BULLDOG BIOS
CÉLESTE DAO 5-8
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JUNIOR
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CÉLESTE’S SCORECARD
CAREER STATISTICS
Season T ‘19-20 7 ‘20-21 5 Totals 12
RD 20 18 38
STK 1503 1367 2870
AVG LOW 75.15 68 75.94 69 75.53 68
TOP 10 FINISHES: 1 (1/0) TOP 20 FINISHES: 1 (1/0) PAR OR BETTERS: 8 (4/4) BEST FINISH: 1st – 2020 Gold Rush LOW ROUND: 68 (-4) – 2020 Gold Rush 3rd LOW TOURNAMENT: 209 (-7) – 2020 Gold Rush T41 T22 T62 T51 T53 1 T79
2019-20 RESULTS
Minnesota .................... 78-72=150 The Molly................. 74-78-76=228 Stanford .................. 73-78-74=225 White Sands ........... 74-74-76=224 Puerto Rico............. 78-73-78=229 Gold Rush............... 71-70-68=209 Darius Rucker......... 86-78-74=238
NOTRE-DAME-DE-L’ÎLE-PERROT, QUEBEC
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FINANCE
◊ 2018 & 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Qualifier ◊ 2020 & 2021 WGCA All-American Scholar & SEC Honor Roll ◊ 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior match play semifinalist 2020-21 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• Featured on both the WGCA All-American Scholar team and the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year. • Competed in six events, five as a member of Georgia’s lineup and playing for the “black” team during the fall edition of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. • Finished the season with a 75.95 average including a quartet of par-or-better rounds. • Notched a season-best 3-under 69 in the closing round of The Ally. • Led the Bulldogs’ “black” team at the fall LMCC, tying for 24th individually. • At the end of the fall season, ranked No. 73 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. • Earned a spot in the U.S. Women’s Amateur field by advancing as an alternate from the qualifier at Seymour Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, B.C. • Shot 2-over 290 to tie for third at the 107th Canadian Women’s Amateur. • Advanced to match play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur after shooting even-par 144 and tying for 12th in stroke play qualifying. Dropped a 1-up decision to Grace Kim in the round of 64 of the bracketed competition.
2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• 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 helped her to four par-or-better rounds on the season. • Posted relatively consistent scores throughout the fall, with eight of 11 rounds being between 72 and 76. 2020-21 RESULTS • Shot 7-under 209 en route to winning medalist honors at The Gold Rush, topping classmate Caterina Don by a T49 The Ally................... 75-81-69=225 single stroke on the individual leaderboard. T24 Liz Murphey Fall...... 76-72-74=222 • Competed as an individual at The Gold Rush after classmate Caroline Craig edged her for the final spot in the T39 Heroes Inter. .......... 79-74-74=225 Bulldogs’ lineup in a final round of qualifying in Los Angeles. T29 Gators Invit. ............ 73-69-78=220 • Shot 6-under on the front nine of the final round at The Gold Rush. T44 Liz Murphey............. 78-77-75=230 75 LSU Classic............. 84-84-77=245 • Named SEC co-Freshman of the Week after winning The Gold Rush with a 7-under effort that equaled the 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.
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 and the Vickie and Leon Farmer Athletic Scholarship Endowment for 2021-22. 2021-22 georgia golf • 13
