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Grace Rose - Women's Golf - University of Kentucky Athletics

GraceRose

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Nicholasville, Ky.
  • Major Special Education
  • High school West Jessamine High School

Career Stats Breakdown (PDF)

2017-18 Chip Shots

Dream course: Augusta National
First time she broke par: Freshman year of high school 
Favorite club: Driver
Favorite golf movie: Happy Gilmore
Golfer she tries to emulate: Ben Hogan 
 

2017-18 (Senior): Tied for team lead with a 74.8 stroke average … One of three Wildcats to appear in all 11 events … Posted three top-20 finishes and one top-10 showing, her co-championship at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational … Recorded a team-high six rounds of par or better, including five in red numbers … Team used 23 of her 28 rounds for the team score … Tied for 39th at the SEC Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, with a score of 14-over par …Tied for 73rd at 24-over par at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, North Carolina … Dropped her match-play decision, 2 and 1, in the 3-2 victory over No. 16 Kent State at the University Club of Kentucky … Tied for 37th at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, with a score of 11-over par … Tied for 24th at 9-over par at the Hurricane Invitational in Coral Gables, Florida … Posted another top-20 finish (tied for 12th) with a 1-under-par 216 at the Florida State Match-Up in Tallahassee, Florida … Opened the Florida State Match-Up with back-to-back rounds under par … Tied for 14th with a 5-over-par 149 (77-72) at the Florida Challenge in Lecanto, Florida … Recorded a 73.4 stroke average in the fall with a team-high three under-par rounds … Team used her scoring in 10 of a possible 11 rounds in the fall … Tied for 23rd at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina, with a 2-over-par 146, including a final-round 71 (1-under par) … Placed 31st at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, at 11-over par (227) … Won the first tournament of her collegiate career at UK’s Bettie Lou Evans Invitational by tying for first with Notre Dame’s Emma Albrecht … Rose fired a tournament record and a career-best 211 (69-74-68) … Rallied from four shots behind in the final round of the Bettie Lou to tie for first … Opened the season with a 10-over-par 223 (75-75-73) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee … 2018 Spring Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in spring 2018.

Summer 2017: Tied for ninth place in a field of amateurs and professionals at the 19th Golf Capital of Tennessee Women’s Open in Fairfield Glade, Tennessee.

2016-17 (Junior): After appearing in just one event in the fall, appeared in all seven events in the spring … Finished behind only Isabelle Johansson with a 74.4 stroke average … Tied Johansson for a team-best six rounds of par or better in the spring season … Shot a final-round 1-over 73 at the NCAA Columbus Regional to finish in a tie for 43rd … Notched her best tournament finish of the season at the SEC Championship by tying for 17th place … Won the individual title in the dual match vs. Louisville … Fired a 54-hole career-best 214 at the SEC Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, with a 70 in the first round, a 73 in the second and a 71 in the final round … Tied for 29th at 221 thanks to a 1-under 71 in the final round of the PING ASU Invitational in Tempe, Arizona … Recorded a 222 and tied for 31st at the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona … Thanks to a second-round 70, carded a 1-over 217 and tied for 28th at the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Florida … Won top individual honors with a pair of 72s vs. Louisville in the Battle of the Bluegrass … Made her season debut at the Cardinal Cup in Simpsonville, Kentucky, and tied for 29th with a 231 … 2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll member … Dean’s List in fall 2016, spring 2017.

Summer 2016: Won the 2016 Marion Miley with a 71 in the first round and a 75 in the second round … Participated in a UK Athletics service trip to Ethiopia.

2015-16 (Sophomore): Led UK with two top-20 finishes … Recorded a career-low and team season-low 18-hole round of 67 on the final day of the Landfall Tradition … Competed in nine of 10 events, missing only the dual match vs. Louisville … Posted a career-best 15th-place finish with a 226 (74-74-78) at the Bryan National Collegiate … Carded a solid 228 (78-74-76) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Just missed out on a career low with a 223 (73-74-76) at the UCF Challenge … Tied for 19th at the UCF Challenge, which, at the time, was a career best … Thanks to a final-round 67, turned into her lowest 54-hole score of 222 (78-77-67) for a then-career-best 37th-place finish at the Landfall Tradition … Second on the team in fall scoring average with a 76.3 … Tied for 44th place at the Minnesota Invitational … Four top-50 finishes was the second most on the team. 

Summer 2015: Finished in sixth place at the Kentucky Women’s Open with a two-day score of 1-over par … Was tied for the lead after the first day of the Kentucky Women’s Open. 

2014-15 (Freshman): Competed in nine tournaments as a freshman … Held a 77.6 scoring average … Finished in the top 50 four times this year … Had her highest career finish at the NCAA South Regional in a tie for 41st place along with her lowest 54-hole score of 227 … Was among the tournament leaders in birdies at the South Bend Regional … Played consistent golf in the postseason, shooting in the 70s in all six rounds of the SEC Championship and South Bend Regional … Shot a 1-over 73 in the second round of the LSU Tiger Golf Classic … Carded her low 18-hole round of 72 in consecutive tournaments at the UCF Challenge and Stanford Invitational … Finished in a tie for 46th in her first collegiate tournament at the “MO”Morial Invitational … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.

Before UK: The 2013 Kentucky High School Athletics Association champion and region runner-up … Named 2013 KSHAA Player of the Year honors … Registered a 67 at the state championship and posted a scoring average of 73 … The Mussleman Dunne Champion and Junior Champion Marion Miley runner-up … Participated in the 2012 First Tee Pebble Beach … Participated in two-week mission trips to Haiti and Jamaica while in high school.

Personal: Born March 24 … Daughter of Wade and Dana Rose … Has a brother, Travis, and a sister, Ashlee … Sister played golf at UK … Brother played golf collegiately at Eastern Kentucky … Major is special education … Her most memorable moment of her golfing career was playing at Pebble Beach. 

Why she chose UK: “I grew up in Lexington and I wanted to play with the best golfers.”
 

Rose’s UK Scorecard 

Year Events Rounds Strokes Stroke Avg.  Low 18 Low 54 Top 10* Top 20*
2014-15 9 27 2,094 77.6 72 227 0 0
2015-16 9 27 2,078 77.0 67 222 0 2
2016-17 8 23 1,711 74.4 70 214 0 1
2017-18 11 28 2,093 74.8 68 211 1 3
Career 37 105 7,976 76.0 67 211 1 6


*Does not include dual matches

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