Anne Bahr has served as the Saint Martin’s women’s golf head coach since the 2022-2023 season and was named the men’s golf head coach in the summer of 2024. She first joined the Saints staff in 2019 as the assistant women’s coach.
The 2025-2026 season was a remarkable one for the men’s team. Junior Rasmus Tamker, a Bahr recruit, won the GNAC Individual title and qualified for the NCAA West/South Central Regional Championships, where he went on to finish top 35. It was the first appearance at regionals in four years from a Saints men’s golfer. Sophomore Parker Sawatzky, who led the GNAC championships into round 3, finished in the top 5 and secured a second team All-GNAC selection to go with Tamker’s first-team selection. The team finished second, their highest finish since they took home the title in 2021. On the academic side, the team finished second in the conference academic standings, with Rasmus and Gavin Klein named GCAA All American Scholars.
On the women’s side, seniors Kelsie Inouye and Ashley Bruland closed out their record-breaking careers on a high note. Ashley won the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate by one stroke, and finished T-14 or better in all fall events, grabbing a GNAC POTW award for her win in late October. Kelsie notched another top 10 at GNAC’s in April, marking the fourth year in a row she finished inside the top 10 at conference. Both players were 4x All-conference selections, and Kelsie solidified her place as the best player in Saint Martin’s women’s golf history; as of her graduation, she was 6th all-time GNAC scoring average. The ladies continued to shine in the classroom with the 16th highest GPA in the nation as awarded by the WGCA, and four players earning WGCA All American Scholars honors.
In 2024-2025, the women’s program shined on the regional and national stages. The ladies won the SMSU Spring Challenge in March in Goodyear, Arizona, marking the first team tournament win in over a decade, and first win outside of the Pacific Northwest since 2009. For the first time since Coach Bahr has been with the program, the team broke the top 100 in the national rankings and was a part of the postseason at-large conversation. Junior Kelsie Inouye qualified for the NCAA West Regional Championships in Amarillo as an individual, marking the first Lady Saints golfer to qualify since 2016. She also went on to be named to the GNAC First Team All-Conference list and was joined by Hannah White and Ashley Bruland as second-team selections. Kelsie was also honored as the 2024-2025 SMU Female Athlete of the Year for her stellar play. The ladies continued to lead the conference academically, winning the 2024-2025 GNAC Academic Championship by a wide margin and finishing with the third highest team GPA in the nation as awarded by the WGCA. The 2024-2025 Academic Championship was the third straight for the team and fourth time in the last five years the ladies have led the conference in the classroom. Coach Bahr also had two GNAC Player of the Week awards during the 2024-2025 season.
In 2024-2025, her first full season leading the men’s team, Bahr recruited four transfers to join the program, two of which were named to the GNAC All-Conference team, Gavin Klein and Rasmus Tamker. They were joined by returner Carter Sheets as second-team selections. Gavin Klein was awarded GNAC Player of the Week for his under-par performance in April at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic.
In year two, the women notched three top-10 performances and steadily improved their scoring averages throughout the year. The team finished fourth at GNAC Championships and captured the 2023-2024 GNAC Academic Championship for the second year in a row. In April of 2024, Bahr took over the reins of the men’s program to finish the season where Max Turnquist captured a GNAC Player of the Week award for his standout top 20 performance at the RGJA Palm Valley Classic.
In her first season at the helm of the Women's program, she led the team to multiple top 3 finishes, including at the SMU Invitational in the Fall of 2022. The team had their highest finish ever at the GNAC Conference Championships in April of 2023, placing just a few strokes out of first place. The program also recorded its second ever Conference Champion, with true freshman Ashley Bruland taking home medalist honors in a multi-stroke victory. Also a true freshman, Kelsie Inouye, captured second place behind her teammate, and both Ashley and Kelsie were awarded GNAC First Team All-Conference honors with their stellar play. The team continued their strong academic performance, capturing the GNAC Academic Championship for the 2022-2023 season, with multiple players being awarded All-Academic honors.
Throughout her third season as assistant coach, Coach Anne continued to lead Saint Martin's to new heights, helping the team notch a top-three finish at the SMU Invitational in the fall of 2021, and two GNAC All-Conference selections in Kathryn Crimp and Jada French.
During her second season, Saint Martin's reached new levels of success, with Kathryn Crimp claiming the program’s first ever GNAC individual title. The Saints also had the GNAC individual runner-up and placed third as a team at the GNAC Championships. Both Crimp, and Hoku Nagamine were named GNAC All-Conference selections. In her first season with the Saints, Bahr helped the team to four top ten finishes on the year including a second-place finish at the SMU Invite. The team had one All-Conference player and two All-Academic selections.
Bahr played collegiate golf at Eastern Illinois University (2014-2018) where she competed and traveled all four years for the Division I team. She played in every tournament for the Panthers and led the team in stroke average for two years. Bahr holds four top-10 records in Eastern’s record books and captained the team during her senior year. She has a bachelor’s degree in business, accounting from Eastern and graduated with honors.
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Bahr competed in a multitude of sports growing up including golf, track and cross country, soccer, and ski team before taking up golf competitively during high school. Anne has been swinging golf clubs since the age of four and turned professional in 2020. She now regularly plays in Pacific Northwest PGA Section events throughout the year and loves to compete against her professional peers. She enjoys skiing throughout the winter and hiking and camping while not on the golf course during the summer. Anne resides in Steilacoom with her husband, Mitch, who is a PGA Professional, and their dog Looper.
