Northwestern University Athletics
2017-18 Women's Golf Roster
Sarah Cho
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Torrey Pines
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
***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
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2017-2018: Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships โฆ Helped lead team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year โฆ Received Second Team All-Big Ten honors โฆ Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem โฆ Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship โฆ Had second-lowest round in Northwestern history at Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 74-75-76=225 (+9) (58th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 74-66-71=211 (-5) (4th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 73-75-76=224 (+11) (43rd)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 74-71-70=215 (+2) (8th)
East Lake Cup โข 75=75 (+3) (9th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge โข 71-75-80=222 (+13) (41st)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate โข 78-79-76=233 (+20) (73rd)
SDSU March Mayhem โข 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown โข 73-72-72=217 (+1) (12th)
Big Ten Championships โข 74-76-72=222 (+6) (30th)
NCAA Madison Regional โข 72-70-74=216 (E) (17th)
2016-17: Earned her second Top-20 finish of the season at the Windy City Collegiate Classic โฆ Carded an opening round 69 on way to an 11th place finish at season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.
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2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 69-72-71=212 (-4) (11th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-77-74=222 (+6) (30th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 72-73-73=216 (+2) (20th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 74-79=153 (+9) (T53rd)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โข 74-72-74=220 (+7) (T31st)
Hurricane Invitational โข 75-74-72=221 (+5) (T20th)
Silverado Showdown โข 71-72-71=214 (-2) (T11th)
Big Ten Championship โข 70-74-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional โข 74-72-68=214 (-2) (T5th)
NCAA Championship โข 78-75-76=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16:ย First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Posted the fifth-best single-season scoring average (73.75) in program history โฆ Earned three Top-10 finishes, including a win at the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โฆ Carded ten rounds at par-or-better, including three in the 60โs โฆ Registered a Top-10 result at Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โฆ Finished 8th at Hurricane Invitational with 1-under 212, her best score of the spring โฆ 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 โข 68-74-69=211 (-8) (1st)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 76-76-72=224 (+8) (47th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 73-72-73=218 (+2) (34th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 77-73-75=225 (+12) (54th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic โข 72-76-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-73-70=212 (-1) (8th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 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 โข 73-71-82=226 (+10) (41st)
2016 Big Ten Championships โข 74-72-74=220 (+4) (30th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โข 75-72-78=225 (+9) (9th)
NCAA Championships โข 74-73-77-76=300 (+12) (66th)
*denotes played as an individual
2014-15:ย 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 โฆ Finished the season with a scoring average of 75.65 โฆ Her scoring average for 2014-15 is in the top 20 in program history โฆ Played six rounds at par or better including one in the 60s โฆ Came in third of all Wildcats participating in the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) โฆ 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 โฆ Cruised through the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) with a 3-under 213 (72-70-71), winning the individual title in the tournament โฆ Her 54-hole total of 213 is tied for fourth-best in program history โฆ Shot a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) โฆ Competed as an individual in the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) and shot a 2-under 69 in the second round of the tournament โฆ Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) โฆ Improved by one stroke in every round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) โฆ Finished up with a 3-over 216 (73-72-71) while competing as an individual โฆ Tied for 27th at the Wildcatsโ own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) โฆ Ended the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) with a 1-under 72 in the final round.
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2014-15 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 80-77-72=229 (+10) (50th)
*Windy City Collegiate Classic โข75-75-75=225 (+9) (27th)
*Stanford Intercollegiate โข 73-72-71=216 (+3) (31st)
Lady Puerto Rico โข 81-75-77=233 (+17) (55th)
*Hurricane Invitational โข 80-69-76=225 (+12) (48th)
Bryan National Collegiate โข 77-79-79=235 (+19) (53rd)
Silverado Showdown โข 82-73-75=230 (+14) (39th)
Big Ten Championships โข 72-70-71=213 (-3) (1st)
NCAA Raleigh Regional โข 77-73-76=226 (+10) (35th)
NCAA Championships โข 77-78-77-81=313 (+25) (59th)
*denotes played as an individual
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Before Northwestern:ย 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.
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Personal:ย 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
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2017-2018: Helped lead team to a fourth-straight Top-10 finish in NCAA Championships โฆ Helped lead team to No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year โฆ Received Second Team All-Big Ten honors โฆ Led team past UCLA in opening match of March Mayhem โฆ Led Northwestern to second-best 54-hole score in program history in final round of Mason Rudolph Championship โฆ Had second-lowest round in Northwestern history at Mason Rudolph Championship
2017-2018 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 74-75-76=225 (+9) (58th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 74-66-71=211 (-5) (4th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 73-75-76=224 (+11) (43rd)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 74-71-70=215 (+2) (8th)
East Lake Cup โข 75=75 (+3) (9th)
NorthropGrumman Challenge โข 71-75-80=222 (+13) (41st)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate โข 78-79-76=233 (+20) (73rd)
SDSU March Mayhem โข 72 (E) (7th)
Silverado Showdown โข 73-72-72=217 (+1) (12th)
Big Ten Championships โข 74-76-72=222 (+6) (30th)
NCAA Madison Regional โข 72-70-74=216 (E) (17th)
2016-17: Earned her second Top-20 finish of the season at the Windy City Collegiate Classic โฆ Carded an opening round 69 on way to an 11th place finish at season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational.
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2016-17 Results:
Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 69-72-71=212 (-4) (11th)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 71-77-74=222 (+6) (30th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 72-73-73=216 (+2) (20th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 74-79=153 (+9) (T53rd)
NorthropGrumman Regional Challenge โข 74-72-74=220 (+7) (T31st)
Hurricane Invitational โข 75-74-72=221 (+5) (T20th)
Silverado Showdown โข 71-72-71=214 (-2) (T11th)
Big Ten Championship โข 70-74-77=221 (+5) (T12th)
NCAA Athens Regional โข 74-72-68=214 (-2) (T5th)
NCAA Championship โข 78-75-76=229 (+13) (T24th)
2015-16:ย First Team All-Big Ten โฆ Posted the fifth-best single-season scoring average (73.75) in program history โฆ Earned three Top-10 finishes, including a win at the season-opening Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational โฆ Carded ten rounds at par-or-better, including three in the 60โs โฆ Registered a Top-10 result at Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โฆ Finished 8th at Hurricane Invitational with 1-under 212, her best score of the spring โฆ 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 โข 68-74-69=211 (-8) (1st)
Mason Rudolph Championship โข 76-76-72=224 (+8) (47th)
Windy City Collegiate Classic โข 73-72-73=218 (+2) (34th)
Stanford Intercollegiate โข 77-73-75=225 (+12) (54th)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic โข 72-76-75=223 (+7) (18th)
Hurricane Invitational โข 69-73-70=212 (-1) (8th)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic โข 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 โข 73-71-82=226 (+10) (41st)
2016 Big Ten Championships โข 74-72-74=220 (+4) (30th)
Shoal Creek NCAA Regional โข 75-72-78=225 (+9) (9th)
NCAA Championships โข 74-73-77-76=300 (+12) (66th)
*denotes played as an individual
2014-15:ย 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 โฆ Finished the season with a scoring average of 75.65 โฆ Her scoring average for 2014-15 is in the top 20 in program history โฆ Played six rounds at par or better including one in the 60s โฆ Came in third of all Wildcats participating in the NCAA Championships (May 22-25) โฆ 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 โฆ Cruised through the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26) with a 3-under 213 (72-70-71), winning the individual title in the tournament โฆ Her 54-hole total of 213 is tied for fourth-best in program history โฆ Shot a 1-over 73 in the middle round of the Silverado Showdown (April 13-14) โฆ Competed as an individual in the Hurricane Invitational (March 2-4) and shot a 2-under 69 in the second round of the tournament โฆ Helped the Wildcats place fourth in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 15-17) โฆ Improved by one stroke in every round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) โฆ Finished up with a 3-over 216 (73-72-71) while competing as an individual โฆ Tied for 27th at the Wildcatsโ own Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 6-7) โฆ Ended the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational (Sept. 15-16) with a 1-under 72 in the final round.
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2014-15 Results:
*Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite โข 80-77-72=229 (+10) (50th)
*Windy City Collegiate Classic โข75-75-75=225 (+9) (27th)
*Stanford Intercollegiate โข 73-72-71=216 (+3) (31st)
Lady Puerto Rico โข 81-75-77=233 (+17) (55th)
*Hurricane Invitational โข 80-69-76=225 (+12) (48th)
Bryan National Collegiate โข 77-79-79=235 (+19) (53rd)
Silverado Showdown โข 82-73-75=230 (+14) (39th)
Big Ten Championships โข 72-70-71=213 (-3) (1st)
NCAA Raleigh Regional โข 77-73-76=226 (+10) (35th)
NCAA Championships โข 77-78-77-81=313 (+25) (59th)
*denotes played as an individual
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Before Northwestern:ย 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.
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Personal:ย 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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