Kentucky Women’s Golf Signs Fifth-Ranked Junior Golfer Madeleine Conser
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 22nd-ranked University of Kentucky women’s golf program and Madeleine Conser have signed a UK NIL and Financial Award Agreement, it was announced by head coach Golda Borst. Conser, the fifth-ranked junior golfer in the Class of 2027, will be a part of the incoming class that will compete beginning fall 2027.
Conser is the first to sign in a class that is considered top 10 by numerous media outlets. The program will have additional roster announcements in the coming weeks.
“We are so excited that signing day has finally arrived and what a class we are bringing in to join the Kentucky women’s golf family in 2027,” Borst said. “We have anticipated this day for a long time, and we are beyond grateful to share who we are adding to our team next fall with Big Blue Nation.
“We are so excited to sign Madeleine today. She brings a high level of focus and intensity that I think will immediately raise our program to new heights. She is a tremendous person and student, and she has both the tangible and the non-tangible strengths that we look for in a recruit. Maddie’s work speaks for itself, and we just can’t wait to have her represent Big Blue Nation next fall!”
“I’m so excited to officially join the Kentucky women’s golf family,” Conser said. “I’m grateful for the coaching staff that has given me this incredible opportunity, and I’m looking forward to competing alongside an amazing group of girls! Go Cats!”
Madeleine Conser
Madeleine Conser, a native of Portland, Oregon, is the fifth-ranked junior golfer in the nation and the top-ranked junior golfer in the state of Oregon. The 17-year-old also is already ranked an impressive 161st in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
She is three-time Oregon Girls’ Junior Player of the Year in 2024, 2025 and 2026. In fact, the junior golfer also was named the Oregon Women’s Player of the Year in 2026. Also this year, she tacked on the prestigious 2026 Rolex All-American First Team Honors and made the 2026 Junior Solheim Cup team.
Those accolades came off the back of an impressive six championships this year, including winning the Oregon Women’s Amateur, the Oregon Junior Amateur, the OGA Peter Jacobsen Junior Challenge, the AJGA Mizuno West Coast Classic, the AJGA Sacramento Junior Championship and the AJGA Geneva Championship. She also picked up medalist honors at the Girls Junior Americas Cup.
Conser had similar success in 2025, too, winning the PNGA Girls’ Junior Amateur, the Oregon Junior Amateur and the OGA Peter Jacobsen Junior Challenge Champion.
The fifth-ranked junior golfer in the nation and the Oregon Women’s Player of the Year is a Wildcat! 😼💙 https://t.co/1ZcH32qufx
— Kentucky Women’s Golf (@KentuckyWGolf) November 11, 2026
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