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Kris Yoo
 Kris Yoo
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Schaumburg, Ill.

High School:
James B Conant

Height:
5-5

Position:
Right

Birthdate:
01/16/1992

Experience:
3V

Left/Right::
Right handed

2012-13: Led Wisconsin to an 8th-place tie at the Westbrook Invitational with a career-best 54-hole total and final score of 4-over par 75-70-75=220 to tie for ninth place individually ... tied for 11th individually by shooting a 15-over par 78-75-78=231 at the Lady Buckeye Invitational ... led Wisconsin to a 12th-place team finish at the Cougar Classic with a score of 1-over par 71-76-70=217 and tied for 22nd place individually ... carded a 75-74-76=225 and tied for ninth at the Hoosier Fall Invitational, helping Wisconsin take the team title ... came in a tie for 16th place at the Big Ten Championship after shooting 10-over par 74-77-75=226 ... tied for 14th (73-76-74=223) and led the Badgers to an 8th-place team finish at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown ... came in a tie for 13th place individually at the Briar's Creek Invitational with a 12-over par 77-79-72=228 ... with a 75-73-77=225, came in a tie for 26th at the Windy City Collegiate Classic ... carded a 20-over par 79-75-82=236 to finish 32nd individually at the Dallas Athletic Club Invitational ... finished in a tie for 37th (78-76-80=234) at the Mary Fossum Invitational

2011-12: Competed in all 10 tournaments ... best performance came at Badger Invitational where she tied for 13th place ... lowest 54-hole score on the season came at Westbrook Invitational(219), also marking the second-lowest team 54-hole score on the season ... 219 set new personal career low ... set career 36 and 54-hole scores at Susie Berning Maxwell Classic (70, 147) ... finished within the top three on the team in eight of 10 tournaments ... three top-20 tournament performances including Badger Invitational (T13), Westbrook Invitational (T16) and Knights and Pirates Invitational (T15) ... second-best team scoring average at 76.40 ... medalist at the 18-hole USGA Women's Public Links Qualifier held May 29 at Glenwoodie Golf Club in Glenwood, Ill. with a 4-over par 76 and advanced to the 2012 USGA Women's Amateur Public Links Championships June 18-23 at Neshanic Valley Golf Course in Neshanic, N.J. ... Academic All-Big Ten ...

2010-11: Competed in all 12 tournaments ... notched a season scoring average of 76.69, good for second on the team... made her collegiate debut at the Cougar Classic, shooting a 77-76-75=238 ... led the Badgers at the Alamo Invitational, where she shot a 77-73-77=227 to finish tied for 29th... led the Badgers at the Big Ten Championships, where she tied the school 72-hole record with a 296 to finish in seventh place ... led the Badgers at the NCAA Central Regional with a 76-78-74=228, tying for 34th place ... named the team's top newcomer

High School: Yoo is a two-time Illinois Class AA State High School individual champion, winning the title in 2008 and 2009 ... in 2009, Yoo shot rounds of 73-72 and defeated Maple Park's Hayley Guyton on the first hole of sudden death ... in 2008, she shot 72-74 and defeated Deerfield's Jamie Lavin, also on the first extra hole ... captured the 2009 AJGA McArthur Towel and Sports Future Legends defeating Allyssa Ferrell of Edgerton in a playoff firing rounds of 77-76-73 at the Legends of Bergamont GC in Oregon, Wis. ... 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Pulic Links qualifer ... tied for 12th at the 2009 and 8th at the 2010 Illinois Women's Open ... team captain two years and four-time MVP

Stats

Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 36 Low 54
2010-11 36 2761 76.69 69 150 227
2011-12 30 2292 76.40 70 147 219
2012-13 33 2482 75.21 70 143 217
Totals 99 7535 76.10 69 143 217

2012-13 Finishes

Sept. 9-11 Cougar Classic 71-76-70=217 / T22
Sept. 15-16 Mary Fossum Invitational 78-76-80=234 / T37
Oct. 1-2 Windy City Collegiate Classic 75-73-77=225 / T26
Oct. 13-14 Hoosier Fall Invitational 75-74-76=225 / T9
Oct. 21-23 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown 73-76-74=223 / T14
Feb. 24-25 Westbrook Invitational 75-70-75=220 / T9
March 18-19 BYU at Entrada Classic 71-72-74=217 / 2
March 25-26 Briar's Creek Invitational 77-79-72=228 / T13
April 5-7 Dallas Athletic Club Invitational 79-75-82=236 / 32
April 20-21 Lady Buckeye Invitational 78-75-78=231 / T11
April 26-28 Big Ten Championship 74-77-75=226 / T16

2011-12 Finishes

Sept. 11-13 Cougar Classic 79-76-74=230 / T83
Sept. 25-26 Badger Invitational 76-80-76= 234 / T13
Oct. 10-11 Lady Northern Invitational 78-78-77=233 / 39
Oct. 16-18 Susie Berning Maxwell Clasic 70-77-78=225 / T22
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational 77-79-75=231 / T44
Feb. 26-27 Westbrook Invitational 74-73-72=219 / T16
March 5-6 Bruin Wave Invitational 83-76-75=234 / T23
March 16-18 SunTrust Gator Invitational 76-72-77=225 / T39
April 9-10 Knights and Pirates Invitational 74-77-72=223 / T15
April 27-29 Big Ten Championships 84-75-79=238 / T51

2010-11 Finishes

Sept. 12-13 Cougar Classic 77-76-75=228 / T56
Sept. 26-27 Badger Invitational 74-80-74=228 / T19
Oct. 4-5 Johnie Imes Invitational 74-78-76=228 / T31
Oct. 11-12 Lady Northern Invitational 80-73-77=230 / T42
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 Alamo Invitational 77-73-77=227 / T29
Feb. 27 - Mar. 1 Kinderlou Forest Challenge 76-87-79=242 / T60
Mar. 6-8 Barefoot at the Beach Invitational 75-75-77=227 / T11
Mar. 21-22 BYU at Entrada Challenge 78-77-74=229 / T10
Apr. 4-5 Indiana Invitational 79-79=158 / T31
Apr. 16-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 80-81-79=240 / T26
Apr. 22-24 Big Ten Championships 74-77-76-69=296 / 7
May 5-7 NCAA Central Regional 76-78-74=228 / T34