GaEun Athena Yoo Season 2025-26

Summer 2026
Yoo tied for 37th at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship at The Toronto Golf Club, shooting a 13-over 297 (75-75-70-77) from July 21-24.

2025-26
Yoo competed in six events, making five starts and playing 17 rounds during her true freshman season … registered a 73.82 scoring average, three rounds under par and one round in the 60s … recorded 47 birdies and one eagle over 306 holes … narrowly missed the top 20 in two tournaments … recorded her best finish of the season at the Bruin Wave Invitational, tying for 21st in a field of 74 with a 7-over 223 (72-73-78) from Feb. 23-24 … earned a spot in the starting lineup for UCLA’s final three events of the season … tied for 23rd in a field of 63 at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional with a 4-over 220 (73-74-73) from May 11-13 … opened the Huntington Bank Collegiate with back-to-back under-par rounds before tying for 34th in a field of 91 with a 3-over 219 (70-71-78) from April 6-7 … opened her collegiate career with her lowest round of the season, a 2-under 69 in the first round of the Pan Pacific University Golf Super League Tournament in Mishima, Japan, on Sept. 3 … 11/14 counting rounds.
2025-26 low round score: 69, round one at the Pan Pacific University Super League Tournament (Sept. 3)
2025-26 low 54-hole tournament score: 219 (70-71-78), at the Huntington Bank Collegiate (April 6-7)
2025-26 best finish: T-21st/74, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 23-24)

Prior to UCLA
Yoo prepped at Lambert High School (Suwanee, Ga.) … won two AJGA titles in 2024 … claimed her first AJGA title in July at the Babygrande Atlanta Classic at Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.), finishing atop a field of 27 with rounds of 69-68-70 … won the AJGA Atlanta Classic one month later at Planterra Club (Peachtree City, Ga.), finishing first in a field of 27 with rounds of 70-65-74 after placing runner-up at the same event the previous year … recorded the biggest victory of her prep career at the 2023 PGA Girls High School National Invitational at PGA Frisco while competing for Lambert High School … clinched the individual title with a 60-foot chip-in for eagle on the 455-yard, par-5 18th hole to take the lead … the shot was featured as the No. 1 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening … tied for second at the 2023 Georgia Women’s Amateur at Horseshoe Bend Country Club with a 3-under 213 (71-72-70) … helped Lambert win Georgia High School Association state championships in all four of her seasons (Class 7A from 2022-24; Class 6A in 2025) … won back-to-back individual GHSA state titles as a sophomore in 2023 (1-under 71) and junior in 2024 (4-under 140) … finished runner-up at the GHSA state championship during her senior season with a 6-under 138 … named the 2024 GHSA Class 7A Player of the Year as a junior … was named Lambert High School Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2025 … named the Forsyth County News Girl Golfer of the Year in 2024 and 2025 … competed at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club (Tulsa, Okla.), missing the cut with a 10-over 152 (77-75) … competed at the 2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club (Johns Creek, Ga.), missing the cut with an 8-over 150 (77-73).

Personal
Born GaEun Athena Yoo in Seoul, South Korea … goes by “Athena” … first name is pronounced: CAW-un … parents are Isaiah WonHo Yoo and HyunJung Kim … has one brother, Jaden … both parents and an uncle attended UCLA … favorite course she has played is the Blue Course at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. … psychobiology major.

GaEun Athena Yoo’s Career Statistics