2024-25 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Caroline Canales
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Calabasas HS
- Hometown:
- Calabasas, Calif.
Career Highlights
• WGCA Honorable Mention All-American (2023-2024)
• All-Pac-12 First Team (2022-2023)
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2023-2024)
• 2-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2022-2023, 2021-2022)
• CSC Academic All-District (2022-2023)
ANWA Finishes
• 2025 Augusta National Women's Amateur (+3, T-30th)
Career
Canales made 40 starts and played 111 rounds with a 73.1 scoring average over her four-year career at UCLA … recorded one win, 15 top 10s and 23 top 20s … finished her career ranked 12th in UCLA’s career record book in both scoring average (73.12) and rounds under par (30) … tied for 11th in UCLA history with 11 rounds in the 60s … 101/111 career counting rounds (91.0%) … went 10-3-0 in match play competition.
2024-25
Canales played in five tournaments (13 stroke play and two match play rounds) before departing the program to begin her professional golf career … averaged 72.8 strokes during her abbreviated senior season … recorded one top-10 and two top-20 finishes … logged four rounds under par, including two in the 60s … best finish of the season was a T-6th placement at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate where she shot -4, 212 (67-74-71) from Sept. 9-11 to open the season … tied for 17th at the Illini Women’s Invitational with a score of -4, 212 (71-69-72) from Oct. 7-8 … tied for 21st at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge with a score of +4, 217 (72-72-73) from Feb. 2-4 … defeated USC’s Jasmine Koo 1UP in a singles match at the East Lake Cup … 12/13 counting rounds … went 1-1-0 in match play competition … entered her final year as a Golf Channel Preseason Third Team All-American ... ranked 92nd on the globe and the 34th American in the World Amateur Golf Rankings entering the college season (Sept. 5)
2024-25 low round score: 67, round one at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9)
2024-25 low 54-hole tournament score: 212 (2x), last at the Illini Women’s Invitational (Oct. 7-8)
2024-25 best finish: T-6th, at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-11)
2023-24
Canales was named a WGCA Honorable Mention All-American and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention after registering a 72.6 scoring average over 43 rounds and 11 stroke play tournaments in her junior season … ranked second on the team with a 72.6 scoring average, four top 10s and 12 rounds under par … finished the season ranked as the 51st women’s collegian, according to Spikemark … named to the Golfweek All-Match Play Team after going a perfect 3-0-0 at the NCAA Championships … those match play victories included a 2&1 victory over Texas A&M’s Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, a 7&5 victory over Oregon’s Karen Tsuru and 2 UP victory over Stanford’s Paula Martin Sampedro … both Garcia-Poggio and Sampedro were ranked in the top 20 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings by the time of their defeat … with her 7&5 victory against Tsuru in the NCAA Match Play Semifinals, Canales became the first Bruin to win an NCAA Championship match six up or better … holed out from the fairway on the 18th to defeat Sampedro in the NCAA Championship Final Match … best finish of the season was at the Silverado Showdown on April 8-0 where she was UCLA’s top golfer, placing third with a score of -3, 213 (71-74-68) … notched top-10 finishes at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (t-8th, -7), the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (9th, -2), Silicon Valley Showcase (8th, +5) and Silverado Showdown (3rd, -3) … helped UCLA to team victories at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, Nanea Pac-12 Preview and The Show … posted three rounds under par, including back-to-back 69s, at the Windy City Collegiate Classic to help Alicia Um Holmes to her first win as head coach … shot a season-low -4, 68 in the third round of the Silverado Showdown to secure her third-place finish … tied for 18th at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional on May 6-8 with a score of +4, 220 (72-74-74) … tied for 24th in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships on May 17-20 with a score of +5, 293 (69-72-76-76) … was 5-1-0 in match play competition for the season … secured two victories at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, defeating Baylor’s Ashleen Kaur, 1 UP, and Florida’s Jackie Lucena, 2 UP … 30/34 counting rounds.
2023-24 low round score: 68, round three at the Silverado Showdown (April 10)
2023-24 low 54-hole tournament score: 209 (71-69-69) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 2-3)
2023-24 best finish: 3rd, at the Silverado Showdown (April 8-10)
Summer 2023
Canales reached the Round of 32 of the 123rd U.S. Women's Amateur as the No. 5 seed at Bel-Air Country Club (Aug. 7-13) ... trailed two down in the Round of 64 before winning four holes on the back nine to advance.
2022-23
Canales was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team after ranking second on the team with a 72.9 scoring average in 12 events and 31 rounds … also ranked second with six top 10 finishes, nine top 20 finishes, nine under par rounds and four rounds under 70 … claimed the first medal of her collegiate career and shot UCLA’s lowest round of the season when she tied for first at The Match in the Desert with a 7-under 65 … UCLA’s top golfer in two events … UCLA’s only golfer to compete in all 12 regular-season events … finished the collegiate season as the No. 54-ranked women's collegiate golfer per Golfweek and No. 47 per Golfstat … won all four match play rounds at the East Lake Cup and inaugural Battle for the Bell versus USC … posted three-under par tournament finishes … finished outside the top 20 only twice … opened the season tying for fourth at the USF Intercollegiate to where she shot -3 (69-72-69) … tied for fourth at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview where she shot -6 (70-73-70) … tied for fourth at The Beach Invitational where she finished +10 (74-79-73) … tied for eighth at the Vystar Credit Union Gator Invitational where she finished +1 (71-70) … placed seventh at the Silverado Showdown where she shot +3 (75-74-70) … tied for 20th at the Pac-12 Championships where she was +2 (75-72-71) … tied for 16th at the NCAA San Antonio Regional where she finished +5 (71-75-75) … shot under par in third round play in 2022-23, averaging 71.6 strokes in third rounds … 30/31 counting rounds ... named a WGCA All-American Scholar and CSC Academic All-District.
2022-23 low round score: 65, round one at The Match in the Desert (Jan. 23)
2022-23 low 54-hole tournament score: 210 (69-72-69) at the USF Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13)
2022-23 best finish: T-1st, at The Match in the Desert (Jan. 23)
Summer 2022
Canales was a semifinalist in the match play portion of the 56th California Women’s Amateur in San Luis Obispo, Calif. after tying for 6th (+2, 146; 71-75) in stroke play out of the field of 124.
2021-22
Canales competed in 11 events and 33 rounds, posting a 74.0 average score … tied for second on the team with four top 10 finishes, including a T-6th placing at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (+2, 218) … was UCLA’s top golfer in three events at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (T-25th; +3, 219), The Match in the Desert (T-10th; -1, 143) and The Gold Rush (T-5th; +5, 221) … tied for eighth at the Chambers Bay Invitational (+6, 222) … notched two other top 20 finishes at the Pac-12 Championships (T-19th; +6, 222) and the Lamkin Invitational (T-16th; +8, 224) … recorded five under-par rounds, including a season-low 3-under 69 in her first round of the season at the Annika Intercollegiate (Sept. 13) … shot a 6-over 294 at the NCAA Championships (par 72; 76-72-73-73) … finished the season ranked in the top 100 by both GolfStat (65) and Golfweek (83) … 29/33 counting score rounds … lost her only singles match to Auburn’s Mychael O’Berry in the NCAA Championships Quarterfinals … named a WGCA All-American scholar.
2021-22 low round score: 69, round one at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 23)
2021-22 low 54-hole tournament score: 218 (70-73-75) at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (May 9-11)
2021-22 best finish: T-5th, at The Gold Rush (Feb. 28-March 1)
Prior to UCLA
Canales attended Calabasas High School (Calabasas, Calif.), competing on the varsity golf team … during her junior season (2018-19), won the CIF state girls’ golf championship with a one-under 70 for a one-stroke victory over Sherilyn Villanueva of Troy High School … won the 2019 CIF state girls’ golf regional and the Marmonte League individual title that season … was honored as the L.A. Daily News Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … had a top-nine finish in July 2021 at the California Women's Amateur Championship (La Habra Heights, Calif.) … tied for fourth (-6, 210) at the SCGA Women’s Amateur Championship in August 2020 … reached the quarterfinals of match play at the California Women’s Amateur Championship in July 2020 (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
Personal
Full name is Caroline Canales … born in Tarzana, Calif. … parents are Robyn and Richard Canales … has one older sister, Olivia, and one younger sister, Julia … her father, Richard, attended UCLA … Olivia played golf at UC Irvine … she chose to attend UCLA because the university has a great balance of academics and athletics, allowing her to discover her full potential in both areas … admires professional athletes Rafael Nadal, Nelly Korda and Collin Morikawa … played classical piano growing up (for 12 years) … also enjoys playing tennis … earned her undergraduate degree in sociology.
Caroline Canales' Career Statistics
| Season | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Average | Low Score | Wins | Under Par | Under 70 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 11 | 33 | 2443 | 74.03 | 69 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022-23 | 12 | 31 | 2259 | 72.87 | 65 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023-24 | 12 | 34 | 2468 | 72.59 | 68 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 13 | 946 | 72.77 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 40 | 111 | 8116 | 73.12 | 65 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
