Career: Five-time honor roll student-athlete… Played in 31 events with a 76.55 scoring average (31st in school history)… Produced two T14 finishes at CAA Championship (2024, 2026)…
2025-26: CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with High Honors with Distinction… Played in 9 events with a 77.8 stroke average… Produced season-best T14 finish (73-77-80—230) at CAA Championship… Was T21 (77-75-75) at Edisto Island Invitational…
2024-25: WGCA All-America Scholar… CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with High Honors…
Competed in 6 events and posted a 77.1 stroke average… Career-best T7 finish at Tiger Classic (70-73—143)…
2023-24: WGCA All-America Scholar… College Sports Communicators Academic All-District… CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Posted a season-best T14 finish at the CAA Championship… Compiled a 75.7 scoring average with four top-25 finishes… Was T17 at Sea Best Intercollegiate (71-74-79—224)… Shot a season-low 2-under 70 at the Briar’s Creek Invitational… Was T21 at the Red Raider Invitational and T24 at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (76-71-74—221)… Produced 4 rounds of par, or better, golf…
2022-23: Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Competed in four events and produced a 75.4 stroke average over 10 rounds… Missed five events due to injury… Posted career-best T8 finish (70-69-71—210, -3) to help CU win the Golfweek Fall Challenge at Caledonia… Named Big South freshman of the week Sept. 15… Also competed in Golf Iconic Classic, Chattanooga Classic and Big South Championship…
2021-22: Big South Presidential Honor Roll member… Played in two tournaments as an individual… Finished T34 at Bryan National Collegiate (74-80-73—227), where she posted a collegiate low in the final round… 75.83 scoring average…
Prep/ Personal: Izabella Marga Helga Karttunen… Won the 2021 Junior Masters Invitational Ostgota Open (2021) and 2019 Teen Tour Future… Runner-up in Junior Masters Invitational at Drottningholm (2020) and Huvudstaden Riksten (2021)… Third place in Junior Masters Invitational at Taby GK (202)… Finished 14th at 2019 Junior Swedish Championship Teen Tour elite and fifth place in 2020 Teen Tour final… Participated in 2018 and 2019 Singha Thailand Junior World Golf Championship… Daughter of Jerry Karttunen and Ann Grimbrandt… Has one sibling, Jamez… Born Nov. 6, 2002… International business (+MBA) major…
Izabella Grimbrandt Career Stats
| Seasons (Yr.) |
Events |
Rd. |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low Round |
Top Finish |
| 2021-22 (Fr.) |
2 |
6 |
455 |
75.83 |
73 (Bryan Natl.) |
T34 (Bryan Natl.) |
| 2022-23 (Fr.-R) |
4 |
10 |
754 |
75.4 |
69 (Golfweek) |
T8 (Golfweek) |
| 2023-24 (So.-R) |
10 |
30 |
2271 |
75.7 |
70 (Briar’s Creek) |
T14 (CAA) |
| 2024-25 (Jr.-R) |
6 |
15 |
1157 |
77.1 |
70 (Tiger) |
T7 (Tiger) |
| 2025-26 (Sr.-R) |
9 |
26 |
2023 |
77.8 |
73 (3X) |
T14 (CAA) |
| Total |
31 |
87 |
6660 |
76.55 |
69 (’22-23) |
T7 (’24-25) |
Izabella Grimbrandt Career Results
2021-22
Bryan National Collegiate *74-80-73—227 (T34)
Evie Odom Invitational (par 70) *75-74-79—228 (63)
2022-23
Golfweek Fall Challenge (par 71) 70-69-71--210 (T8)
Golf Iconic Classic 78-78-73--229 (T54)
Chattanooga Classic 79-75-79--233 (T66)
Big South Championship X-82-X--82 (N/A)
2023-24
Golfweek Fall Challenge (par 71) 73-75-74--222 (T35)
Red Raider Invitational 74-74-75-223 (T21)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational 76-71-74--221 (T24)
The Southern 80-73-82--235 (T41)
Sea Best Intercollegiate 71-74-79--224 (T17)
Gators Invitational (par 70) 72-79-78--229 (59)
Briar’s Creek Invitational 70-80-75--225 (T45)
Florida State Match Up 74-83-79--236 (T69)
Chattanooga Classic (par 71) 79-71-72--222 (T27)
CAA Championship 76-80-78--234 (T14)
2024-25
Tiger Classic 70-73--143 (T7)
Golfweek Fall Challenge (par 71) 76-76-75--227 (T52)
Red Raider Invitational 79-75-76--230 (T55)
Daniel Island Invitational 78-80-84--242 (T71)
Chattanooga Classic 78-76-77--231 (T45)
CAA Championship 84-X-X (N/A)
2025-26
Tiger Classic 79-73--152 (T32)
Golfweek Fall Challenge * (par 71) 80-76-75—231 (T84)
Golfweek Red Sky Classic 77-86-73--236 (T89)
Edisto Island Invitational (par 71) 77-75-75--227 (T21)
Momentum Transportation UNF Collegiate 79-81-81--241 (T61)
Gators Invitational (par 70) 76-77-77--230 (T59)
City of Oaks Collegiate 79-85-80--244 (T68)
Ironwood Invitational 80-74-78--232 (T49)
CAA Championship 73-77-80--230 (T14)
