2012-13 Women's Golf Roster
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Suchaya Tangkamolprasert
- Class:
- First-Year
- High School:
- Bromsgrove International School
- Hometown:
- Bangkok, Thailand
Bio
Honors and Awards: 2015 First Team All-Big Ten ... 2015 WGCA Honorable Mention All-American … 2014 and 2015 WGCA All-American Scholar … 2014 and 2015 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2015-16: Shot a 1-under 71 in the middle round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) en route to a 4-over 220 ... Registered an even-par performance of 216 (73-70-30) at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) ... Shot a 2-under 71 in the middle round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 74-71-75=220 (+1) (T26)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 73-70-73=216 (E) (T17)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 76-71-73=220 (+4) (T41)
2014-15: First Team All-Big Ten ... WGCA Honorable Mention All-American, the first recipient in program history … 2015 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Competed in all 12 Northwestern tournaments over the course of the season … Led the Wildcats with a blistering 73.66 scoring average, earning five top-10 finishes … Her average of 73.66 is the best single-season mark in program history … Had 11 rounds at par or better — including 3 rounds in the 60s — which ranks second on the team … Her 74.72 career stroke average is second in program history, trailing only teammate Kacie Kamoto … Put on a performance at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25), shooting a 7-over 295 in four rounds to place 10th … Carded a 1-under 71 in the second round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) en route to a second-place team finish … Shot two 1-under 72 rounds in the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) and won her third consecutive Big Ten team title … Led the way at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14), finishing in third place overall and first of any Wildcats participating … Her outburst included a 3-under 69, which is tied for fourth-best in program history … Participated in the Bryan National Collegiate (April 13-14), landing in 31st overall … Helped the team finish in fourth at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) … Shot an even 71 and a 1-over 72 to contribute to the Wildcats’ 1st-place finish at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) … Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) … Finished in 34th-place personally … Carded a 2-under 69 in the third round of the Stanford Collegiate (Oct. 17-19), in addition to a 1-over 72 and 2-over 73 in the first two rounds … Her 69 score in the third round is tied for fourth-best in program history … Her overall score of 214 is tied for fifth best in program history … Took 10th at the Wildcats' own Windy City Collegiate Classic with three-straight 1-over 73s (Oct. 6-7) … Challenged for a top-10 at the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) with consecutive opening 1-under 71s before ending up 22nd overall ... Earned the Big Ten Golfer of the Week award with a runner-up performance in the season's first tournament, the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) ... Opened with a 3-under 70 on the par-73 course before a huge 4-under 69 in the second round ... Her 4-under 69 is tied for fourth-best individual round in program history … Would finish at 6-under 213 for the event to help NU claim the team title … Her individual score is also tied for fourth best in program history.
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 70-69-74=213 (-6) (2nd)
Annika Intercollegiate • 71-71-76=218 (+2) (22nd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-73-73=219 (+3) (10th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 72-73-69=214 (+1) (24th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 77-75-76=228 (+12) (34th)
Hurricane Invitational • 77-71-72=220 (+7) (21st)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 81 (+9) (36th)
Def. Gaby Lopez (Arkansas), 2-up
Halved with Sammi Lee (Georgia)
Lost to Gurbani Singh (Duke), 3 and 2
Bryan National Collegiate • 75-78-77=230 (+14) (31st)
Silverado Showdown • 74-69-77=220 (+4) (3rd)
Big Ten Championships • 71-76-71=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 77-71-75=223 (+7) (18th)
NCAA Championships • 73-74-76-72=295 (+7) (10th)
2013-14: Academic All-Big Ten ... 2014 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Played in all 12 events for NU, recording a 74.66 scoring average to rank third on the team ... 74.66 scoring average ranks fifth in NU single-season history while two-year average of 75.30 ranks third on NU's top career stroke average list ... Had six rounds under par, two top-10 finishes and four top-20 placements ... Led Northwestern at the 2014 NCAA Championships (May 20-23), tying for 16th ... Recorded a 5-over 285 (72-71-73-69) ... Led Northwestern at the NCAA West Regional (May 8-10), helping the Wildcats qualify for the 2014 NCAA Championships ... Posted her second top-10 finish of the year, tying for 10th at 6-over 222 (71-73-78) ... Named to the All-West Regional Team with her top-10 finish ... Had the low round of the tournament for NU at the NCAA West Regional at 1-under 71 ... Helped NU finish third at the 2014 Big Ten Championships (April 25-27) ... Finished in the top 30 at the Silverado Showdown and had a round under par (1-under 71) ... Part of a Northwestern squad that set a new single-round program record, carding an 11-under 277 to finish first at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (April 4-6) ... Helped NU win the 2014 Hurricane Invitational (March 3-5) as one of five starters ... Tied for 39th with a 12-over 225 (73-75-77) ... Scored a career low for 18 holes at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18), carding a 3-under 69 in the second round ... Finished at 7-over 223 (79-69-75) to place 23rd ... Tied for 9th at the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), which ties her best finish at NU ... Finished at 3-over 216 for the tournament (74-70-72), the second lowest 54-hole score of her career ... Tied for 18th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 20-21) ... Posted a 4-over 223 (73-75-75) ... Opened the NU season at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 14-15), tying for 24th with a 14-over 230 (79-73-78) ... Won the Singha Chiangmai Open in Thailand during the summer of 2013 ... Was one of five amateurs competing in the 54-hole tournament.
2013-14 Results:
Mary Fossum Invitational • 79-73-78=230 (+14) (T-24th)
Dick McGuire Invitational • 73-75-75=223 (+4) (T-18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-70-72=216 (+3) (T-9th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 75-72-75=222 (+9) (T-44th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 79-69-75=223 (+7) (23rd)
Hurricane Invitational • 73-75-77=225 (+12) (T-39th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 80-78-75=233 (+17) (T-50th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate 77 (+5) (T-40th)
Lost to Lindsay McGetrick (NC State), 1-up
Lost to Diana Fernandez (Auburn), 4-and-3
Def. Jessica Carty (Denver), 2-and-1
Silverado Showdown • 80-73-71=224 (+8) (T-29th)
Big Ten Championships • 75-79-79=233 (+17) (T-31st)
NCAA West Regional • 71-73-78=222 (+6) (T-10th)
NCAA Championships • 72-71-73-69=285 (+5) (T-16th)
2012-13: Played in 10 of 12 events for Northwestern ... Compiled 76.07 scoring average, which ranked third on the team ... Came on strong at the end of the year, leading NU in three of the final four tournaments, including the NCAA East Regional and 2013 NCAA Championships ... Had one top-10 finish and three top-20 showings along with four rounds of par or better ... All four rounds of par or better came in her final seven rounds of the season ... Led NU at the 2013 NCAA Championships (May 21-24), tying for 23rd ... Finished at 6-over 294 (71-72-76-75) ... Led NU in the standings at the 2013 NCAA East Regional (May 9-11), tying for 15th ... Set a new career low for 54 holes at 1-under 215 and for 18 holes, carding a 1-under 71 in the first and third rounds ... Helped NU finish sixth in the 24-team field to qualify for just the second trip to the NCAA Championships in program history ... One of four Wildcats to place in the top 20 at the 2013 Big Ten Championships (April 26-28), helping NU claim a share of the Big Ten title for the first time in program history ... Tied for 16th with a career-low score of 10-over 226 (75-74-77) ... Had her best finish of the season at the Lady Buckeye Invite (April 20-21) and first top-10 placement, finishing ninth ... Led the group of six NU competitors at the Lady Buckeye with a career-low score of 13-over 229 (79-76-74) ... Played as an individual at the 2012 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 1-2) ... Posted a 21-over 237 (77-83-77) to place 67th ... Made collegiate debut at Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite (Sept. 17-18) ... Scored a 14-over 233 (77-77-79), tying for 55th.
2012-13 Results:
Dick McGuire Invitational• 77-77-79=233 (+13) (T-55th)
Windy City Classic • 77-83-77=237 (+21) (67th) (Played as an individual)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 77-74-80=231 (+15) (T-40th)
Clover Cup • 73-81-76=230 (+14)(T-46th)
SDSU Dual • 75 (+3) (T-3rd)
SDSU Farms Invitational • 82-77-77=236 (+20) (T-39th)
Lady Buckeye • 79-76-74=229 (+13) (9th)
Big Ten Championships • 75-74-77=226 (+10) (T-16th)
NCAA East Regional • 71-73-71=215 (-1) (T-15th)
NCAA Championships • 71-72-76-75 = 294 (+6) (T-23rd)
High School: Won the 2012 High School BISAC Golf Championships ... Had the best amateur score at the 2012 Singha-Sat Thai LPGA Championship ... Advanced to match play at 2011 U.S. Girls Juniors ... Runner-up at the 2011 San Diego Junior Masters ... Won Thailand Golf Association Regionals in 2010 ... Finished first at the 2010 World Masters of Junior Golf ... 2009 Callaway Junior World Champion ... Won 2009 True Visions International Junior Golf Championships ... Tabbed the No. 25 recruit in the country (and No. 7 internationally) by Junior Golf Scoreboard.
Personal: Born Suchaya Tangkamolprasert ... Daughter of Boonlert and Sunee Tangkamolprasert ... Older brothers Pavit and Anopp are professional golfers on the Thai and Asian Tours ... Major is economics.
2015-16: Shot a 1-under 71 in the middle round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) en route to a 4-over 220 ... Registered an even-par performance of 216 (73-70-30) at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 18-20) ... Shot a 2-under 71 in the middle round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 14-15).
2015-16 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 74-71-75=220 (+1) (T26)
Mason Rudolph Championship • 73-70-73=216 (E) (T17)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 76-71-73=220 (+4) (T41)
2014-15: First Team All-Big Ten ... WGCA Honorable Mention All-American, the first recipient in program history … 2015 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Competed in all 12 Northwestern tournaments over the course of the season … Led the Wildcats with a blistering 73.66 scoring average, earning five top-10 finishes … Her average of 73.66 is the best single-season mark in program history … Had 11 rounds at par or better — including 3 rounds in the 60s — which ranks second on the team … Her 74.72 career stroke average is second in program history, trailing only teammate Kacie Kamoto … Put on a performance at the NCAA Championships (May 22-25), shooting a 7-over 295 in four rounds to place 10th … Carded a 1-under 71 in the second round of the NCAA Raleigh Regionals (May 7-9) en route to a second-place team finish … Shot two 1-under 72 rounds in the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) and won her third consecutive Big Ten team title … Led the way at the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14), finishing in third place overall and first of any Wildcats participating … Her outburst included a 3-under 69, which is tied for fourth-best in program history … Participated in the Bryan National Collegiate (April 13-14), landing in 31st overall … Helped the team finish in fourth at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 27-29) … Shot an even 71 and a 1-over 72 to contribute to the Wildcats’ 1st-place finish at the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) … Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) … Finished in 34th-place personally … Carded a 2-under 69 in the third round of the Stanford Collegiate (Oct. 17-19), in addition to a 1-over 72 and 2-over 73 in the first two rounds … Her 69 score in the third round is tied for fourth-best in program history … Her overall score of 214 is tied for fifth best in program history … Took 10th at the Wildcats' own Windy City Collegiate Classic with three-straight 1-over 73s (Oct. 6-7) … Challenged for a top-10 at the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-30) with consecutive opening 1-under 71s before ending up 22nd overall ... Earned the Big Ten Golfer of the Week award with a runner-up performance in the season's first tournament, the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) ... Opened with a 3-under 70 on the par-73 course before a huge 4-under 69 in the second round ... Her 4-under 69 is tied for fourth-best individual round in program history … Would finish at 6-under 213 for the event to help NU claim the team title … Her individual score is also tied for fourth best in program history.
2014-15 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite • 70-69-74=213 (-6) (2nd)
Annika Intercollegiate • 71-71-76=218 (+2) (22nd)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 73-73-73=219 (+3) (10th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 72-73-69=214 (+1) (24th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 77-75-76=228 (+12) (34th)
Hurricane Invitational • 77-71-72=220 (+7) (21st)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic • 81 (+9) (36th)
Def. Gaby Lopez (Arkansas), 2-up
Halved with Sammi Lee (Georgia)
Lost to Gurbani Singh (Duke), 3 and 2
Bryan National Collegiate • 75-78-77=230 (+14) (31st)
Silverado Showdown • 74-69-77=220 (+4) (3rd)
Big Ten Championships • 71-76-71=218 (+2) (9th)
NCAA Raleigh Regional • 77-71-75=223 (+7) (18th)
NCAA Championships • 73-74-76-72=295 (+7) (10th)
2013-14: Academic All-Big Ten ... 2014 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Played in all 12 events for NU, recording a 74.66 scoring average to rank third on the team ... 74.66 scoring average ranks fifth in NU single-season history while two-year average of 75.30 ranks third on NU's top career stroke average list ... Had six rounds under par, two top-10 finishes and four top-20 placements ... Led Northwestern at the 2014 NCAA Championships (May 20-23), tying for 16th ... Recorded a 5-over 285 (72-71-73-69) ... Led Northwestern at the NCAA West Regional (May 8-10), helping the Wildcats qualify for the 2014 NCAA Championships ... Posted her second top-10 finish of the year, tying for 10th at 6-over 222 (71-73-78) ... Named to the All-West Regional Team with her top-10 finish ... Had the low round of the tournament for NU at the NCAA West Regional at 1-under 71 ... Helped NU finish third at the 2014 Big Ten Championships (April 25-27) ... Finished in the top 30 at the Silverado Showdown and had a round under par (1-under 71) ... Part of a Northwestern squad that set a new single-round program record, carding an 11-under 277 to finish first at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (April 4-6) ... Helped NU win the 2014 Hurricane Invitational (March 3-5) as one of five starters ... Tied for 39th with a 12-over 225 (73-75-77) ... Scored a career low for 18 holes at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 16-18), carding a 3-under 69 in the second round ... Finished at 7-over 223 (79-69-75) to place 23rd ... Tied for 9th at the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), which ties her best finish at NU ... Finished at 3-over 216 for the tournament (74-70-72), the second lowest 54-hole score of her career ... Tied for 18th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 20-21) ... Posted a 4-over 223 (73-75-75) ... Opened the NU season at the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 14-15), tying for 24th with a 14-over 230 (79-73-78) ... Won the Singha Chiangmai Open in Thailand during the summer of 2013 ... Was one of five amateurs competing in the 54-hole tournament.
2013-14 Results:
Mary Fossum Invitational • 79-73-78=230 (+14) (T-24th)
Dick McGuire Invitational • 73-75-75=223 (+4) (T-18th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic • 74-70-72=216 (+3) (T-9th)
Stanford Intercollegiate • 75-72-75=222 (+9) (T-44th)
Lady Puerto Rico • 79-69-75=223 (+7) (23rd)
Hurricane Invitational • 73-75-77=225 (+12) (T-39th)
Bryan National Collegiate • 80-78-75=233 (+17) (T-50th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate 77 (+5) (T-40th)
Lost to Lindsay McGetrick (NC State), 1-up
Lost to Diana Fernandez (Auburn), 4-and-3
Def. Jessica Carty (Denver), 2-and-1
Silverado Showdown • 80-73-71=224 (+8) (T-29th)
Big Ten Championships • 75-79-79=233 (+17) (T-31st)
NCAA West Regional • 71-73-78=222 (+6) (T-10th)
NCAA Championships • 72-71-73-69=285 (+5) (T-16th)
2012-13: Played in 10 of 12 events for Northwestern ... Compiled 76.07 scoring average, which ranked third on the team ... Came on strong at the end of the year, leading NU in three of the final four tournaments, including the NCAA East Regional and 2013 NCAA Championships ... Had one top-10 finish and three top-20 showings along with four rounds of par or better ... All four rounds of par or better came in her final seven rounds of the season ... Led NU at the 2013 NCAA Championships (May 21-24), tying for 23rd ... Finished at 6-over 294 (71-72-76-75) ... Led NU in the standings at the 2013 NCAA East Regional (May 9-11), tying for 15th ... Set a new career low for 54 holes at 1-under 215 and for 18 holes, carding a 1-under 71 in the first and third rounds ... Helped NU finish sixth in the 24-team field to qualify for just the second trip to the NCAA Championships in program history ... One of four Wildcats to place in the top 20 at the 2013 Big Ten Championships (April 26-28), helping NU claim a share of the Big Ten title for the first time in program history ... Tied for 16th with a career-low score of 10-over 226 (75-74-77) ... Had her best finish of the season at the Lady Buckeye Invite (April 20-21) and first top-10 placement, finishing ninth ... Led the group of six NU competitors at the Lady Buckeye with a career-low score of 13-over 229 (79-76-74) ... Played as an individual at the 2012 Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 1-2) ... Posted a 21-over 237 (77-83-77) to place 67th ... Made collegiate debut at Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite (Sept. 17-18) ... Scored a 14-over 233 (77-77-79), tying for 55th.
2012-13 Results:
Dick McGuire Invitational• 77-77-79=233 (+13) (T-55th)
Windy City Classic • 77-83-77=237 (+21) (67th) (Played as an individual)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic • 77-74-80=231 (+15) (T-40th)
Clover Cup • 73-81-76=230 (+14)(T-46th)
SDSU Dual • 75 (+3) (T-3rd)
SDSU Farms Invitational • 82-77-77=236 (+20) (T-39th)
Lady Buckeye • 79-76-74=229 (+13) (9th)
Big Ten Championships • 75-74-77=226 (+10) (T-16th)
NCAA East Regional • 71-73-71=215 (-1) (T-15th)
NCAA Championships • 71-72-76-75 = 294 (+6) (T-23rd)
High School: Won the 2012 High School BISAC Golf Championships ... Had the best amateur score at the 2012 Singha-Sat Thai LPGA Championship ... Advanced to match play at 2011 U.S. Girls Juniors ... Runner-up at the 2011 San Diego Junior Masters ... Won Thailand Golf Association Regionals in 2010 ... Finished first at the 2010 World Masters of Junior Golf ... 2009 Callaway Junior World Champion ... Won 2009 True Visions International Junior Golf Championships ... Tabbed the No. 25 recruit in the country (and No. 7 internationally) by Junior Golf Scoreboard.
Personal: Born Suchaya Tangkamolprasert ... Daughter of Boonlert and Sunee Tangkamolprasert ... Older brothers Pavit and Anopp are professional golfers on the Thai and Asian Tours ... Major is economics.
Tangkamolprasert's Career Statistics
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low Round | Top 10/20 |
| 2012-13 | 10 | 29 | 2,206 | 76.07 | 71 (3) | 1/3 |
| 2013-14 | 12 | 35 | 2,613 | 74.66 | 69 (2) | 2/4 |
| 2014-15 | 12 | 35 | 2,578 | 73.66* | 69 (3) | 5/6 |
| 2015-16 | 4 | 12 | 872 | 72.67 | 67 | 0/2 |
| Career | 38 | 111 | 8,269 | 74.50 | 67 | 8/16 |
Best Finish: 2nd - Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16, 2014)
Low Round: 69 - Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb, 16-18, 2014) • 2014 NCAA Championships (May 23, 2014) • Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16, 2014) • Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19, 2014) • Silverado Showdown (April 13-14, 2015)
Low 54-Hole Score: 213 - Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16, 2014) (Par-73 course)
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