Lauren Diaz-Yi
Virginia
2016-17 (Senior)
· Second on the team with 74.79 stroke average
· UVA’s top finisher at the Bryan National Collegiate and ACC Championships
· Was 21st at ACCs
· Placed first or second for UVA in five of eight events
· Finished her career with seven top-10 results
2015-16 (Junior)
• Finished the regular season with back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Bryan National Collegiate & ACC Championships
• Helped Cavaliers advance to match play at NCAA Championships after team finished fifth in medal play
• Placed 32nd at NCAA Championships
• Was fourth at ACCs at 2-under 214, her best tourney score of the season
• Ended season with seven career top-10 finishes
• Ranked No. 19 in the ACC in scoring average (74.3)
• Was 77th at NCAA Regional (Stanford) at +21, 234
• Ranked No. 96 in final Golfweek standings
• Was 18th in the nation in par-five scoring (4.81)
• Slowed by a wrist injury in the fall
2014-15 (Sophomore)
• Named to 2015 All-ACC team
• Finished the fall ranked No. 22 by Golfweek and No. 26 in the Golfstat College Cup standings
• Led the team in scoring with a 72.08 stroke average
• Tied fof fifth among ACC players in stroke average
• Named the ACC Golfer of the Month for October
• Won the first tournament of her career when she placed first at the Tar Heel Invitational
• Shot a career-low 7-under 209, taking medalist honors by four strokes
• Matched her career-low 18-hole score with a 3-under 69 during the final round
• Was UVa’s No. 2 scorer in other three fall tournaments
• In spring, captured medalist honors at UCF Challenge when she set UVa tourney scoring mark with 9-under 207
• Set her career-low 18-hole score with a 4-under 68 at UCF Challenge
• Tied for fourth at ACCs (-6, 210) to help UVa win its first league title
• Was 41st at NCAA Regional (+16, 229) after battling illness throughout the event
• Recognized on ACC Academic Honor Roll
2013-14 (Freshman)
• Led Cavaliers with 28th place finish at NCAAs
• Posted sixth best finish by a freshman at national championships
• Finished 29th at NCAA East Regional
• Set career low tournament score by finishing at 2-over 218
• Tied for 25th at ACC Championships to help UVa to second-place finish
• Ranked No. 16 in ACC in stroke average (74.91)
• Top finish was seventh-place showing at FSU Match-Up tournament to open the spring
• Had her low single-round (70) at FSU Match-Up
• Led the team in scoring at the FSU Match-Up and Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Junior / Amateur Notes
• Won the 2013 USGA U.S. Women’s Public Links Championship
• Reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 U.S Women’s Amateur
• Was ranked the No. 21 player for the Class of 2013 by Junior Golf Scoreboard when she signed with UVa
• Quarterfinalist at 2012 U.S Girls Junior Championship
• Reached the match play portion of the 2012 U.S. Women’s Pub Links
• Also qualified for the U.S. Pub Links in 2008 and 2009
• AJGA Junior All-Star event for golfers ages 12 to 15
• In 2012, was one of the top 18 juniors in Southern California to play in the fresh&easy Kraft Foods Legacy Junior Challenge at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage for the opportunity to qualify for the Kraft Nabisco Championship
• Finished third at the Legacy Junior Challenge
• Placed 21st at the Junior PGA Championship
• Was 14th at the AJGA Junior Challenge and was fifth at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship
• Finished 21st at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship
• Placed 17th at the Polo Golf Junior Classic
• In 2012 tied for fifth at the Under Armour/Gary Woodland Championship
•Won the 2009 AJGA Junior All-Star
Westlake High School / Personal
•Tied for second at the 2010 CIF/WSCGA state championship qualifier
•Tied for third at 2009 CIF/WSCGA state championship
•Placed second at 2009 CIF Northern Team Divisonal Championship
• Father is Oswaldo and mother is Connie
• Born in Glendale, Calif.
Lauren Diaz-Yi’s Career Statistics
YEAR | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVG | LOW |
2013-2014 | 34 | 2547 | 74.91 | 670 |
CAREER | 119 | 8837 | 74.26 | 68 |
Lauren Diaz-Yi’s Career Bests
Career Best Tournament Finish: 1, UCF Challenge, Feb. 8-10, 2015 & Tar Heel Invitational, Oct. 10-12, 2014
Career Top-10 Finishes: 7
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 207, UCF Challenge, Feb. 8-10, 2015
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 68, UCF Challenge, Feb. 9, 2015
2013-14 Tournament Results
Date | Tournament | Score | Par | Total | Overall Place | UVa Place |
Sept. 9-11 | Mo Morial | 73-76-76 | +9 | 225 | 22 | 4 |
Sept. 20-22 | Mason Rudolph Championship | 76-77-79 | +16 | 232 | 63 | 3 |
Oct. 11-13 | Tar Heel Invitational | 78-79-74 | +15 | 231 | 76 | 4 |
Oct. 25-27 | Landfall Tradition | 78-77-74 | +13 | 229 | 33 | 3 |
February 14-16 | FSU Match-Up | 76-73-70 | +3 | 219 | 7 | 1 |
March 7-9 | Rucker Intercollegiate | 79-73-71 | +10 | 223 | 26 | 1 |
March 14-16 | Gator Invitational | 75-71-76 | +12 | 222 | 27 | 3 |
March 28-30 | Bryan National | 79-73-79 | +15 | 231 | 33 | 3 |
April 17-19 | ACC Championships | 73-76-80 | +16 | 229 | 25 | 3 |
May 8-10 | NCAA Regional | 70-75-73 | +2 | 218 | 29 | 2 |
May 20-23 | NCAA Championships | 71-71-75-71 | +8 | 288 | 28 | 1 |
2014-15 Tournament Results
Date | Tournament | Score | Par | Total | Overall Place | UVa Place |
Sept. 14-16 | Cougar Classic | 69-71-74 | -2 | 214 | 15 | 2 |
Sept. 19-21 | Mason Rudolph | 78-69-78 | +9 | 225 | 30 | 2 |
Oct. 10-12 | Tar Heel Invitational | 70-69-70 | -7 | 209 | 1 | 1 |
Oct. 24-26 | Landfall Tradition | 72-70-75 | +1 | 217 | 14 | 2 |
February 8-10 | UCF Challenge | 70-68-69 | -9 | 207 | 1 | 1 |
February 13-15 | FSU Matchup | 81-74-70 | +9 | 225 | 23 | 4 |
March 6-8 | Rucker Intercollegiate | 73-73-70 | +3 | 216 | 5 | 1 |
April 3-5 | Bryan National | 74-77-77 | +12 | 228 | 21 | 2 |
April 17-18 | ACC Championships | 72-68-70 | -6 | 210 | 4 | 2 |
May 7-9 | NCAA Regional | 83-72-74 | +13 | 229 | 41 | 4 |
May 7-9 | NCAA Championships | 77-84-75 | +20 | 236 | 78 | 2 |
2015-16 Tournament Results
Date | Tournament | Score | Par | Total | Overall Place | UVa Place |
Sept. 13-15 | Cougar Classic | 71-76-74 | +5 | 221 | 24 | 4 |
Oct. 9-11 | Tar Heel Invitational | 73-78-75 | +10 | 226 | 39 | 3 |
2016-17 Tournament Results
Date | Tournament | Score | Par | Total | Overall Place | UVa Place |
Sept. 16-18 | Mason Rudolph | 74-69-78 | +5 | 221 | 23 | 2 |
Sept. 25-27 | ANNIKA Intercollegiate | 70-71-76 | +1 | 217 | 34 | 2 |
* Competed as a non-scoring individual