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Player Bio: Laura Moffat - UCLA Official Athletic Site

April 17, 2013 | Women's Golf

1999-00 - Won her first collegiate tournament by winning a two-hole, sudden-death playoff with teammate Amanda Moltke-Leth and Hawaii's Melanie Matsumura at the Rainbow Fall Classic … Captured 15th place at the Pioneer Classic with scores of 76-75-75-226 … She tied for 15th at the NCAA West Regionals … She also tied for 16th place at the PING/ASU tournament, tied for 17th at the Pac-10s, tied for 18th at the Fall Preview, tied for 19th at the Peg Barnard Invitational and tied for 20th at the Arizona Invitational … At the Arizona event, she recorded a one-under par 71 in the second round, tying her collegiate best … She also finished 29th at the Regional Challenge, where she posted a 73 in the final round … She finished the season with a stroke average of 74.8 in 29 rounds, almost a six-shot improvement from her sophomore season … One hundred percent of her scores counted toward the team score … She was ranked 52nd in the final Sagarin rankings on May 31st and was ranked 59th in the final CGF MasterCard poll … Finally, she earned a spot on the Pac-10 All-Academic Team with a 3.3 grade point average.

1998-99 - Recorded a collegiate best finish by tying for third at the Pioneer Classic with a three-round total of 224 … After an opening round of 80, she played the final 36 holes in even par, including a career best one-under par 71 on the second day … Captured 14th place at the Rainbow tournament, improving her scores each round (76-73-72-221) … Finished with an average of 80.4 in 27 rounds … Ranked as high as 94th nationally in the MasterCard poll (March 17) … During the summer, she played for Great Britain and Ireland against a European team … Also played for Scotland at the European Team Championships.

1997-98 - In the summer of 1998, she played in the Scottish, English and European Championships … As a freshman, she averaged 78.5 in 14 rounds … Shot 73 and 74 in the first and last rounds of the ASU/Ping event where she tied for 18th, her best finish of the season … She also tied for 29th in the Stanford tournament … Began the NCAA West Regional with rounds of 72-75 before finishing in a tie for 30th … Her 72 was a season best.

High School - Played field hockey and golf at Glasgow Academy … Won the 1996 Under-22 Scottish Girls Championships and was runner-up in 1997 … Also won the 1996 Belgian International Juniors Tournament … Member of the Great Britain and Ireland Amateur Team and a two-year member of the Scottish Ladies Amateur Team.

Personal - Lives "over the fence" from the West Kilbride Golf Course where her best score is a three-under par 69 … Chose UCLA over San Jose State for its golf, weather and academics … Began playing at the age of nine with her father's encouragement … Physiological Sciences major.

Career Statistics

  Laura Moffat
Laura Moffat
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
West Kilbride, Scotland

High School:
Glasgow Academy

Height:
5-2

Hand:
Right

Year

App.

Top 10

Top 20

Rds

Avg.

Low

1999-00

10

1

8

29

74.8

71

1998-99

10

1

1

27

80.4

71

1997-98

7

0

1

17

78.5

72

Totals

27

2

10

73

77.9

71

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