Charles Wang

Height:
5-11
Weight:
120
Class:
First-Year
Hometown:
Beijing, China
High School:
Sarasota Christian School

2014-15: Showcased raw talent while playing in 10 of Northwestern's 11 tournaments, competing as a member of the team lineup in all but one … Ranked fifth on the team in scoring average but second in rounds in the 60s (3) and third in rounds at par or better (8) … Tied the team's best total of the fall with a 3-under 67 in the second round of NU's home Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 21-22) … That score came after an opening 78 in the event, an 11-stroke improvement from round-to-round … Closed the Erin Hills Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-7) with a final round 3-under 69 … Opened the rain-shortened Rod Myers Invitational (Oct. 11-12) with an even-par 72 … Carded an even-par 71 in the second round of the Gifford Collegiate (Nov. 5-7) … Went a perfect 3-0 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship (Feb. 15-16) to open the spring season, earning victories of 1-up, 4 and 2, and 7 and 5 … Fired a 4-under 68 in the second round of the Jones Invitational (Feb 23-24), a tournament in which NU would place a team-season-best third place ... Ended with his first-career top-20 at the Jones, placing 19th … Saved his best tournament for last, leading Northwestern with a 13th-place result at the 2015 Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) … Opened with two even-par 72s and had a third-round 1-over 73 before fading a bit in the final round with a 77.

2014-15 Results:
Windon Memorial Classic • 78-67-72=217 (+7) (32nd) (played as an individual)
Erin Hills Intercollegiate • 86-76-69=231 (+15) (46th)
Rod Myers Invitational • 72-76=148 (+4) (33rd)
Gifford Collegiate • 75-71-73=219 (+6) (34th)
Big Ten Match Play Championship, 3-0

Def. Brendan Doyle (IU), 1 up
Def. Joe Brooks (MD), 4 and 2
Def. Stuart Macdonald (PU), 7 and 5

Jones Invitational • 72-68-79=219 (+3) (19th)
Louisiana Classics • 74-77-74=225 (+9) (50th)
The Goodwin • 73-74-80=227 (+17) (112th)
Kepler Intercollegiate • 75-75-77=227 (+14) (50th)
Big Ten Championships • 72-72-73-77=294 (+6) (13th)

High School: Finished as the low amateur at the 2014 Florida Open with a 4-under 212 ... Opened that tournament with a 6-under 66 to hold the 18-hole lead by two shots ... Won the West Florida Golf Tour Ritz Carlton Series, a one-day professional event, as an amateur in September of 2013, shooting a 7-under 65 ... Finished fourth at another Tour stop at TPC Prestancia in November with a 7-under 137 (67-70) ... Had a seventh-place finish at the WFGT event at TPC Prestancia in October of 2013 ... Captain of his varsity golf team at Sarasota Christian School, finishing second at the FHSAA Regional before placing sixth in the state of Florida during the finals with a 2-under 142 (72-70) ... Coached by David Leadbetter ... Ranks first in his high school class with a 4.0 GPA.

Personal: Born in Beijing to father Tao Wang and mother LinLin Zhang ... An accomplished violinist, he served as his school's Orchestral Concert Master in 2012-13 and performed as a volunteer violinist with the Venice Symphony from 2011-13 ... Skipped a grade in high school and enrolled at Northwestern as a 17-year-old ... Major is undeclared.