2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Christine Chang
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lee Scott Academy
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Ala.
- School:
- Columbia College
Honors & Awards:
- 2026 Ivy League Champion
- 2026 Ivy League All-Championship Team
- Second-lowest single-season stroke average in program history (74.32)
- Second-lowest single-season stroke average vs. par in program history (+2.31)
- Lowest 36-hole score in program history (141, -3)
- Lowest 54-hole score in program history (210, -6)
2025-26:
Started all 10 tournaments and 29 of 30 competition rounds ... Tied for the most Top 25s on the team with seven ... Also had one Top 5 and one Top 10 ... Boasted a stroke average of 75.76 ... Began the year with a T17 in the Battle at the Creek (Sept. 15-16) ... Posted five consecutive Top 25s, including an impressive T25 at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 29-30) against a highly competitive and nationally ranked field ... Shot a 2-over-par 218 (72-77-69) in that event, matching her lowest collegiate round with the 69 ... Closed the fall with a T12 against 79 competitors in the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 4-5) ... Shot rounds of 76, 76 and 78 at Old Barnwell's par 73 course, tying for 14th individually and helping the Lions hoist the tournament title at the More Than Golf Invitational (Mar. 1-3) ... Shot a 9-over-par 225 at the Ivy League Championship (Apr. 24-26), including a final-round 3-under-par 69, tying for fourth individually and helping lead Columbia to their first Ivy League title since 2007 ... Named to the Ivy League All-Championship Team by virtue of her Top 5 finish.
2024-25:
In the starting lineup for all 22 rounds of all nine events ... Posted a stroke average of 74.32, the lowest in program history ... Also recorded the lowest single-season stroke average vs. par in program history (+2.31) ... Six Top 25s in nine events, as well as four Top 10s and two runner-up finishes ... Made her collegiate debut at the Nittany Lion Invitational (Sept. 14-15), tying for 30th out of 83 ... Shot her first even-par round with a 71 to open the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 28-29), going on to earn her first Top 10 ... Broke par for the first time with a final-round 2-under 70 at the Columbia Classic (Feb. 8-9), earning a T8 out of 71 in the event (+2, 218) ... Tied for runner-up out of 23 competitors with an even par 72 at a quad-match hosted at Oakcreek Country Club in Sedona, Arizona ... Broke several Columbia records at the 2025 Ivy League Championship, including low-36 (141, -3), and low-54 (210, -6) ... Went on to shoot a 6-under-par 210 at the Ivy League Championship, earning runner-up out of 36 competitors.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
| No. | No. | Avg. | Low | In | Par or | Best | |||||
| Season | Tour | Rds | Strokes | Score | Round | 60s | Better | Wins | Top 10 | Top 25 | Finish |
| 2024-25 | 9 | 22 | 1,635 | 74.32 | 69 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 / 36 |
| 2025-26 | 10 | 29 | 2,197 | 75.76 | 69 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | T4 / 36 |
| Career | 19 | 51 | 3,832 | 75.14 | 69 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 2 / 36 |
2025-26 SEASON
| Tournament Name | Date | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par | Finish |
| Battle at the Creek | Sept. 15-16 | 74 | 82 | 75 | 231 | +18 | T17 / 90 |
| Red Bandanna Invitational | Sept. 22-23 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 233 | +17 | T29 / 84 |
| Windy City Collegiate Classic | Sept. 29-30 | 72 | 77 | 69 | 218 | +2 | T25 / 63 |
| Princeton Invitational | Oct. 4-5 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 219 | +6 | T12 / 79 |
| Space Coast Classic | Feb. 21-22 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 224 | +8 | 25 / 78 |
| More Than Golf Invitational | Mar. 1-3 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 230 | +11 | T14 / 63 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational | Mar. 14-15 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 220 | +4 | T21 / 88 |
| ECU Ironwood Invitational | Apr. 5-7 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 238 | +22 | T60 / 89 |
| Ivy League Championship | Apr. 24-26 | 78 | 78 | 69 | 225 | +9 | T4 / 36 |
| NCAA Ann Arbor Regional | May 11-13 | 79 | 80 | SUB | 159 | +17 | 64 / 76 |
2024-25 SEASON
| Tournament Name | Date | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par | Finish |
| Nittany Lion Invitational | Sept. 14-15 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 228 | +12 | T30 / 83 |
| Lady Paladin Invitational | Sept. 20-22 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 226 | +10 | T35 / 77 |
| Princeton Invitational | Sept. 28-29 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 220 | +7 | 9 / 75 |
| Columbia Classic | Feb. 8-9 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 218 | +2 | T8 / 71 |
| Red Rocks Invitational | Mar. 14-15 | 76 | -- | -- | 76 | +4 | T55 / 112 |
| Quad-Match | Mar. 16 | 72 | -- | -- | 72 | E | T2 / 23 |
| More Than Golf Invitational | Mar. 28-30 | 85 | 72 | 72 | 229 | +10 | T22 / 70 |
| Navy Spring Invitational | Apr. 12-13 | 77 | 79 | -- | 156 | +12 | T16 / 54 |
| Ivy League Championship | Apr. 18-20 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 210 | -6 | 2 / 36 |
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of varsity golf for Lee Scott Academy in Auburn, Alabama ... Three-time Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) All-Tournament Team selection who helped guide the Warriors to the 2022 AISA State Championship, as well as a runner-up finish in 2024 ... Individually, qualified for the 75th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and advanced to the Round of 32 ... Academically, a member of the National English Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and Rho Kappa National Honor Society ... AP Scholar ... Recipient of the English Master Award ... Honor Graduate ... Lee Scott Student-Athlete Honor Award recipient.
