• In 2006, best finish was a tie for 12th at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup.
• In 2005, best finish was a tie for 10th at the CJ Nine Bridges Classic Presented by Sports Today.
• In 2004, best finish was a tie for 24th at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for 12th to earn exempt status for the 2005 LPGA season.
• In 2003, best finish was a tie for 16th at the Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury; posted a career-low 63 during the first round of the Welch’s/Fry’s Championship.
• In 2002, recorded season-best finish at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic, where she tied for fifth; recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one in the first round of the LPGA Corning Classic.
• In 2001, best finish was a tie for 30th at the Williams Championship.
• In 2000, tied for ninth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2001 LPGA season.
• From 1997-2000, competed on the Futures Tour, where she posted three top-10 finishes and 12 additional top-25 finishes.
• In 1997, turned professional.

Amateur
Bader began her golf career in Iowa, where she won the 1991 Iowa Junior Open, 1991 Des Moines Open and 1992 Waterloo Junior Open. She continued to build her resume with a win at the 1995 Quad City Women’s Amateur and a runner-up finish at the Iowa Women’s Amateur. As a member and captain of the Iowa State University (ISU) women’s golf team, Bader was a medalist at the 1993 Northern Illinois Huskie Invitational and was the team’s most valuable player in 1993-94. Bader also was a runner-up at the Big Eight Championship and is the only player from ISU to earn All-Big Eight honors for two years. In 1996, Bader was named ISU’s Female Athlete of the Year.