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Women's Golf
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Women’s Golf Hands Out Team Awards
5/23/2025 12:45:00 PM | Women's Golf
With the 2024-25 season concluded, Carolyn A. Pelzel '54a Head Coach of Women's Golf Alex Kirk handed out the annual team awards, honoring four members of the team.
First, junior Sophie Thai and first-year Olivia Cong were named Co-MVPs. Both Thai and Cong were named Second Team All-Ivy at the end of the season and had the lowest stroke average of the team.
Thai started the season with back-to-back 11th place finishes, posting a -1 with eight birdies at the Golfweek Invitational and a +9 with eight birdies at the Princeton Invitational. Her best tournament of the season was the More Than Golf Invitational. The junior finished fourth overall with -2 and 14 birdies across the three rounds. She led the team with a total of 53 birdies on the season.
In her first year with the Big Green, Cong competed in all but one tournament. She started the season with a +13 for 15th overall at the Princeton Invitational followed by a +6 with 11 birdies and a sixth-place finish at The Southern. Cong's highest finish was second place at the Columbia Classic, leading the Big Green to a third-place overall finish, shooting a -3 with ten birdies. She also hit Dartmouth's only hole in one of the season, her first collegiate career hole in one, at the More Than Golf Invitational.
Sophomore Alissa Xu was named the Big Green's most improved player. She competed in nearly every tournament, posting her best finish at The Southern, earning ninth overall. Xu also had two more top-15 finishes, helping her improve her stroke average by five year to year.
Finally, sophomore Caroline Chung earned The Gibby Award, the coach's award given in honor of former coach Kevin Gibson to the student-athlete who best demonstrates the spirit of Dartmouth Women's Golf and the game.
Chung golfed in all but one tournament this season, finishing tenth in two tournaments, her highest finishes of the year. At the Rutgers Invitational, Chung shot a +13 with two birdies. She led the Big Green at the Ivy League Championship, finishing with a +7 and six birdies.
Dartmouth women's golf, one year removed from its first Ivy League Championship after earning third at the 2025 championship, says goodbye to one senior, Claire Xu.
"Thank you for your leadership and leaving your influence on a Dartmouth women's golf team you helped make better," Kirk said about his co-captain.
As the Big Green shift their focus to the 2025-26 season, Kirk is excited for what's to come.
"We have a deep, talented roster returning and two strong players incoming this fall," Kirk said. "I look forward to a competitive team returning."
First, junior Sophie Thai and first-year Olivia Cong were named Co-MVPs. Both Thai and Cong were named Second Team All-Ivy at the end of the season and had the lowest stroke average of the team.
Thai started the season with back-to-back 11th place finishes, posting a -1 with eight birdies at the Golfweek Invitational and a +9 with eight birdies at the Princeton Invitational. Her best tournament of the season was the More Than Golf Invitational. The junior finished fourth overall with -2 and 14 birdies across the three rounds. She led the team with a total of 53 birdies on the season.
In her first year with the Big Green, Cong competed in all but one tournament. She started the season with a +13 for 15th overall at the Princeton Invitational followed by a +6 with 11 birdies and a sixth-place finish at The Southern. Cong's highest finish was second place at the Columbia Classic, leading the Big Green to a third-place overall finish, shooting a -3 with ten birdies. She also hit Dartmouth's only hole in one of the season, her first collegiate career hole in one, at the More Than Golf Invitational.
Sophomore Alissa Xu was named the Big Green's most improved player. She competed in nearly every tournament, posting her best finish at The Southern, earning ninth overall. Xu also had two more top-15 finishes, helping her improve her stroke average by five year to year.
Finally, sophomore Caroline Chung earned The Gibby Award, the coach's award given in honor of former coach Kevin Gibson to the student-athlete who best demonstrates the spirit of Dartmouth Women's Golf and the game.
Chung golfed in all but one tournament this season, finishing tenth in two tournaments, her highest finishes of the year. At the Rutgers Invitational, Chung shot a +13 with two birdies. She led the Big Green at the Ivy League Championship, finishing with a +7 and six birdies.
Dartmouth women's golf, one year removed from its first Ivy League Championship after earning third at the 2025 championship, says goodbye to one senior, Claire Xu.
"Thank you for your leadership and leaving your influence on a Dartmouth women's golf team you helped make better," Kirk said about his co-captain.
As the Big Green shift their focus to the 2025-26 season, Kirk is excited for what's to come.
"We have a deep, talented roster returning and two strong players incoming this fall," Kirk said. "I look forward to a competitive team returning."
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