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Summer 2009 -- Tied for 40th at U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifying at Pasatiempo GC.
2008-09 -- Earned 2nd Team NGCA and GolfWeek 3rd Team All-America honors ... 1st Team All-Pac-10 selection and was chosen to the Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Team ... Won the 2008 Topy Cup, her first collegiate victory, with scores of 71-71-70--212 (-4) ... Established a personal best with a three-round total of 211 (-5) while tying for fourth place at the UCF Challenge ... Placed seventh at the Pac-10 Championship and tied for seventh at the Wildcat Invitational ... Recorded five Top 10 results and seven Top 20s ... Boasts a cumulative GPA of 3.34 and landed on the Director's Honor Roll in Fall, 2008 and Winter, 2009.
2007-08 -- Earned second-team All-America honors from GolfWeek and the NGCA ... Was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection ... Finished the season ranked 20th by GolfWeek ... Tied for 15th at the NCAA Championship with scores of 73-75-75-72--295 (+7) ... Best finish was a tie for second at the Regional Challenge with scores of 71-73-72--216 (+3) ... Recorded eight Top 20 results in 11 starts ... Averaged 73.7 and ranked third on the team.
Summer 2007 -- Tied for fifth in stroke play at the USWAPL after posting scores of 72-70--142 (-2) ... In match play, she advanced to the second round before falling 1-up to Stephanie Fleet of Dewitt, Mich ... Beat Julia Huh of Pasadena, Md., 2 & 1 in the first round.
Summer 2006 -- Won the Fidelity Investments Junior at Trump National with scores of 73-76-76--225 ... Placed second at The PING Invitational with scores of 74-71-70--215 and was the runnerup at the Manmi Bank Jr. Open with scores of 75-74-74--223 ... Finished third at the PING Junior at the Woodlands with scores of 74-73-71--218 and placed fourth at the AJGA Craig Ranch Junior with scores of 81-72-74--227 ... Tied for fifth at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational with scores of 72-77--149 and tied for seventh at the Rolex Tournament of Champions with scores of 72-72-77-73--294.
High School -- Graduated from Linfield Christian HS in Murrieta ... Did not play golf for her high school team.
Personal -- Is an international student ... Chose UCLA for its academics and athletics ... Parents Sung-Bum Yang and Hye-Sook Yang live in Seoul, South Korea ... Third of four children ... Admires professional golfers Lorena Ochoa, Annika Sorenstam, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson ... Enjoys listening to music and reading in her spare time ... Full name is Joo-Young Yang ... Undeclared major with interests in pre-Business/Economics.
Career Statistics
|
Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Victories |
Top 10 |
Top 20 |
Rnds < Par |
Rnds < 70 |
Avg. |
Low |
|
2007-08 |
11 |
34 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
73.7 |
69 |
|
2008-09 |
10 |
32 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
73.5 |
68 |
|
Totals |
21 |
66 |
1 |
8 |
15 |
18 |
5 |
73.6 |
68 |