2023-24 Women's Golf Roster
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Hyeonji Kang
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jeju, South Korea
- High School:
- Al Mawakeb School [Dubai]
Bio
HONORS
• 2022-23 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2021-22 All-Big West Conference Second Team
• 2021-22 Big West Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2022-23 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2024-25 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Conference Team
• 2022-23 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2021-22 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team
SENIOR (2024-25)
Made her season debut as an individual Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico... Tied for 20th with score of 222 (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)... Lowered her score with each round and finished 11th with score of 221 at Riverbend Intercollegiate at Riverbend Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas (March 10-11)... Tied for 15th with score of 220 at Veritex Bank Collegiate at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas (April 7-8).
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Finished third on team with 72.87 scoring average and ranked second among Cougars with 15 rounds of par or better... Tied for second on team with six rounds in the 60s... Made her Houston debut as an individual at season-opening Sam Golden Invitational at Oakmont Country Club in Corinth, Texas... Tied for 30th with score of 3-under 213, thanks to 4-under 68 in Second Round... Tied the school record with a bogey-free 64 in First Round of The Chevron Collegiate at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas... Drained five birdies in an eagle to tie mark set by teammate Natalie Saint Germain during 2022-23 season... Tied for 17th with score of 7-under 209.... Opened The Show with rounds of 71-69 and tied for 14th with a score of 218 to lead the Cougars at Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas... Posted a 2-1 record at The Match Play at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club with wins on the final day over Tulane’s Daozeng Liu and Kansas State’s Julia Ballester Barrio.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23 at Hawai’i)
Competed in nine tournaments... Led team with a 74.13 scoring average and five rounds of par or better, including two in the 60s... Opened the Rainbow Wahine Invitational with a 69 and finished fifth with a score of 2-under 214 at Kapolei Golf Club in Kapolei, O’ahu... Tied for eighth at The weather-shortened Causeway Invitational with a 73 at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, Calif... Tied for second at the Cowgiril Classic with a score of 218, thanks to a 71 in the Final Round at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz.
FRESHMAN (2021-22 at Hawai’i)
Competed in 10 of 11 tournaments... Finished with a 75.4 scoring average, which ranked third on the team, with three Top-10 showings... Posted six rounds of par or better... Tied for fourth at the Big West Conference Championships with a score of 222... Recorded a total of 218 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate for her low 54-hole score... Fired a season-best 1-under 70 in the First Round of the Couer d’Alene Collegiate Invitational
JUNIOR CAREER
2021 graduate of Al Mawakeb School in Dubai... Posted five Top-10 finishes with three runner-up showings over 2018 and 2019 seasons.. 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... Fired consecutive rounds of 66 at the 2019 event to claim the title.
PERSONAL
Full name is Hyeonji Kang... First name is pronounced Hun-Jee... Born in Jeju, South Korea... Daughter of Taeksang King and Kilmi Kim of Dubai... Has an older brother, Sungyun.
CAREER STATISTICS
• 2022-23 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2021-22 All-Big West Conference Second Team
• 2021-22 Big West Conference All-Tournament Team
• 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2022-23 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar Team
• 2024-25 Spring Academic All-Big 12 Conference Team
• 2022-23 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2021-22 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team
| Career Bests | ||||
| Low Round | 64 (1st) School record |
The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 26, 2024) | ||
| Low 36 | 138 | The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 26, 2024) | ||
| Low 54 | 209 | The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 26-27, 2024) | ||
| Relative to Par | -7 | The Chevron Collegiate (Feb. 26, 2024) | ||
| Best Finish | t-2nd | Cowgirl Classic (April 3-4, 2023) | ||
Made her season debut as an individual Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico... Tied for 20th with score of 222 (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)... Lowered her score with each round and finished 11th with score of 221 at Riverbend Intercollegiate at Riverbend Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas (March 10-11)... Tied for 15th with score of 220 at Veritex Bank Collegiate at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas (April 7-8).
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Finished third on team with 72.87 scoring average and ranked second among Cougars with 15 rounds of par or better... Tied for second on team with six rounds in the 60s... Made her Houston debut as an individual at season-opening Sam Golden Invitational at Oakmont Country Club in Corinth, Texas... Tied for 30th with score of 3-under 213, thanks to 4-under 68 in Second Round... Tied the school record with a bogey-free 64 in First Round of The Chevron Collegiate at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas... Drained five birdies in an eagle to tie mark set by teammate Natalie Saint Germain during 2022-23 season... Tied for 17th with score of 7-under 209.... Opened The Show with rounds of 71-69 and tied for 14th with a score of 218 to lead the Cougars at Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas... Posted a 2-1 record at The Match Play at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club with wins on the final day over Tulane’s Daozeng Liu and Kansas State’s Julia Ballester Barrio.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23 at Hawai’i)
Competed in nine tournaments... Led team with a 74.13 scoring average and five rounds of par or better, including two in the 60s... Opened the Rainbow Wahine Invitational with a 69 and finished fifth with a score of 2-under 214 at Kapolei Golf Club in Kapolei, O’ahu... Tied for eighth at The weather-shortened Causeway Invitational with a 73 at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, Calif... Tied for second at the Cowgiril Classic with a score of 218, thanks to a 71 in the Final Round at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz.
FRESHMAN (2021-22 at Hawai’i)
Competed in 10 of 11 tournaments... Finished with a 75.4 scoring average, which ranked third on the team, with three Top-10 showings... Posted six rounds of par or better... Tied for fourth at the Big West Conference Championships with a score of 222... Recorded a total of 218 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate for her low 54-hole score... Fired a season-best 1-under 70 in the First Round of the Couer d’Alene Collegiate Invitational
JUNIOR CAREER
2021 graduate of Al Mawakeb School in Dubai... Posted five Top-10 finishes with three runner-up showings over 2018 and 2019 seasons.. 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... Fired consecutive rounds of 66 at the 2019 event to claim the title.
PERSONAL
Full name is Hyeonji Kang... First name is pronounced Hun-Jee... Born in Jeju, South Korea... Daughter of Taeksang King and Kilmi Kim of Dubai... Has an older brother, Sungyun.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Low Tour | Low | Par/- | Finish Top | |||||||||
| Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
| 2021-22 (at Haw) | 30 | 2,263 | 218 | 70 | 6 | 10 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 75.43 |
| 2022-23 (at Haw) | 24 | 1,772 | 214 | 69 | 5 | 9 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 73.83 |
| 2023-24 | 31 | 2,259 | 209 | 64 | 15 | 11 | – | – | – | 495-295 | .627 | 72.87 |
| 2024-25 | 20 | 1,485 | 215 | 69 | 5 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 278-171 | .619 | 74.25 |
| UH Totals | 51 | 3,744 | 209 | 64 | 20 | 18 | – | – | 1 | 773-466 | .624 | 73.41 |
| Hawai'i Totals | 54 | 4,035 | 214 | 65 | 11 | 19 | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | 75.72 |
| Totals | 105 | 7,779 | 209 | 64 | 31 | 37 | – | 2 | 7 | 773-466 | .624 | 74.09 |
HIGHLIGHTS – NCAA Columbus Regional Final Round (May 7, 2025)
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HIGHLIGHTS – NCAA Columbus Regional Second Round (May 6, 2025)
Wednesday, May 07
HIGHLIGHTS – NCAA Columbus Regional First Round (May 5, 2025)
Monday, May 05
HIGHLIGHTS – NCAA Columbus Regional Practice Round (May 4, 2025)
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