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2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

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Ting-Yu Kuo

Ting-Yu Kuo

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Taipei, Taiwan
  • High School:
    Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior
  • Letters:
    2

Summary

Biography

2025-26:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... followed up her stellar freshman campaign with a 79.35 scoring average as a sophomore, which included 2,063 strokes spread across all 26 of the team's rounds ... the one top-10 finish came at the Belterra Classic on March 30-31 where she tied-for-10th of 37 players thanks to a three-round score of 236 (+23, 83-74-79) ... that placing was one of her six in the top 25, the other five being tied-for-12th of 41 at the Walsh/Tiffin Spring Christmas Classic (April 10) with 154, tied-for-17th of 70 at the Davenport Panther Invitational (October 11-12) with a 155, tied-for-19th of 95 at the Champions of Women's Golf Classic (September 13-14) with a 157, 20th of 38 at the GLIAC Championships (April 18-19) with a 235, and tied-for-21st of 83 at the Bulldog Fall Classic (September 27-28) with a 157 ... the four efforts not listed already included a tie-for-27th of 89 at the NCAA East Regional (May 4-5) with a 239, tie-for-32nd of 66 at Northern Kentucky's The Julie (March 23-24) with a 242, tie-for-37th of 78 at the Warrior Invitational (September 22-23) with a 244, and tie-for-52nd of 90 at the William Beall Fall Classic (October 6-7) with a 244 ... best round of the season was a 73 for round one of the Davenport Panther Invitational, tied-for-fourth on the squad ... shot a 36-hole best of 154 at the Walsh/Tiffin Spring Christmas Classic, also tied-for-fourth on the team ... when it came to 54 holes, carded a low of 235 at the GLIAC Championships, tied-for-eighth among the Green and Gold.

2024-25:  Selected to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team ... named Second Team All-GLIAC ... joined Portillo as the second of Wayne State's fearsome freshmen twosome ... concluded her first collegiate season with a 76.64 scoring average, the fifth-best mark in program history ... that average included 2,146 strokes spread across 28 rounds and 11 tournaments ... those 11 events included five finishes in the top 10, six placings among the top 25 and the Warriors' only round in the 60s ... carded that 69 when she needed to the most, the third and final round of the NCAA East Regional (May 5-7), and punched her ticket to the NCAA Championship Finals (May 13-15) ... for the regional as a whole, she was tied-for-third of 89 competitors with a 220 (+4, 74-77-69)... going back to that 69, it was WSU's first 18-hole score in the 60s since April of 2023, the only round that low in the entire East Regional and just four shots of Maisarah Hezri's school record set in April of 2023 ... played well at the NCAA Championship Finals at just two over Par to tie-for-41st (218, 73-73-72) among the 94 individuals that played all three rounds ... that tie-for-third at the regional wasn't her highest finish of the campaign as she was second among 49 at Wayne State's Warrior Invitational on Sept. 23-24 with a 150 (+6, 77-73) ... tied-for-seventh of 56 at Walsh's Cav Classic (April 14-15), the final event of the regular season, with a 156 (+12, 78-78) ... other two top-10 showings were a tie-for-ninth of 91 at the Midwest Ladies Collegiate (Sept. 9-10), the first event of her collegiate career, and tie-for-10th of 99 at the next tournament, Ohio Dominican's Champions of Women's Golf Classic (Sept. 16-17) ... fired a 223 (+7, 72-79-72) in the opener with a 153 (+13, 78-75) to follow it up ... her sixth and final top-25 effort not listed above was a tie-for-15th of 43 at the GLIAC Championship (April 25-26) with a 156 (+12, 79-77) ... was just outside the top 25 at the spring opener, USCB's Oldfield Intercollegiate ... there, she was tied-for-26th of 88 with a 235 (+19, 84-75-76) ... owns three of the top eight 54-hole outputs in program history, 218, 220 and 223.

High School:  A 2024 graduate of Taipei Municipal Zhong-zheng Senior High School ... played for coach Yi-Chen Liu, who is the chairwoman of the TLPGA ... competed three times as an amateur in the LPGA event of Taiwan - the 2020 YiCHEN Future Open (T52); the 2020 Party Golfers Ladies Open (T56); and the 2021 Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open (T59) ... placed second at the Golfweek-Elite event at Northstar with a 145 (73-72) ... took first at the Callaway/Meier junior tour with a 144 (75-69).

Personal:  Full name -- Ting-Yu Kuo ... born on September 11, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan ... daughter of Shu-Cheng Kuo and Chen-Hua Chen ... is a Marketing major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2024 (4.00), Winter 2025, Fall 2025 (4.00) and Winter 2026.
 
Ting-Yu Kuo's Career Statistics
Year Rounds Strokes Average Low
2024-25 28 2,146 76.64 69
2025-26 26 2,063 79.35 73
Total 54 4,209 77.94 69

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  • 2024-25Freshman

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  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'6"