Erynne Yoo enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the UCLA women’s golf program in 2026-27. A former Bruin All-American, Yoo rejoined the program in June 2023 to work alongside her former coach, Alicia Um Holmes.
Yoo and Um Holmes have continued the Bruins’ tradition of excellence, leading UCLA to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish at the 2023-24 NCAA Championships in their first season together on staff.
In three seasons at UCLA, Yoo has mentored two WGCA All-Americans: first-team selection Zoe Antoinette Campos and honorable-mention selection Caroline Canales, both in 2023-24. Campos was also one of 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award, presented annually to the nation’s top female collegiate golfer.
Seven Bruins have combined for eight all-conference selections since Yoo joined the staff. Most recently, Kacey Ly was named the 2025-26 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. Jen Lee joined Ly on the first team, while Meghan Royal received second-team recognition.
UCLA made its 36th NCAA Tournament appearance and recorded six top-five finishes during the 2025-26 season. The Bruins captured their lone team title of the year at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, finishing 11 strokes ahead of runner-up Texas and defeating each of the six top-25 opponents in the 16-team field by at least 10 strokes.
Three Bruins enjoyed breakout campaigns in 2025-26. Ly paced UCLA with a 72.54 scoring average and four top-five finishes, all during the spring season. Lee ranked second on the team with a 72.60 scoring average and collected the first three top-10 finishes of her career, highlighted by her first collegiate victory at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Jennifer Seo broke into the starting lineup during the spring and led the Bruins at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, tying for 13th.
In 2024-25, UCLA advanced to the NCAA Championships following an unlikely postseason run. The Bruins placed seventh at their first Big Ten Championship and met the NCAA’s .500 winning-percentage requirement with a 65-64-1 head-to-head record. Strong opening rounds at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional gave UCLA a 10-stroke cushion above the cut line and propelled the Bruins to nationals. Earlier in the spring, UCLA claimed its first victory of the season at the Bruin Wave Invitational and later placed fourth at the PING/ASU Invitational. Freshman Francesca Fiorellini earned second-team All-Big Ten honors.
Yoo and Um Holmes enjoyed a remarkable first season together in 2023-24, guiding UCLA to a national runner-up finish, four stroke-play tournament victories and numerous individual accolades.
UCLA won Yoo’s second tournament as an assistant coach, the Windy City Collegiate Classic. The Bruins defeated eight other top-25 teams and posted a 54-hole score of 32-under 832, tying the lowest mark in program history. UCLA later won three consecutive events—The Match in the Desert, the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and The Show—giving the program four victories for the season, its most since 2017-18.
The Bruins’ postseason run culminated in a trip to the NCAA championship match after they advanced through match play. UCLA defeated Texas A&M, 3-0-2, in the quarterfinals and Oregon, 3-1-1, in the semifinals before falling to top-seeded Stanford, 3-2, in the final. The finish marked the fifth national runner-up result in program history.
Six of UCLA’s eight golfers recorded multiple top-10 finishes in 2023-24. Campos, a consensus first-team All-American and ANNIKA Award finalist, led the team in scoring average (70.72), victories (four), top-10 finishes (nine), top-20 finishes (10), rounds under par (21) and counting-round rate (32 of 32) for a second consecutive year. Her four victories tied the UCLA single-season record, while her 21 rounds under par established a program record. Canales earned WGCA honorable-mention All-America recognition for the first time in her career and went 3-0-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships. Campos earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors, while Canales, Royal and Kate Villegas received honorable mention.
Yoo returned to Westwood after spending a season and a half as an assistant coach at Princeton. During the 2022-23 campaign, the Tigers recorded three top-three finishes and posted their best result of the season with a runner-up finish in the 14-team Columbia Classic. Victoria Liu qualified for NCAA regional competition under Yoo’s guidance.
Yoo played for Um Holmes and UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Carrie Forsyth from 2011-15. A four-time WGCA All-American, she earned first-team honors in 2012 and 2013, second-team recognition in 2014 and honorable mention in 2015. She also earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in each of her four seasons and was named both the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and NGCA Freshman of the Year in 2012.
UCLA advanced to the NCAA Championships in all four of Yoo’s seasons, recording three top-10 finishes and placing third nationally during her junior campaign. Yoo helped the Bruins win the 2014 NCAA Regional title outright after sharing the championship in 2012, when she also recorded a top-20 individual finish as a true freshman. She captured four collegiate victories, one in each season.
Competing professionally as Erynne Lee, Yoo appeared in 26 LPGA Tour events. Her best finish came at the 2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup at Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix, where she tied for seventh. She also competed in 73 Symetra Tour events and recorded 11 top-10 finishes, highlighted by victories at the 2016 IOA Championship, the 2017 Donald Ross Centennial Classic and the 2017 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.
Internationally, Yoo represented the United States at the 2014 Curtis Cup, earned stroke-play medalist honors at the 2013 Copa de las Americas and competed for Team USA at the 2012 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and the 2008 Junior Ryder Cup.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Silverdale, Washington, Yoo graduated from Central Kitsap High School and earned her degree in psychology from UCLA in 2015. Before beginning her collegiate career, she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2008 and 2011 and was a five-time AJGA All-American. She was also named the Women’s and Girls’ Player of the Year by both the Pacific Northwest Golf Association and Washington State Golf Association in 2008 and 2009.