2025-26
Yoo competed in six events (five starts) and 17 rounds in her true freshman season … registered a 73.82 scoring average, three rounds under par and one round in the 60s … recorded 47 birdies and one eagle over 306 holes … narrowly missed the top 20 in two tournaments … top result of the season was a T-21st placement in a field of 74 at the Bruin Wave Invitational where she shot +7, 223 (72-73-78) from Feb. 23-24 … cracked the starting lineup for UCLA’s final three events of the season … tied for 23rd out of 63 at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional where she shot +4, 220 (73-74-73) from May 11-13 … opened the Huntington Bank Collegiate with back-to-back under-par rounds before finishing T-34 out of 91 at +3, 219 (70-71-78) from April 6-7 … opened her collegiate career with her lowest round of the season, a -2, 69 in round one of the Pan Pacific University Super League Tournament in Mishima, Japan, on Sept. 3 … 11/14 counting rounds.
2025-26 low round score: 69, round one at the Pan Pacific University Super League Tournament (Sept. 3)
2025-26 low 54-hole tournament score: 219 (70-71-78), at the Huntington Bank Collegiate (April 6-7)
2025-26 best finish: T-21st/74, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 23-24)
Prior to UCLA
Yoo prepped at Lambert High School (Suwanee, Ga.) … won a pair of AJGA titles in 2024 … won her first AJGA title in July at the Babygrande Atlanta Classic at Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 69-68-70 … won the AJGA Atlanta Classic one month later at Planterra Club (Peachtree City, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 70-65-74 after finishing runner-up at the same event the previous year … biggest win as a prep star came at the 2023 PGA Girls High School National Invitational at PGA Frisco, competing for Lambert High School … clinched her individual title on the par-5 455-yard 18th hole with a 60-foot chip shot for eagle to take the lead, which later ended up at No. 1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 that evening … placed T-2nd at the 2023 Georgia Women’s Amateur at Horseshoe Bend Country Club with a score of -3, 213 (71-72-70) … helped Lambert win Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Championships all four seasons (7A division in 2022-24; 6A division in 2025) … won back-to-back individual GHSA titles as a sophomore in 2023 (-1, 71) and junior in 2024 (-4, 140) … placed runner up at the State Championship her senior season (-6, 138) … named the 2024 GHSA 7A Player of the Year as a junior … was awarded Lambert High School Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2025 … honored as the Girl Golfer of the Year by the Forsyth County News in 2024 and 2025 … competed at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club (Tulsa, Okla.) where she missed the cut at +10, 152 (77-75) … competed at the 2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club (Johns Creek, Ga.) where she missed the cut at +8, 150 (77-73).
Personal
Born GaEun Athena Yoo in Seoul, South Korea … parents are Isaiah WonHo Yoo and HyunJung Kim … has one brother, Jaden … mother, father and uncle attended UCLA … favorite course she has played is The Congressional Country Club Blue Course in Bethesda, Md. … psychobiology major.
GaEun Athena Yoo’s Career Statistics
Yoo competed in six events (five starts) and 17 rounds in her true freshman season … registered a 73.82 scoring average, three rounds under par and one round in the 60s … recorded 47 birdies and one eagle over 306 holes … narrowly missed the top 20 in two tournaments … top result of the season was a T-21st placement in a field of 74 at the Bruin Wave Invitational where she shot +7, 223 (72-73-78) from Feb. 23-24 … cracked the starting lineup for UCLA’s final three events of the season … tied for 23rd out of 63 at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional where she shot +4, 220 (73-74-73) from May 11-13 … opened the Huntington Bank Collegiate with back-to-back under-par rounds before finishing T-34 out of 91 at +3, 219 (70-71-78) from April 6-7 … opened her collegiate career with her lowest round of the season, a -2, 69 in round one of the Pan Pacific University Super League Tournament in Mishima, Japan, on Sept. 3 … 11/14 counting rounds.
2025-26 low round score: 69, round one at the Pan Pacific University Super League Tournament (Sept. 3)
2025-26 low 54-hole tournament score: 219 (70-71-78), at the Huntington Bank Collegiate (April 6-7)
2025-26 best finish: T-21st/74, at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 23-24)
Prior to UCLA
Yoo prepped at Lambert High School (Suwanee, Ga.) … won a pair of AJGA titles in 2024 … won her first AJGA title in July at the Babygrande Atlanta Classic at Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 69-68-70 … won the AJGA Atlanta Classic one month later at Planterra Club (Peachtree City, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 70-65-74 after finishing runner-up at the same event the previous year … biggest win as a prep star came at the 2023 PGA Girls High School National Invitational at PGA Frisco, competing for Lambert High School … clinched her individual title on the par-5 455-yard 18th hole with a 60-foot chip shot for eagle to take the lead, which later ended up at No. 1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 that evening … placed T-2nd at the 2023 Georgia Women’s Amateur at Horseshoe Bend Country Club with a score of -3, 213 (71-72-70) … helped Lambert win Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Championships all four seasons (7A division in 2022-24; 6A division in 2025) … won back-to-back individual GHSA titles as a sophomore in 2023 (-1, 71) and junior in 2024 (-4, 140) … placed runner up at the State Championship her senior season (-6, 138) … named the 2024 GHSA 7A Player of the Year as a junior … was awarded Lambert High School Female Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2025 … honored as the Girl Golfer of the Year by the Forsyth County News in 2024 and 2025 … competed at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club (Tulsa, Okla.) where she missed the cut at +10, 152 (77-75) … competed at the 2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club (Johns Creek, Ga.) where she missed the cut at +8, 150 (77-73).
Personal
Born GaEun Athena Yoo in Seoul, South Korea … parents are Isaiah WonHo Yoo and HyunJung Kim … has one brother, Jaden … mother, father and uncle attended UCLA … favorite course she has played is The Congressional Country Club Blue Course in Bethesda, Md. … psychobiology major.
GaEun Athena Yoo’s Career Statistics
| Season | Starts | Rounds | Strokes | Scoring Average | Low Score | Wins | Under Par | Under 70 | Top 10 | Top 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 5 | 17 | 1255 | 73.82 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 5 | 17 | 1255 | 73.82 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |