2018-19
As a senior, earned the William Terminello Award as Columbia’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight season … Served as team captain for the second straight season … Ranked third on the team with a 76.47 stroke average (1,300 strokes in 17 rounds) … Led the team with five top-25 finishes … Registered one par/under-par round (72) … Season-low round was a 72 shot during the second round of the Richmond MatchUp (Oct. 13-14) … Ranked second on squad in fall scoring average (76.10) … Placed 15
th at the Ivy League Championship (April 19-21) with a 15-over-par 75-77-76-231 … Finished 12
th at the Wofford Low Country Intercollegiate (March 16-17) with a five-over-par 76-77-153.
2017-18
Earned the William Terminello Award as Columbia’s Most Valuable Player … Served as team captain … Ranked second on squad in stroke average with a 77.78 (1,711 strokes in 22 rounds) … Topped the team with three top-25 finishes … Finished in 15
th place at the Ivy League Championships (April 20-22) with a 17-over-par 78-79-76-233 … Tied for fifth place at the Picciotto Memorial Intercollegiate (April 8-9) at 13-over-par 78-79-157 … Finished in a tie for 16
th place and second among Columbia golfers with a 15-over-par 76-76-79-231 at the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) … Led the Lions with a 36
th place finish at the 3M Augusta Invitational (March 16-18) with an 11-over-par 80-73-74-227 … Led the Lions at the Cardinal Cup (Oct. 21-22).
2016-17
As a sophomore, averaged a 79.47 stroke average (1,351 strokes over 17 rounds) ... Best finish with a 33rd place finish at the Nittany Lion Invitational (Sept. 24-25) with a 78-80-78-236 (+20) ... Low round was a 72 in the second round of the Yale Intercollegiate (Oct. 7-8) while finishing in 42nd place (79-72-151, +9) ... Placed 38th at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 1-2) with a 78-78-77-233 (+17) ... Competed in six invitationals.
2015-16
As a first-year, finished with a 80.43 stroke average after competing in 14 rounds … Best finish came at the Spring Training Intercollegiate (March 18-19) where she took fifth after back-to-back rounds of 78 to finish 12-over par … Career-best round came in the final round of the River Landing Classic (April 9-10) with a 76 … Finished tied for 22nd at the Ivy League Championship with a 79-83-83—245 (+26).
HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time team captain at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, close to her home town of Lexington … Was the number one golfer for the Zebras in her final three years of high school.
PERSONAL
Named the 2012 Junior PGA Player of the Year ... Earned an individual title at the Stan Trojanowski Northern Junior in 2013 … Winner at the HJGT Southeast Florida Junior Shootout in 2014 … Tied for sixth place in the 2014 AJGA Ravenwood, aided by a personal best round of 69 on the final day … Also claimed sixth in the AJGA Killington Junior Golf Championship in 2014, shooting a 71 in the second round … Runner-up at the Pippy O’Connor Girls Golf Classic Independent School League Championship this past spring … Daughter of Linda Zhang and John Ding ... Enrolled at Columbia College ... Majors in Political Science.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
|
No. |
No. |
Avg. |
vs. |
Natl |
Low |
In |
Par or |
Fin. |
|
Best |
| Season |
Tour |
Rds |
Score |
Par |
Rating |
Round |
60s |
Better |
Pct. |
Wins |
Finish |
| 2015-16 |
5 |
14.0 |
80.43 |
8.21 |
- |
76 |
0 |
0 |
29.9% |
0 |
5th |
| 2016-17 |
6 |
17.0 |
79.47 |
7.59 |
1060 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
35.2% |
0 |
33rd |
| 2017-18 |
8 |
22.0 |
77.77 |
5.86 |
820 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
45.7% |
0 |
5th |
| 2018-19 |
7 |
17.0 |
76.47 |
4.65 |
690 |
72 |
0 |
1 |
65.4% |
0 |
6th |
| Career |
26 |
70.0 |
78.40 |
6.46 |
- |
72 |
0 |
1 |
44.4% |
0 |
5th |
TOURNAMENT BY TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
2015-16 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| Lady Paladin Invitational |
Sept. 20-22 |
83 |
80 |
80 |
-- |
243 |
+27 |
T82nd |
| Notre Dame Clover Cup |
March 11-13 |
81 |
82 |
79 |
-- |
242 |
+26 |
T79th |
| Spring Training Intercollegiate |
March 18 |
78 |
78 |
-- |
-- |
156 |
+12 |
5th |
| River Landing Classic |
April 9-10 |
80 |
84 |
76 |
-- |
240 |
+24 |
T47th |
| Ivy League Championship |
April 22-24 |
79 |
83 |
83 |
-- |
245 |
+26 |
T22nd |
2016-17 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| Nittany Lion Invitational |
Sept. 24-25 |
78 |
80 |
78 |
-- |
236 |
+20 |
T33rd |
| Princeton Invitational |
Oct. 1-2 |
78 |
78 |
77 |
-- |
233 |
+17 |
T38th |
| Yale Intercollegiate |
Oct. 7-8 |
79 |
72 |
-- |
-- |
151 |
+9 |
T42nd |
| Cardinal Cup |
Oct. 23-25 |
80 |
81 |
83 |
-- |
244 |
+28 |
T76th |
| 3M Augusta Invitational |
March 17-19 |
81 |
79 |
78 |
-- |
238 |
+22 |
T60th |
| Hoya Invitational |
April 10-11 |
80 |
81 |
88 |
-- |
249 |
+33 |
T68th |
2017-18 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| Nittany Lion Invitational |
Sept. 23-24 |
79 |
80 |
81 |
-- |
240 |
+24 |
T63rd |
| Princeton Invitational |
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 |
76 |
76 |
79 |
-- |
231 |
+15 |
T16th |
| Yale Intercollegiate |
Oct. 6-8 |
83 |
75 |
-- |
-- |
158 |
+16 |
T65th |
| Cardinal Cup |
Oct. 21-22 |
78 |
80 |
76 |
-- |
234 |
+18 |
T48th |
| Florida State Match-Up |
Feb. 9-10 |
79 |
76 |
76 |
-- |
231 |
+15 |
T50th |
| 3M Augusta Invitational |
March 16-18 |
80 |
73 |
74 |
-- |
227 |
+11 |
T36th |
| Picciotto Mem. Intercollegiate |
April 8-9 |
78 |
79 |
-- |
-- |
157 |
+13 |
T5th |
| Ivy League Championship |
April 20-22 |
78 |
79 |
76 |
-- |
233 |
+17 |
T15th |
2018-19 SEASON
| Tournament Name |
Date |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
To Par |
Finish |
| Princeton Invitational |
Sept. 29-30 |
74 |
75 |
-- |
-- |
149 |
+5 |
T12th |
| Bettie Lou Evans Invitational |
Oct. 5-7 |
75 |
77 |
76 |
-- |
228 |
+12 |
T44th |
| Richmond MatchUp |
Oct. 13-14 |
77 |
72 |
-- |
-- |
149 |
+5 |
T6th |
| Lady Blue Hen Invitational |
Oct. 20-21 |
73 |
76 |
86 |
-- |
235 |
+22 |
T39th |
| FAU Winter WarmUp |
Feb. 17-18 |
80 |
76 |
-- |
-- |
156 |
+12 |
T18th |
| Wofford Low Country Inter. |
March 16-17 |
77 |
75 |
-- |
-- |
152 |
+8 |
T12th |
| Ivy League Championship |
April 19-21 |
75 |
77 |
76 |
-- |
231 |
+15 |
15th |
