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Jenny Bae
BULLDOG BIOS
JENNY BAE
5-3 ◊ SENIOR ◊ SUWANEE, GA. ◊ SPORT MANAGEMENT
JENNY’S SCORECARD
CAREER STATISTICS
Season T RD STK AVG LOW
’18-19 8 20 1478 73.90 69 ‘19-20 6 17 1261 74.18 71 ‘20-21 11 33 2407 72.94 68 ‘21-22 4 10 714 71.40 67
Totals 29 80 5860 73.25 67
TOP 10 FINISHES: 7 (3/0/3/1) TOP 20 FINISHES: 14 (4/1/7/2) PAR OR BETTERS: 26 (4/4/13/5)
BEST FINISH:
1st – 2021 Columbus Regional
LOW ROUND:
67 (-5) – 2021 Cougar Classic 1st
LOW TOURNAMENT:
208 (-8) – 2021 Cougar Classic 208 (-8) – 2021 SECs
2018-19 RESULTS
T6 Duel in the Desert ...............73=73 T18 Puerto Rico ............75-72-74=221 8 Gold Rush..............73-72-72=218 9 Darius Rucker ........74-69-72=215 T47 PING/ASU..............74-72-78=224 T23 Liz Murphey.........................75=75 Liz Murphey Match Play......T-L-W T29 SECs......................76-73-74=223 SEC Match Play....................W-W T56 NCAA Regional......79-76-74=229 ◊ 2021 All-American (HM) and All-SEC (2nd-team) ◊ 2021 Georgia Amateur and Georgia Open champion ◊ 2020 GSGA Match Play Champion (and stroke play medalist) 2021 FALL HIGHLIGHTS:
• Competed in all four events and posted a team-best stroke average of (71.40). • Finished the fall at a combined 5-under over 180 holes and recorded par-or-better tallies in five of 10 rounds. • Equaled her career-best 54-hole effort of 8-under 208 to lead the Bulldogs and finish third at the Cougar Classic. • Among 12 players invited take part in the USGA’s International Team Selection Working Group practice session in
January. The golfers were vying for spots on the U.S. team for the 42nd Curtis Cup Match in June 2022. • Received an invitation to compete in the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur based on her WAGR ranking (No. 13 among U.S. players) at the end of the 2021 calendar. 2020-21 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• Selected as an honorable mention All-American by Golfweek and second-team All-SEC by league coaches. • One of two golfers – along with Jo Hua Hung – to participate in all 11 tournaments and led UGA in average (72.94), counters (100 percent), top-20s (seven), birdies (98) and par-or-better rounds (13). • Georgia’s top individual at six events – Blessings, the Ally, the Gamecock, SECs, Columbus Regional and NCAAs. • Fired a career-low 8-under 208 at the SEC Championships that included a pair of 4-under 68s. • Shot 4-under 212 to capture medalist honors by three shots at the NCAA Columbus Regional – and and also lead
Georgia to a 15-stroke win over the team field. Grabbed the lead in Columbus while birdieing six of her last seven holes of the second round and remained atop the leaderboard throughout the final round. • Enjoyed a stellar summer headlined by a trio of victories in six days. Shot 11-under 205 en route to a 5-stroke victory at the Georgia Women’s Amateur on June 30. Then shot 6-under 136 on her way to a 2-shot decision at the Georgia Women’s Open. Completed the stretch with a 5-under 67 at a U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier. • Shot even-par 144 and tied for 12th over two days of stroke play qualifying to at the U.S. Am and then advanced to the Round of 16 in match play before falling to eventual champion Jensen Castle. 2019-20 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
2019-20 RESULTS
T63 Minnesota ................... 78-76=154 T23 Stanford .................71-73-72=216 T34 White Sands ..........74-74-73=221 T19 Puerto Rico ............71-74-75=220 T21 Gold Rush..............79-75-72=226 T33 Darius Rucker ........79-71-74=224 2020-21 RESULTS
• In the lineup for six of seven events and posted the Bulldogs’ second-best stroke average at 74.18. • Recorded counting efforts 94.1 percent of her 17 rounds. • Tied with Caterina Don as the Bulldogs’ low individual at Stanford, shooting 3-over 216 to tie for 23rd overall. • Opened the spring with a season-best finish by tying for 19th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. • Finished as runner up overall and low amateur at the 2020 Georgia Women’s Open, shooting 9-under 135. • Won the 2020 GSGA Match Play Championship in impressive fashion. All told, played 81 holes of stroke/match play at a combined 13-under over the three-day event.
T11 Blessings Coll. .......76-71-75=222 T3 The Ally..................72-68-70=210 T19 Liz Murphey Fall.....76-72-72=220 T15 Heroes Inter. .........73-72-73=218 T29 Gators Invit. ...........74-72-74=220 T15 Gamecock Inter. ....73-69-76=218 T22 Liz Murphey............74-76-74=224 T60 LSU Classic............79-78-74=231 T10 SECs......................72-68-68=208 1 NCAA Columbus....71-68-73=212 T59 NCAAs ...................75-73-76=224
2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• Named to the SEC’s All-Freshman team in balloting of league coaches. • Joined the Bulldogs as a mid-year enrollee in January and earned a spot in the lineup for every tourney thereafter. • Georgia’s top individual finisher at both the Gold Rush and the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and notched three top-10s and four top-20s in eight tournaments during the spring. • Named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 13, after finishing ninth at the Darius Rucker...against a field featuring five of the nation’s top-10 golfers. PRE COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:
2021 FALL RESULTS • Competed in 25 AJGA events between 2015-18, posting a dozen top-10 finishes. 3 Cougar Classic.......67-68-73=208 • An honorable mention honoree on the 2016 AJGA Rolex Junior All-America team.
T15 Mason Rudolph......73-68-72=213 • Posted AJGA wins at the 2015 Evitt Foundation RTC Junior All-Star and the 2016 and 2017 Rome Junior Classics.
T42 Illini Invit. ...............71-73-75=219 • Captured medalist honors at the 2018 Georgia Junior PGA, firing a 6-under 138 to earn a three-shot victory.Stanford Inter. ..............74-wd.wd. • Went on to tie for 11th at the 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship after shooting at 10-under 278. • Won the 2018 GSGA Girls’ Championship in record-setting fashion, shooting 9-under 207 to win by 10 shots. • Posted a 4-0 record to help Georgia win the 2018 Women’s Southeastern Challenge Match against Florida and Alabama. • Named the 2018 Georgia Class 7A Player of the Year as a junior after winning medalist honors at the state championships representing Collins Hill
High. Individually, also finished fourth at the GHSA state tournament as a freshman and sixth as a sophomore. PERSONAL: