BULLDOG BIOS
CÉLESTE DAO
5-8
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SOPHOMORE
CELESTÉ’S SCORECARD
CAREER STATISTICS
Season T RD STK AVG LOW ‘19-20 7 20 1503 75.15 68 ‘20-21 2 6 447 74.50 69 Totals 9 26 1950 75.00 68 TOP 10 FINISHES: 1 (1/0) TOP 20 FINISHES: 1 (1/0) PAR OR BETTERS: 6 (4/2) BEST FINISH: 1st – 2020 Gold Rush LOW ROUND: 68 (-4) – 2020 Gold Rush 3rd LOW TOURNAMENT: 209 (-7) – 2020 Gold Rush
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NOTRE-DAME-DE-L’ÎLE-PERROT, QUEBEC
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FINANCE
◊ 2018 & 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Qualifier ◊ 2020 WGCA All-American Scholar & SEC Honor Roll ◊ 13th at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games ◊ 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior match play semifinalist FALL 2020 HIGHLIGHTS:
• Qualified for the Bulldogs’ playing five for The Ally and The Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate Classic and compiled a 73.56 average over six rounds. • At the end of the fall season, ranked No. 73 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. • Notched a pair of par-or-better efforts, a 3-under 69 in the closing round of The Ally and an even-par 72 in the second round of the Liz Murphey. • Tied with teammate Jenny Bae for fifth place at the Orlando International Amateur, where they shot 1-under 215.
2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• Named both a WGCA All-American Scholar and featured on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. • Competed in all seven tourneys, including as an individual while earning medalist honors at The Gold Rush. • Recorded a team-high three eagles and tied for the second-most birdies by a Bulldog with 51 – numbers that T41 Minnesota .................... 78-72=150 helped her to four par-or-better rounds on the season. T22 The Molly................. 74-78-76=228 T62 Stanford .................. 73-78-74=225 • Posted relatively consistent scores throughout the fall, with eight of 11 rounds being between 72 and 76. T51 White Sands ........... 74-74-76=224 • Shot 7-under 209 en route to winning medalist honors at The Gold Rush, topping classmate Caterina Don by a T53 Puerto Rico............. 78-73-78=229 single stroke on the individual leaderboard. 1 Gold Rush............... 71-70-68=209 • Competed as an individual at The Gold Rush after classmate Caroline Craig edged her for the final spot in the T79 Darius Rucker......... 86-78-74=238 Bulldogs’ lineup in a final round of qualifying in Los Angeles. 2020-21 RESULTS • Shot 6-under on the front nine of the final round at The Gold Rush. T49 The Ally................... 75-81-69=225 • Named SEC co-Freshman of the Week after winning The Gold Rush with a 7-under effort that equaled the T24 Liz Murphey Fall...... 76-72-74=222 seventh-best 54-effort in school history. • Tied for ninth overall – and low amateur status – at the Championat de Bromont, an East Coast Pro Tour mens’ event at Royal Bromont in Quebec in July. Covered the 36-hole tournament at 3-under 137. • Competed in the U.S. Women’s Amateur. Received an invitation due to her qualifying for each of the past two U.S. Women’s Opens.
2019-20 RESULTS
PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Arrived at Georgia ranked third among ladies amateurs from Canada, with appearances in both the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Women’s Opens. • Earned a spot in the field for the 2019 Open be winning a qualifier at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass., with a birdie on the second hole of a three-golfer playoff also involving Alabama alum Mia Landegren and former Oklahoma Sooner Valerie Tanguay. • Missed the cut at the 2019 Open after posting rounds of 77 and 74 at the Country Club of Charleston. • Advanced to the 2018 Open by securing medalist honors in a qualifier at Cape Cod National Golf Club. Missed the cut at the Open at Shoal Creek Club. • Also competed in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the CP Canadian Women’s Open. • Competed in 63 World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) events between 2015-19, posting 25 top-5 finishes, 35 top-10 efforts and capturing eight titles. • In addition to winning the two U.S. Women’s Open qualifiers, captured top individual honors at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship, the Mexican Girls’ Championship, the Toyota World Junior Qualifier and the Golf Quebec Girls’ Junior in 2018, as well as the Canada Summer Games, the Golf Quebec Girls’ Championship, the Golf Quebec Provincial Amateur and the Future Links Quebec Championship in 2017. • Delivered a runner-up finish at the 2019 Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship, shooting 8-under 280 in her final event prior to enrolling at Georgia. • Represented Canada at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she shot 75-72-76=223 and tied for 13th individually. • Finished fifth at the 2018 World Junior Girls’ Championship at Camelot Golf and Country Club in Cumberland, Ontario – one shot and one place ahead of Georgia teammate Caterina Don. • Qualified for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 U.S. Girls’ Juniors. Advanced to match play each year, including reaching the semifinals in 2017 at Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo. • Notched top-20 finishes on three foreign continents during 2018, placing fifth at the Tokyo Junior World Cup, eighth at the South American Amateur and 17th at the British Girls’ Amateur. • Also recorded a trio of top-10s in the U.S. in 2018 – third at the Killington Junior, ninth at the Dixie Am and ninth at the Scott Robertson Memorial.
PERSONAL:
• Born March 31, 2001, Céleste is the daughter of Duc Dao and Annie St-Georges and intends to major in Finance. • Recipient of the Women’s Golf Scholarship Endowment for 2019-20.
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