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2022-2023 Women's Golf Roster

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Jeff Golden

Hyeonji Kang

Hyeonji Kang

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Jeju, South Korea
  • Highschool:
    Al Mawakeb School (Dubai)

Summary

Biography

2022-23 (Sophomore):
  • Named to College Sports Communicators All-District team
  • Selected to All-Big West first team
  • Competed in all nine tournaments with three Top 10 finishes
  • Led the team with a 73.8 scoring average, which is the best season average in program history
  • Team-high five rounds under par, including two in the 60s
  • Led the team with a 74.6 scoring average in the spring
  • Low round was 3-under 69 in the first round of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational
  • Runner-up at the Cowgirl Classic, where she carded 2-over 218
  • Career-best 2-under 214 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, where she placed fifth
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll

2021-22 (Freshman):
  • Named to all-Big West Second Team and to the Big West all-tournament team
  • Selected to WGCA All-American Scholar Team
  • Competed in 10 of 11 tournaments
  • Finished with a 75.4 scoring average, which ranked third on the team
  • Tied for fourth place at the Big West Championship, where she posted a 6-over 222 total
  • Recorded a 2-over 218 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate for her low 54-hole score
  • Season-best 1-under 70 in the opening round of the Couer d’Alene Collegiate Invitational
  • Three Top 10 finishes
  • Recorded three rounds under par
  • Named academic all-Big West
 
Prep:
  • A 2021 graduate of Al Mawakeb School in Dubai
  • Won the 2019 Singha Thailand Amateur Open, which is one of the premier amateur junior events in Asia
  • Two-time EGF Order of Merit Champion
  • In 2019 shot consecutive rounds of 66 to claim the title
  • Had three runner-up finishes, a third place, and a 10th place finish over 2018 and 2019 seasons 
 
Personal:
  • Born in Jeju, South Korea
  • Has one older brother Sungyun
  • Parents are Taeksang Kang and Kilmi Kim of Dubai
 

2022-23
Place     Tournament     Scores
16 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate Invitational 74-69-72=215 (+2)
57 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 75-76-74=225 (+9)
5 Rainbow Wahine Invitational  69-75-70=214 (-2)
T-21 Pac-12 Preview 70-78-75=223 (+4)
T-8 The Causeway Invitational 73 (+1)
T-21 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 76-78-73=227 (+11)
T-57 Anuenue Spring Break Classic 74-79-76=229 (+13)
T-2 Cowgirl Classic 73-74-71=218 (+2)
DNF Big West Championships 75-73-W

2021-22
Place     Tournament     Scores
- HPU Sharks Shootout DNC
T-10 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate Invitational 70-73-75=218 (+5)
T-20 Ron Moore Intercollegiate 73-73-72=218 (+2)
T-32 Rainbow Wahine Invitational   81-74-75=230 (+14)
T-49 Pac-12 Preview 77-81-78=236 (+17)
T-48 The Valley Invitational 77-78-88=243 (+27)
22 The Gold Rush 77-76-77=230 (+14)
T-6 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 72-71-78=221 (+5)
T-11 Fresno State Classic 71-76-72=219 (+3)
T-38 Cowgirl Classic 77-73-76=226 (+10)
T-4 Big West Championships 76-73-73=222 (+6)

Career Statistics
Year TP Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2021-22 10 30 2,263 75.4 70 T-4
2022-23 9 24 1,772 73.8 69 T-2
TOTAL 19 54 4,035 74.7 69 T-2

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