IsabelleJohansson

2017-18 (Senior):  Finished career as one of the most decorated golfers in UK history … Posted the second-most rounds of par or better in school history with five more in 2017-18, bringing her career total to 22 … Recorded a 74.9 stroke average, a fraction off the team lead … Tied for the team lead with two top-10 showings … Carded three top-20 finishes … Team used a team-best 26 of her 28 rounds towards the team score … Posted five rounds of par or better, tied for second on the team … Tied for 49th at the SEC Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, with a score of 17-over par … One of three Wildcats to appear in every event in 2017-18 … Tied for 47th with a score of 16-over par at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, North Carolina … Provided a pivotal 2-up victory in the 3-2 match-play win vs. No. 16 Kent State at the University Club of Kentucky … Tied for 32nd at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, with a score of 10-over par … Notched her third top-20 finish of the season and 11th of her career by tying for 19th at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Florida, with a score of 8-over par … Tied her season-low 54-hole round with a 2-over-par 218 at the Florida State Match-Up in Tallahassee, Florida, thanks to a tournament-opening 70, her 18-hole season best … Placed fifth at the Florida Challenge in Lecanto, Florida, with an even-par 144 (73-71), her best showing of the season … Took home the individual title in the Bluegrass Battle, which was played as a part of the Florida Challenge … Posted a 74.6 stroke average in the fall with a team-high-tying three par-or-better rounds … Team used her scoring in 10 of a possible 11 rounds in the fall … Finished in a tie for 47th at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina … Tied for 42nd at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, at 17-over par (233) … Recorded the fifth top-10 finish of her career by tying for 10 at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational … With a final-round 72, finished with a 4-over-par 220 … Opened the season with back-to-back even-par 71s at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee, and finished in a tie for 29th with a three-round total of 218 (5-over par) … 2018 Spring Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll member.

Summer 2017: Placed fifth at the Swedish Ladies Match Play Championship … Represented Sweden at the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Switzerland … Played in stage I of LPGA Qualifying School in Rancho Mirage, California. 

2016-17 (Junior): One of only two Wildcats to appear in all 11 events … Led the team in scoring average (73.3), top-20 finishes (six), top-10 finishes (three), lowest 18-hole round of the season (64), lowest 54-hole score of the season (208), and rounds of par or better (12) … Her single-season scoring average is the best in school history … Owns more single-season rounds of par or better (12) than any Wildcat in school history … Tied Liz Breed’s 18-hole school record (with records dating back to 1987) with an 8-under 64 in the first round of the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Florida … Fall highlight was her first career individual championship at the season-opening Minnesota Invitational … Finished in the top 20 of all four fall tournaments, including two top-10 finishes … Top Wildcat finisher at the NCAA Columbus Regional (22nd place) after a final-round 72, UK’s only round of par or better on the difficult Scarlet Course at the Ohio State University Golf Club … Tied for 17th at the PING ASU Invitational in Tempe, Arizona, after closing with back-to-back rounds of 2-under 70 in the second and third rounds … Finished in a tie for 29th at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a 224 … Carded a career-low 208 (8-under par) at the UCF Challenge thanks to a school-record 64 in the first round … Recorded seven birdies and an eagle to card the 64 … Followed the 64 with a 70 in the second round and finished in a tie for third at the UCF Challenge … Placed fourth at the Battle of the Bluegrass vs. Louisville … Tied for sixth at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, after back-to-back 72s in the second and third rounds … Fired a then-career-low 67 in the final round of the Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to tie for 12th … The 67, at the time, tied for the sixth-best round in school history … In the stroke-play portion of the East and West Match Play Challenge in Ann Arbor, Michigan, tied for 17th with a second-round 72 … Came from behind at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis with a then-career low of 68 in the final round to tie for first place … She started the final round in 12th place but rolled in six of her tournament-high 14 birdies in the final round … The 54-hole score of 215 (1-under par) marked a career low at the time and tied the low 54-hole score of the fall season for the Wildcats … 2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll member.

Summer 2016: Active summer that included six tournaments with four top-10 finishes … Posted a 73.21 scoring average over 14 rounds, including four rounds under par … Best finish was third place at the Kalmar Ladies Open (1-under par) … Also posted a score of 1-under par with a sixth-place finish at the LET-Access Norrporten Ladies Open … Finished in sixth place in a Skandia Tour Elit event … Notched ninth place at the Swedish Match Play Championship … Also played in the European Ladies Championship, where she shot 3-over par, and the Ladies British Amateur.  

2015-16 (Sophomore): Led the team with a 76.0 scoring average. … Posted a team-high six top-50 finishes in tournament play … One of two Wildcats to appear in all 10 events … Only Wildcat to record every round in the 70s … Tied for the team best with two rounds of even par or better … Tied for 30th thanks to a 73 in the second round of the Bryan National Collegiate … Behind a second-round 74, tied for 25th at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic … Carded a 74 in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Finished in a season-best 11th place at the UCF Challenge with a 54-hole season low of 221 (77-71-73) … Her second-round 71 at the UCF Challenge was a season low … Placed second at the dual match vs. Louisville at the Battle of the Bluegrass with a 36-hole score of 151 (75-76) … Fired an even-par 72 at the first round of the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina … Recorded a then-season-low 54-hole round of 223 (75-73-75) at the Mercedes-Benz Championship, along with a tie for 34th place … Finished in 34th place at the Minnesota Invitational … Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team member … SEC Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in fall 2015, spring 2016.

Summer 2015: Busy summer that consisted of five top-10 finishes … Best finish was third place at the Swedish Junior Strokeplay … Twice finished in fifth place, first at the Skandia Tour Elit Borås GL and then at the Upsala Open … Posted the second-best amateur score at the Borås Ladies Open, part of the Let Access Series, and ended up in eighth place overall … Notched a 10th-place finish at the Hovås Open … Notched a top-20 finish (19th) at the Norrporten Ladies Open, part of the Let Access Series. 

2014-15 (Freshman): Qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual, the first Wildcat to qualify for the NCAA Championships as an individual since Heather Kraus in 1998 … Joined Kentucky for the spring semester … Played in six tournaments in spring with one top-10 finish … Finished with a 76.8 scoring average … Recorded three even- or under-par rounds in six tournaments … Played best golf of her young career at the NCAA South Bend Regional, tying for 10th place and earning a spot at the NCAA Championships by getting up and down for par in the final hole of a three-hole playoff … Fired an opening-day 70 at the NCAA South Bend Regional, her best round of the season, just one place removed from the lead after the opening 18 holes … With a tournament-best 43 pars, finished the NCAA South Bend Regional with a 3-over-par 219, her best 54-hole score of the season … Shot even par in the final round at the Bryan National Collegiate to finish in a tie for 48th place, her first career top-50 finish … Made Kentucky debut with an 11-over-par performance at the UCF Challenge, including a 1-under 71 in just her second collegiate round.

Before UK: The 2014 Junior Masters Invitational champion … Won the 2014 Swedish Junior Championship … Finished as the low amateur in the Sundsvall Ladies Open … The 2014 Golf Upsala Open champion … Finished third in the 2013 Annika Invitational Europe … Participated in Annika Invitational Florida. 

Personal: Born July 14 … Daughter of Mikael and Gitte Johansson … Has two brothers, Kristoffer and Isak … Major is communication … Considers her school-record-tying 64 in the first round of the UCF Challenge in February 2017 to be her finest moment of her golfing career.

Why she chose UK: “It was the best fit for me. I loved Golda and I loved the mood at UK. It is a place where my dreams can come true.”

Johansson’s UK Scorecard 

*Does not include dual matches