2017-18 Women's Golf Roster
Cho, Sarah
Sarah Cho
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Torrey Pines
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Bio
***Honors & Awards***
2018 Second Team All-Big Ten
2016 First Team All-Big Ten
2015 Big Ten Individual Champion
Third-lowest career scoring average (74.4) in program history
2017-2018: Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships … Helped lead team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year … Received Second Team All-Big Ten honors … Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem … Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship … Had second-lowest round in Northwestern history at Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 74-75-76=225 (+9) (58th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 74-66-71=211 (-5) (4th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-75-76=224 (+11) (43rd)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-71-70=215 (+2) (8th)
East Lake Cup • 75=75 (+3) (9th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge • 71-75-80=222 (+13) (41st)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 78-79-76=233 (+20) (73rd)
SDSU March Mayhem • 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown • 73-72-72=217 (+1) (12th)
Big Ten Championships • 74-76-72=222 (+6) (30th)
NCAA Madison Regional • 72-70-74=216 (E) (17th)
2016-17: Earned her second Top-20 finish of the season at the Windy City Collegiate Classic … Carded an opening round 69 on way to an 11th place finish at season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 69-72-71=212 (-4) (11th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 71-77-74=222 (+6) (30th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 72-73-73=216 (+2) (20th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-79=153 (+9) (T53rd)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 74-72-74=220 (+7) (T31st)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-74-72=221 (+5) (T20th)
Silverado Showdown • 71-72-71=214 (-2) (T11th)
Big Ten Championship • 70-74-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 74-72-68=214 (-2) (T5th)
NCAA Championship • 78-75-76=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16: First Team All-Big Ten … Posted the fifth-best single-season scoring average (73.75) in program history … Earned three Top-10 finishes, including a win at the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational … Carded ten rounds at par-or-better, including three in the 60’s … Registered a Top-10 result at Shoal Creek NCAA Regional … Finished 8th at Hurricane Invitational with 1-under 212, her best score of the spring … Fired an even 72 in the opening round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16), helping the Wildcats to a fifth place finish ... Notched a 2-over 73 in the middle round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20) ... Shot 73-72-73 en route to a first-place Northwestern finish in the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) ... Helped the 'Cats place second in the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20), as she shot a par 72 in the third round of the tournament ... Kicked off the fall season with a first-place finish as an individual at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite (Sept. 14-15) ... Shot a 5-under 68 in the opening round, which is her career-best ... Also is third-best in Northwestern history ... Her 54-hole score of 211 was also a career-best ... That is fourth-best in NU program history.
2015-16 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 68-74-69=211 (-8) (1st)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 76-76-72=224 (+8) (47th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-72-73=218 (+2) (34th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 77-73-75=225 (+12) (54th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 72-76-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-73-70=212 (-1) (8th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 76 (+4) (38th)
~First Round: Lost to Tiffany Chan (USC), 2-up through 16
~Second Round: Def. Amira Alexander (Kent), 2 and 1
~5th-Place Match: Def. Covadonga Sanjuan (PUR), 2 and 1
PING/ASU Invitational • 73-71-82=226 (+10) (41st)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 74-72-74=220 (+4) (30th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 75-72-78=225 (+9) (9th)
NCAA Championships • 74-73-77-76=300 (+12) (66th)
*denotes played as an individual
2014-15: Freshman competed in ten out of Northwestern's 12 tournaments, four of those as an individual ... Became only the second Northwestern player to win the Big Ten Tournament as an individual … Finished the season with a scoring average of 75.65 … Her scoring average for 2014-15 is in the top 20 in program history … Played six rounds at par or better including one in the 60s … Came in third of all Wildcats participating in the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) en route to a 2nd-place Wildcat finish … Cruised through the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) with a 3-under 213 (72-70-71), winning the individual title in the tournament … Her 54-hole total of 213 is tied for fourth-best in program history … Shot a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) … Competed as an individual in the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) and shot a 2-under 69 in the second round of the tournament … Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) … Improved by one stroke in every round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) … Finished up with a 3-over 216 (73-72-71) while competing as an individual … Tied for 27th at the Wildcats’ own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) … Ended the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) with a 1-under 72 in the final round.
2014-15 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 80-77-72=229 (+10) (50th)
*Windy City Collegiate Classic •75-75-75=225 (+9) (27th)
*Stanford Intercollegiate • 73-72-71=216 (+3) (31st)
Lady Puerto Rico • 81-75-77=233 (+17) (55th)
*Hurricane Invitational • 80-69-76=225 (+12) (48th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 77-79-79=235 (+19) (53rd)
Silverado Showdown • 82-73-75=230 (+14) (39th)
Big Ten Championships • 72-70-71=213 (-3) (1st)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 77-73-76=226 (+10) (35th)
NCAA Championships • 77-78-77-81=313 (+25) (59th)
*denotes played as an individual
Before Northwestern: Ranked No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the state of California in her class by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Made the cut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship and advanced to the Round of 32 in match play ... Helped Torrey Pines H.S. win four-straight team titles, along with four-straight San Dieigo Section and SoCal Regional titles ... 2011 California State Champion ... Runner-up finish in 2013 ... Won the 2013 San Diego Section individual title ... Captured 2012 Southern California Junior PGA Championship ... Notched two AJGA victories along with seven top-five finishes ... Finished third at the highly-competitive Callaway Junior World event in 2012.
Personal: Daughter of Hae K. and Chung Nam Cho ... High school teammates with current Northwestern player Minjia Luo ... Major is communication studies.
2018 Second Team All-Big Ten
2016 First Team All-Big Ten
2015 Big Ten Individual Champion
Third-lowest career scoring average (74.4) in program history
2017-2018: Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships … Helped lead team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year … Received Second Team All-Big Ten honors … Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem … Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship … Had second-lowest round in Northwestern history at Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 74-75-76=225 (+9) (58th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 74-66-71=211 (-5) (4th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-75-76=224 (+11) (43rd)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-71-70=215 (+2) (8th)
East Lake Cup • 75=75 (+3) (9th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge • 71-75-80=222 (+13) (41st)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate • 78-79-76=233 (+20) (73rd)
SDSU March Mayhem • 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown • 73-72-72=217 (+1) (12th)
Big Ten Championships • 74-76-72=222 (+6) (30th)
NCAA Madison Regional • 72-70-74=216 (E) (17th)
2016-17: Earned her second Top-20 finish of the season at the Windy City Collegiate Classic … Carded an opening round 69 on way to an 11th place finish at season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.
2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 69-72-71=212 (-4) (11th)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 71-77-74=222 (+6) (30th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 72-73-73=216 (+2) (20th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 74-79=153 (+9) (T53rd)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge • 74-72-74=220 (+7) (T31st)
Hurricane Invitational • 75-74-72=221 (+5) (T20th)
Silverado Showdown • 71-72-71=214 (-2) (T11th)
Big Ten Championship • 70-74-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional • 74-72-68=214 (-2) (T5th)
NCAA Championship • 78-75-76=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16: First Team All-Big Ten … Posted the fifth-best single-season scoring average (73.75) in program history … Earned three Top-10 finishes, including a win at the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational … Carded ten rounds at par-or-better, including three in the 60’s … Registered a Top-10 result at Shoal Creek NCAA Regional … Finished 8th at Hurricane Invitational with 1-under 212, her best score of the spring … Fired an even 72 in the opening round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 14-16), helping the Wildcats to a fifth place finish ... Notched a 2-over 73 in the middle round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 18-20) ... Shot 73-72-73 en route to a first-place Northwestern finish in the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) ... Helped the 'Cats place second in the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20), as she shot a par 72 in the third round of the tournament ... Kicked off the fall season with a first-place finish as an individual at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite (Sept. 14-15) ... Shot a 5-under 68 in the opening round, which is her career-best ... Also is third-best in Northwestern history ... Her 54-hole score of 211 was also a career-best ... That is fourth-best in NU program history.
2015-16 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 68-74-69=211 (-8) (1st)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 76-76-72=224 (+8) (47th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-72-73=218 (+2) (34th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 77-73-75=225 (+12) (54th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 72-76-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational • 69-73-70=212 (-1) (8th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 76 (+4) (38th)
~First Round: Lost to Tiffany Chan (USC), 2-up through 16
~Second Round: Def. Amira Alexander (Kent), 2 and 1
~5th-Place Match: Def. Covadonga Sanjuan (PUR), 2 and 1
PING/ASU Invitational • 73-71-82=226 (+10) (41st)
2016 Big Ten Championships • 74-72-74=220 (+4) (30th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional • 75-72-78=225 (+9) (9th)
NCAA Championships • 74-73-77-76=300 (+12) (66th)
*denotes played as an individual
2014-15: Freshman competed in ten out of Northwestern's 12 tournaments, four of those as an individual ... Became only the second Northwestern player to win the Big Ten Tournament as an individual … Finished the season with a scoring average of 75.65 … Her scoring average for 2014-15 is in the top 20 in program history … Played six rounds at par or better including one in the 60s … Came in third of all Wildcats participating in the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) … Shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) en route to a 2nd-place Wildcat finish … Cruised through the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) with a 3-under 213 (72-70-71), winning the individual title in the tournament … Her 54-hole total of 213 is tied for fourth-best in program history … Shot a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) … Competed as an individual in the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) and shot a 2-under 69 in the second round of the tournament … Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) … Improved by one stroke in every round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) … Finished up with a 3-over 216 (73-72-71) while competing as an individual … Tied for 27th at the Wildcats’ own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) … Ended the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) with a 1-under 72 in the final round.
2014-15 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 80-77-72=229 (+10) (50th)
*Windy City Collegiate Classic •75-75-75=225 (+9) (27th)
*Stanford Intercollegiate • 73-72-71=216 (+3) (31st)
Lady Puerto Rico • 81-75-77=233 (+17) (55th)
*Hurricane Invitational • 80-69-76=225 (+12) (48th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 77-79-79=235 (+19) (53rd)
Silverado Showdown • 82-73-75=230 (+14) (39th)
Big Ten Championships • 72-70-71=213 (-3) (1st)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 77-73-76=226 (+10) (35th)
NCAA Championships • 77-78-77-81=313 (+25) (59th)
*denotes played as an individual
Before Northwestern: Ranked No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the state of California in her class by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... Made the cut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship and advanced to the Round of 32 in match play ... Helped Torrey Pines H.S. win four-straight team titles, along with four-straight San Dieigo Section and SoCal Regional titles ... 2011 California State Champion ... Runner-up finish in 2013 ... Won the 2013 San Diego Section individual title ... Captured 2012 Southern California Junior PGA Championship ... Notched two AJGA victories along with seven top-five finishes ... Finished third at the highly-competitive Callaway Junior World event in 2012.
Personal: Daughter of Hae K. and Chung Nam Cho ... High school teammates with current Northwestern player Minjia Luo ... Major is communication studies.
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