2021-22 Women's Golf Roster
Walker, Zoë
Zoë Walker
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Xavier Prep High School
- Hometown:
- Palm Desert, Calif.
Bio
Final bio (PDF)
• 2020, 2021 & 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Team Captain for the 2021-22 Season
• 2018 PCAC Most Valuable Player
2021-22 Season Highlights
• Voted the Bulldogs’ team captain by her teammates.
• Participated in five events – one in the fall and four in the spring.
• Finished fifth in team qualifying for the Illini Invitational before competing individually at that event.
• Produced her career-best round and 54-hole score at the Illini Invitational. Shot 1-under 71 – her first par-or-better loop as a Bulldog – to wrap up play at Medinah Country Club at 3-over 219.
• Opened the spring with her first career top-10 performance, finishing ninth at the Lady Bulldog Invitational.
• A member of Georgia’s “B” team for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and helped that quintet to a fifth place finish overall. In the process, those Bulldogs tied No. 13 Southern California and defeated No. 11 Texas, No. 17 Arkansas and No. 22 Ole Miss.
• Dropped a tough, 1-down decision to Rebecca Skoler in Georgia’s match against No. 8 Virginia.
2020-21 Season Highlights
• Honored as the “Teammate of the Year” for women’s golf at the all-sports “Dawgs Choice Awards.”
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 season, one of nine Bulldogs to earn that recognition.
• Played in two tournaments, competing for Georgia’s “black” team in both the fall and spring editions of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Posted six birdies during the fall Liz Murphey and shot a season-best 78 in the second and third rounds.
• Enjoyed a strong summer campaign in 2021 that featured an impressive trio of top-10 efforts.
•Finished third in stroke play qualifying at the GSGA’s Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship but dropped her first-round match.
• Tied for eighth at the Alabama Women’s Stroke Play Championship at Goose Pond Colony.
• Placed ninth in the Georgia Women’s Open at the UGA Golf Course, shooting matching 75s to finish at 6-over.
2019-20 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition, but did not participate in any events and redshirted.
College of the Desert Highlights
• Earned medalist honors at four events during her two seasons competing for the Roadrunners.
• Named Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) Most Valuable Player as a sophomore in 2018 and also tabbed All-PCC during both seasons at CoD.
• Finished fifth individually and led the Roadrunners to a runner-up team finish at the 2018 California Community College Championships.
• In her final tournament, shot 76-73=149 to establish her best 36-hole tally at COD and also equal her career-low loop with the Roadrunners.
• Voted All-State by the California Community College Athletic Association following her stellar showing at the state championships.
• Led the Roadrunners to an undefeated campaign in PCAC events during her sophomore season, winning medalist honors three times and finishing as runner up on three more occasions.
• Finished seventh individually and paced College of the Desert to a runner-up showing in the Southern California Regional.
• Placed third on the individual leaderboard to help the Roadrunners secure the team title at the 2018 Desert Classic, a nine-team event in Palm Springs.
• Said College of the Desert head coach Erin Lind: “Zoe is the poster child for why a community college works for some kids if you have the work ethic to apply yourself. Now, she’s moving on to Georgia. What else could be better than that?”
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• Only began playing golf as a sophomore at Xavier Prep High School.
• Helped Xavier reach CIF-Southern Section Regional for the first time in school history in 2016, where the Saints finished 10th in the 24-team field.
• Steadily improved competing on the Southern California PGA Junior Tour from 2015-18. Competed in 19 events during that span, with nine top-10 finishes led by a third-place showing at the 2016 El Prado Fall Challenge.
Personal
• Born February 17, 1999, Zoë is the daughter of Brian and Melissa Walker and received her degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in May 2022.
• 2020, 2021 & 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Team Captain for the 2021-22 Season
• 2018 PCAC Most Valuable Player
2021-22 Season Highlights
• Voted the Bulldogs’ team captain by her teammates.
• Participated in five events – one in the fall and four in the spring.
• Finished fifth in team qualifying for the Illini Invitational before competing individually at that event.
• Produced her career-best round and 54-hole score at the Illini Invitational. Shot 1-under 71 – her first par-or-better loop as a Bulldog – to wrap up play at Medinah Country Club at 3-over 219.
• Opened the spring with her first career top-10 performance, finishing ninth at the Lady Bulldog Invitational.
• A member of Georgia’s “B” team for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and helped that quintet to a fifth place finish overall. In the process, those Bulldogs tied No. 13 Southern California and defeated No. 11 Texas, No. 17 Arkansas and No. 22 Ole Miss.
• Dropped a tough, 1-down decision to Rebecca Skoler in Georgia’s match against No. 8 Virginia.
2020-21 Season Highlights
• Honored as the “Teammate of the Year” for women’s golf at the all-sports “Dawgs Choice Awards.”
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 season, one of nine Bulldogs to earn that recognition.
• Played in two tournaments, competing for Georgia’s “black” team in both the fall and spring editions of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
• Posted six birdies during the fall Liz Murphey and shot a season-best 78 in the second and third rounds.
• Enjoyed a strong summer campaign in 2021 that featured an impressive trio of top-10 efforts.
•Finished third in stroke play qualifying at the GSGA’s Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship but dropped her first-round match.
• Tied for eighth at the Alabama Women’s Stroke Play Championship at Goose Pond Colony.
• Placed ninth in the Georgia Women’s Open at the UGA Golf Course, shooting matching 75s to finish at 6-over.
2019-20 Season Highlights
• Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, one of eight Bulldogs who received the recognition, but did not participate in any events and redshirted.
College of the Desert Highlights
• Earned medalist honors at four events during her two seasons competing for the Roadrunners.
• Named Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) Most Valuable Player as a sophomore in 2018 and also tabbed All-PCC during both seasons at CoD.
• Finished fifth individually and led the Roadrunners to a runner-up team finish at the 2018 California Community College Championships.
• In her final tournament, shot 76-73=149 to establish her best 36-hole tally at COD and also equal her career-low loop with the Roadrunners.
• Voted All-State by the California Community College Athletic Association following her stellar showing at the state championships.
• Led the Roadrunners to an undefeated campaign in PCAC events during her sophomore season, winning medalist honors three times and finishing as runner up on three more occasions.
• Finished seventh individually and paced College of the Desert to a runner-up showing in the Southern California Regional.
• Placed third on the individual leaderboard to help the Roadrunners secure the team title at the 2018 Desert Classic, a nine-team event in Palm Springs.
• Said College of the Desert head coach Erin Lind: “Zoe is the poster child for why a community college works for some kids if you have the work ethic to apply yourself. Now, she’s moving on to Georgia. What else could be better than that?”
Pre Collegiate Highlights
• Only began playing golf as a sophomore at Xavier Prep High School.
• Helped Xavier reach CIF-Southern Section Regional for the first time in school history in 2016, where the Saints finished 10th in the 24-team field.
• Steadily improved competing on the Southern California PGA Junior Tour from 2015-18. Competed in 19 events during that span, with nine top-10 finishes led by a third-place showing at the 2016 El Prado Fall Challenge.
Personal
• Born February 17, 1999, Zoë is the daughter of Brian and Melissa Walker and received her degree in Real Estate from UGA’s Terry College of Business in May 2022.
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