{"id":114680,"date":"2025-09-02T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114680\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:59:13","slug":"womens-golf-introduces-2025-26-newcomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114680\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Golf Introduces 2025-26 Newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     NEW YORK \u2014 Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/coaches\/amy-weeks\/3189\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"3189\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Weeks<\/a> and the Columbia women&#8217;s golf program introduced four newcomers on Tuesday. The four first-years joining the 2025-26 roster are <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/bridget-chantharath\/22100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22100\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Chantharath<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/camille-thai\/22101\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22101\" target=\"_blank\">Camille Thai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kristina-xu\/22099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22099\" target=\"_blank\">Kristina Xu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/emily-zeng\/22098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22098\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Zeng<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nDetails on this season&#8217;s incoming class are below. Fans can access the complete 2025-26 Columbia women&#8217;s golf roster by <a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clicking this link<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/bridget-chantharath\/22100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22100\" target=\"_blank\">Bridget Chantharath<\/a> \u2013 Fy. \u2013 CC \u2013 Irvine, Calif. \/ Northwood<br \/>\nPrior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner at Northwood High School in Irvine, California \u2026 First girls golfer at Northwood to ever qualify for state championships, placing fourth as a freshman \u2026 Part of a team school-record 5-under-par round, accomplished twice \u2026 Four-time First Team All-League \u2026 Two-year team captain \u2026 Four-time Team MVP \u2026 Two-time League MVP \u2026 Qualified for the USGA Girls Jr. Championship at 13 years old \u2026 Qualified for the USGA Women&#8217;s Amateur Championship in 2023 \u2026 Qualified for the Jr. PGA Championship at 13 years old \u2026 Ranked top 50 in class of 2025 from AJGA rankings \u2026 AP Scholar Award \u2026 AP Scholar with Distinction \u2026 Graduated Northwood Summa Cum Laude.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/camille-thai\/22101\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22101\" target=\"_blank\">Camille Thai<\/a> \u2013 Fy. \u2013 CC \u2013 Los Altos, Calif. \/ Los Altos<br \/>\nPrior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain at Los Alton High School in Los Altos, California \u2026 2023 California Junior Girls State Champion\u2026 2021 IMG Junior World Champion \u2026 2020 UsKidsGolf Teen World Championship Runner-Up \u2026 Personal-best 5-under-par through nine holes in final high school match \u2026 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League All-League Player \u2026 earned SCVAL Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior \u2026 SCVAL First Team All-League from 2021-25 \u2026 SCVAL All-League Player of the Year in 2025 \u2026 Four-time team MVP.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kristina-xu\/22099\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22099\" target=\"_blank\">Kristina Xu<\/a> \u2013 Fy. \u2013 CC \u2013 Claremont, Calif. \/ Claremont<br \/>\nPrior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner at Claremont High School in Claremont, California \u2026 Three-time Palomares League MVP (2022-2024) \u2026 2024 AJGA Fortinet Girls Invitational Champion \u2026 Second Team Rolex Junior All-America Award \u2013 American Junior Golf Association (2024) \u2026 2024 Roper Honda AJGA Junior Champion \u2026 Qualified and competed at the 2024 U.S. Women&#8217;s Amateur \u2026 Round of 64 in 2022 and 2024 U.S. Girls Junior \u2026 2023 AJGA Golf Performance Center Killington Junior Golf Champion \u2026 2021 Los Angeles City Women&#8217;s Championship Champion \u2026 2025 Claremont High School Scholar Athlete of the Year \u2026 2025 Palomares League Outstandings Senior Award \u2026 Seal of Biliteracy recipient \u2026 2023 Palomares League All-Academic.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gocolumbialions.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/emily-zeng\/22098\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22098\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Zeng<\/a> \u2013 Fy. \u2013 CC \u2013 Beijing, China \/ Beijing SMIC Private School<br \/>\nPrior to Columbia: Four-year member of the Beijing SMIC Private School golf team \u2026 Two-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) winner \u2026 Two CLPGA top-three finishes in 2025 with scores of 4-under and 7-under \u2026\u00a0 2024 China National Championship Individual winner with an individual tournament total of 22-under par, including a round of 64 \u2026 Helped team to a tie for second in the event \u2026 Two junior tournament winners in 2024 \u2026 Tied for fifth at the 2024 China National Championship (-9) with her team tying for second \u2026 2022 Beijing Orient CLPGA Low Amateur.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFOLLOW THE LIONS<br \/>\nFor the latest on Columbia women&#8217;s golf, follow @CULionsWGolf on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColumbiaWGolf\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/culionswgolf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/culionswgolf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and on the web at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocolumbialions.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoColumbiaLions.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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