2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
2020-21 (Sophomore): Runner Up at 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur, becoming fourth Wildcat in program history to reach finals... Late arrival for spring season returning from Taiwan but made immediate impact in lineup in all seven events she played in… Played the entire season with a torn labrum in her hip… Best tournament performance of season came at Clover Cup in Phoenix when she posted rounds of 71, 69 and 69 for final event score of 209, one stroke behind career low for 54-hole tournament… Third place finish at Clover Cup was her best of the year…. Also posted top-10 finish at Pac-12 Championships… Shot par or lower in nearly half of her 22 rounds played in the spring… Ended year with season-low round of 69 on three occasions.
2019-2020 (Freshman): WGCA Freshman of the Year... First Team WGCA All-American... Finished her first ever collegiate tournament in solo-second at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, shooting 8-under in the process… Earned Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for September in what was her first month as a Wildcat… Recorded runner-up finishes at the Stanford Intercollegiate and the Arizona Wildcat Invitational… Was named Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for March… Finished fourth-place or better in 6 of the 7 events she competed in… Was included in every edition of the ANNIKA Award Watch List… Recorded 16 rounds of par or better in only 19 rounds… Rose as high as number two in the World Amateur Golf Rankings… Was ranked by many as the number one collegiate women’s golfer in the country… Invited to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur for the second year in a row… Had a stroke average of 70.68.
Prior to Arizona: Hou joins the Wildcats ranked 23rd in the WAGR. Hou won back-to-back tournaments this summer at the Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge and the ICTSI Pradera Verde Ladies Classic. She also has wins at the TLPGA Ladies Open at Nan Pao and the Third Selection Tournament for Asian Games National Squad. Hou has finished runner-up at a number of events worldwide.
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