbol on her golf apparel.[26] In 2009, at the age of 17 Beck finished in second place at the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy in Scotland, one stroke behind the winner.[22] Beck won the 2010 Verizon Junior Heritage by two shots with rounds of 73 and 74 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[39] Beck was named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Golfer of the Month for April 2011, after a third-place finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate.[40] She followed, among others, former Blue Devils Beth Bauer (1999), Liz Janangelo (2003), Brittany Lang (2004), and Amanda Blumenherst (2006).[10] In October 2011, Beck declined a request to join the UNC Tar-Heels Invitational 54-hole competition, because it conflicted with the holiest Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement."[16] Her decision prompted comparisons to baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax not playing a game in the 1965 World Series.[3] She placed 2nd in the NCAA Championship, tied for 3rd at the Tar Heel Invitational, and ranked 14th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index."[2] In December 2014, at the age of 22 Beck became the first Israeli golfer to qualify as a fully-fledged PGA or LPGA Tour player.[59] In May 2021, Beck tied for 2nd, one shot off the lead at the Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship, her highest professional finish.
Beck at the 2013 Women's British Open
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