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Sarah Shao
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- The Wardlaw+Hartridge School
- Hometown:
- Green Brook, N.J.
- School:
- Columbia College
Honors & Awards:
- 2026 Ivy League Champion
- 2025-26 Second Team All-Ivy League
- Two-time WGCA All-America Scholar
2025-26:
Started all 30 rounds of all 10 events ... Ranked No. 3 on the team with a 75.20 stroke average ... Posted two Top 5s, four Top 10s and six Top 25s ... Began the year with a T3 in the 90-player Battle at the Creek, shooting rounds of 71, 75 and 76 and matching her best collegiate finish ... Top 10 at the Red Bandanna Invitational (Sept. 22-23) with three more rounds in the 70s ... Broke 80 in all but two rounds on the season ... T17 in the 79-player Princeton Invitational (Oct. 4-5) ... Helped Columbia to its first tournament title in a decade by tying for 18th at 12-over-par 231 in the More Than Golf Invitational (Mar. 1-3) ... Solo 8th at 6-over-par 222 (75-73-74) in the ECU Ironwood Invitational (Apr. 5-7) ... Led the Lions to their first Ivy League Championship since 2007, posting a team-best total of 8-over-par 224 (73-76-75) at Baltusrol, finishing solo third ... Named to the Ivy League All-Championship team by virtue of her Top 5 finish ... Finished Top 50 at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (May 11-13).
2024-25:
In the starting lineup for all 22 rounds of all nine events ... Posted a stroke average of 75.45, which ranks sixth in Columbia women's golf program history ... Had one Top 5, two Top 10s and three Top 25 finishes ... Tied for 26th out of 83 in her collegiate debut, shooting 11-over-par 227 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (Sept. 14-15) ... Finished Top 15 or beter in each of her last three events ... T15 out of 70 at the More Than Golf Invitational, co-hosted by Columbia and the ANNIKA Foundation at Old Barnwell (Mar. 28-30) ... Had her top finish of the season at the Navy Spring Invitational (Apr. 12-13), earning solo 3rd out of 54 at 1-over-par 145 ... Carded her lowest round of the season at Navy of 1-under 71 ... Earned a Top 10 at the Ivy League Championship (Apr. 18-20) with rounds of 1-under 71, 77 and 75.
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
2025-26 SEASON
2024-25 SEASON
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey ... Qualified for the 75th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, as well as the 73rd edition in 2022 ... 2024 Junior PGA Championship qualifier, which took place at Congressional, where she finished T-41 ... Runner-up at both the 2024 New Jersey State Junior Girls’ Championship and 2024 NJ Junior PGA Championship ... Two-time MVP of Wardlaw+Hartridge ... Owns two AJGA Open wins ... Rolex Junior All-American Honorable Mention ... Owns a top Rolex AJGA ranking of No. 42 ... Multi-time AP Scholar ... Member of the Chinese National Honor Society ... Awarded the 2024 Wigton Cup at Wardlaw+Hartridge as the most outstanding senior female athlete.
- 2026 Ivy League Champion
- 2025-26 Second Team All-Ivy League
- Two-time WGCA All-America Scholar
2025-26:
Started all 30 rounds of all 10 events ... Ranked No. 3 on the team with a 75.20 stroke average ... Posted two Top 5s, four Top 10s and six Top 25s ... Began the year with a T3 in the 90-player Battle at the Creek, shooting rounds of 71, 75 and 76 and matching her best collegiate finish ... Top 10 at the Red Bandanna Invitational (Sept. 22-23) with three more rounds in the 70s ... Broke 80 in all but two rounds on the season ... T17 in the 79-player Princeton Invitational (Oct. 4-5) ... Helped Columbia to its first tournament title in a decade by tying for 18th at 12-over-par 231 in the More Than Golf Invitational (Mar. 1-3) ... Solo 8th at 6-over-par 222 (75-73-74) in the ECU Ironwood Invitational (Apr. 5-7) ... Led the Lions to their first Ivy League Championship since 2007, posting a team-best total of 8-over-par 224 (73-76-75) at Baltusrol, finishing solo third ... Named to the Ivy League All-Championship team by virtue of her Top 5 finish ... Finished Top 50 at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (May 11-13).
2024-25:
In the starting lineup for all 22 rounds of all nine events ... Posted a stroke average of 75.45, which ranks sixth in Columbia women's golf program history ... Had one Top 5, two Top 10s and three Top 25 finishes ... Tied for 26th out of 83 in her collegiate debut, shooting 11-over-par 227 at the Nittany Lion Invitational (Sept. 14-15) ... Finished Top 15 or beter in each of her last three events ... T15 out of 70 at the More Than Golf Invitational, co-hosted by Columbia and the ANNIKA Foundation at Old Barnwell (Mar. 28-30) ... Had her top finish of the season at the Navy Spring Invitational (Apr. 12-13), earning solo 3rd out of 54 at 1-over-par 145 ... Carded her lowest round of the season at Navy of 1-under 71 ... Earned a Top 10 at the Ivy League Championship (Apr. 18-20) with rounds of 1-under 71, 77 and 75.
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 | 1,660 | 75.45 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 / 54 |
| 2025-26 | 10 | 30 | 2,256 | 75.20 | 71 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | T3 / 90 |
| Career | 19 | 52 | 3,916 | 75.31 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | T3 / 90 |
2025-26 SEASON
| Tournament Name | Date | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par | Finish |
| Battle at the Creek | Sept. 15-16 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 222 | +9 | T3 / 90 |
| Red Bandanna Invitational | Sept. 22-23 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 224 | +8 | T8 / 84 |
| Windy City Collegiate Classic | Sept. 29-30 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 222 | +6 | T40 / 63 |
| Princeton Invitational | Oct. 4-5 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 222 | +9 | T17 / 79 |
| Space Coast Classic | Feb. 21-22 | 72 | 71 | 83 | 226 | +10 | T27 / 78 |
| More Than Golf Invitational | Mar. 1-3 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 231 | +12 | T18 / 63 |
| Valspar Augusta Invitational | Mar. 14-15 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 231 | +15 | T57 / 88 |
| ECU Ironwood Invitational | Apr. 5-7 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 222 | +6 | 8 / 89 |
| Ivy League Championship | Apr. 24-26 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 224 | +8 | 3 / 36 |
| NCAA Ann Arbor Regional | May 11-13 | 76 | 75 | 81 | 232 | +19 | T50 / 76 |
2024-25 SEASON
| Tournament Name | Date | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To Par | Finish |
| Nittany Lion Invitational | Sept. 14-15 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 227 | +11 | T26 / 83 |
| Lady Paladin Invitational | Sept. 20-22 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 227 | +11 | T42 / 77 |
| Princeton Invitational | Sept. 28-29 | 75 | 81 | 76 | 232 | +19 | T33 / 75 |
| Columbia Classic | Feb. 8-9 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 228 | +12 | T31 / 71 |
| Red Rocks Invitational | Mar. 14-15 | 75 | -- | -- | 75 | +3 | T42 / 112 |
| Quad-Match | Mar. 16 | 76 | -- | -- | 76 | +4 | T13 / 23 |
| More Than Golf Invitational | Mar. 28-30 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 227 | +8 | T15 / 70 |
| Navy Spring Invitational | Apr. 12-13 | 71 | 74 | -- | 145 | +1 | 3 / 54 |
| Ivy League Championship | Apr. 18-20 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 223 | +7 | T10 / 36 |
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey ... Qualified for the 75th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, as well as the 73rd edition in 2022 ... 2024 Junior PGA Championship qualifier, which took place at Congressional, where she finished T-41 ... Runner-up at both the 2024 New Jersey State Junior Girls’ Championship and 2024 NJ Junior PGA Championship ... Two-time MVP of Wardlaw+Hartridge ... Owns two AJGA Open wins ... Rolex Junior All-American Honorable Mention ... Owns a top Rolex AJGA ranking of No. 42 ... Multi-time AP Scholar ... Member of the Chinese National Honor Society ... Awarded the 2024 Wigton Cup at Wardlaw+Hartridge as the most outstanding senior female athlete.
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