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Cylia Damerau - Women's Golf - University of Kentucky Athletics

CyliaDamerau

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Cham, Switzerland
  • Major Communications, Psychology
  • High school Sportgymnasium Davos
BIO
2015-16 (Senior): Ended UK career with five career top-20 finishes in tournament play … Her 15 career rounds of even par or better are the third most in program history since 1987 … Owns the best finish of the season for a Wildcat in tournament play with a career-best fourth-place finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Led UK with two under-par rounds … Carded a 73 at the first round of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic … Recorded back-to-back scores of 71 in the second and third rounds of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate for a 54-hole season low of 218, the best 54-hole score by a Wildcat in 2015-16 …  Fired a season-low round of 74 in the first round of the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C. … Competed in nine of 10 events … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member … SEC Academic Honor Roll member.
2014-15 (Junior): Ranked second on the team with a season scoring average of 75.83 … Had three top-30 finishes … Recorded four even- or under-par rounds on the season … Fired a 1-under 71 on the final day of the South Bend Regional … Her season low 54-hole score of 218 (75-73-70) came at the 2015 SEC Championship along with her highest finish in a tie for 12th place … Tied her 18-hole round of 70 at the SEC Championship … Carded a 1-under 71 at the UCF Challenge … Fired a 1-under 70 at the opening round of the Stanford Invitational … Finished in the top 25 at the “MO”Morial Invitational for the second straight year … SEC Academic Honor Roll member … WGCA All-American Scholar Team member. 
2013-14 (Sophomore): Ranked fourth on the team with season scoring average of 75.40 … Had one top-10 finish and two top-20 finishes on the season … At the 2014 SEC Championship, she played the most consistent of all her teammates, finishing in 18th place with a 225 (75-75-75) … Her low 54-hole round came at the UCF Challenge where she carded a 214 (72-72-70) … Named SEC Co-Golfer of the Week on Feb. 12 after her performance at the UCF Challenge where she tied for seventh… Became the first UK women’s golfer to earn SEC weekly honors in program history … Tied for 24th at the “MO”Morial Invitational … SEC Academic Honor Roll member.
2012-13 (Freshman): Finished third on the team and second among freshmen with a stroke average of 75.81 … Recorded one top-10 finish on the year, placing ninth at the Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational, helping UK win its lone tournament of the year … Her low 54-hole round of the year came at the Alamo Invitational, where she shot a 219 (75-74-70) … Shot season low round 2-under-par, 70 at the Old Waverly Bulldog and Alamo Invitationals … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.
High School: Selected to play on the Swiss Ladies European Team … Won the 2011 Swiss Juniors Championship … Finished in the top 10 at both the Ladies Italian International Championship and the Belgium International Junior Championship … Member of the 2009 European Championship in Finland.
Personal: Born Jan. 6, 1993 … Daughter of Ralf and Eveline Damerau … Has two younger brothers, Sascha and Michel, and an older sister, Jamina … Double majoring in communications and psychology.
Why she chose UK: “I loved the colors, the people, the town and the coach — and I loved how crazy everyone in Lexington is about UK.”

Damerau’s UK Scorecard

Year Events Rounds Strokes Stroke Avg. Low 18 Low 54
2012-13 9 27 2,047 75.81 70 219
2013-14 10 30 2,262 75.40 70 214
2014-15 8 24 1,820 75.83 70 218
2015-16 9 26 2,032 78.2 71 218
Career 36 107 8,161 76.3 70 214
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