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2018-19 Women's Golf Roster

Big Ten Conference
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Bing Singhsumalee

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • High School Waubonsie Valley

Biography

Career Bests

  • Best Finish: 2nd -- 2x, last at Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 29-30, 2018)
  • Low Round: 66 (-6, ties school record) -- Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 14, 2015)
  • Low 54-Hole Score: (-5) -- 2x, last at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (Sept. 18-19, 2017)

Senior - 2018-19

  • All-Big Ten Second Team
  • Big Ten Golfer of the Week - Oct. 31, 2018
  • Academic All-Big Ten Honoree
  • Big Ten Preseason Honoree
  • Ends season and career as the program's new career stroke average leader (73.78).
  • Recorded the seventh-lowest single season stroke average in program history (73.22). 
  • Posted a 145 (+1) at the Big Ten Championships, tying for 11th with teammate Tristyn Nowlin.
  • Posted the 10th best 36-hole total with a 145 (+1) at the Clemson Invitational. She previously posted this last season at the Meadow Club Intercollegiate, where she finished in the top ten.
  • Consecutive runner-up finishes at the Cardinal Cup and Trinity Forest Invitational.
  • Earned a career-best second-place finish at the Cardinal Cup and Trinity Forest Invitational.
  • Carded a 68 (-4) in the final round of the Cardinal Cup to tie the 10th best individual round score in program history.

Junior - 2017-18

  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Big Ten Preseason Honoree
  • Posted the third-lowest single season stroke average in program history (72.70)
  • Tied the fourth-best individual 54-hole score in program history with a 208 (-5) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate
  • Carded a 66 (-5) in the third round of the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, which ties for the fourth-best individual round in school history
  • Tied the seventh-best 36-hole tournament score in program history at the Meadow Club Intercollegiate (145 (+1))
  • Earned a fourth-place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate
  • Four top-10 finishes on the season
  • Team's top finisher in five of the 12 tournaments she competed in
  • Recorded seven rounds under par and nine even par rounds during the season
  • Qualified to the 2018 US Women's Amateur Championship with a 1-over par 72

Sophomore - 2016-17

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in all 11 tournaments during the season
  • Tied the seventh-best individual single-round score in program history with a 67 (-4) during the first round of the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate
  • Recorded six rounds under par to go with two even rounds on the year

Freshman - 2015-16

  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Just the second Illini in program history to earn All-Big Ten status as a freshman
  • Big Ten All-Tournament Team
  • Tied the lowest individual round in program history (66, -6) in first career round
  • Posted a pair of rounds at 68 (-4), which ranks as the seventh-best rounds in program history
  • Became the first Illini golfer to record three rounds at par or better at the Big Ten Championship
  • Set the program record for single-season scoring average at 73.94
  • Led the Illini team at six tournaments, competing in all 11 on the season
  • Finished tied for fourth place at the Big Ten Championship with her best 54-hole tournament score of 211 (-5), which tied the third-best score in program history
  • Led the Orange and Blue with 86 birdies on the season
  • Counted 26.5 of 33 rounds towards the team score
  • Registered seven sub-par rounds in addition to two rounds at par on the season
  • Illinois Female Newcomer of the Year finalist

High School

  • Attended Waubonsie Valley High School in the Upstate Eight Conference
  • Lettered in golf all four years
  • A two-time state runner-up
  • Team MVP, All-Conference, All-Regional, All-Sectional and All-Academic all four years of competition
  • Holds the school record for lowest 9-hole and 18-hole round at 31 and 64 (-8) strokes

Personal

  • Majoring in electrical engineering
  • Born in Bangkok, Thailand
  • An accomplished musician playing violin and piano since ages 4 and 5
  • Attended the Western Springs School of Talent Education
  • Hobbies include horseback riding, ice skating and reading
  • Biggest thrill in sports was when she chipped in on the 19th hole to win the 2013 Illinois Women's Amateur event
  • An only child, she is the daughter of Pete and Linda Singhsumalee

Career Statistics

Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Low Tour.
2015-16 11 33 2,440 73.94 66 (-6) 211 (-5)
2016-17 11 33 2,486 75.33 67 (-4) 212 (-4)
2017-18 12 33 2,399 72.70 66 (-5) 208 (-5) 
2018-19 13 37 2,709 73.22 68 (-4) 213 (-3)
Totals 47 133 9,806 73.78 66 (-6) 208 (-5)

Individual Results

2015-16 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 14-15 Minnesota Invitational 66-76-80 = 222 (+6)^ T-8th
Oct. 19-20 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 74-77-70 = 221 (+8) T-28th
Oct. 4-6 Jim West Challenge 71-78-75 = 224 (+8) T-36th
Oct. 19-20 Cardinal Cup 73-73-78 = 224 (+8)^ T-19th
Oct. 25-27 Palmetto Intercollegiate 73-73-74 = 220 (+4) 15th
Feb. 21-22 Westbrook Spring Invitational 76-77-71 = 224 (+8) T-56th
March 11-12 3M Augusta Invitational 78-72-75 = 225 (+9) T-32nd
March 22-23 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational 76-68-78 = 220 (+4)^ T-13th
March 28-29 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 77-75-73 = 225 (+9)^ T-7th
April 16-17 Lady Buckeye Invitational 73-74-77 = 224 (+8)^ T-11th
April 22-24 Big Ten Championship 72-71-68 = 211 (-5)^ T-4th
2016-17 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 12-13 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 67-76-71 = 214 (+1)^ T-8th
Sept. 23-25 Lady Paladin Invitational 70-70-72 = 212 (-4)^ 3rd
Oct. 17-18 Greenville Regional Preview 77-75-77 = 229 (+13)^ T-14th
Oct. 23-25 Cardinal Cup 71-79-79 = 229 (+13) T-21st
Feb. 6-7 Westbrook Spring Invite 73-73-70 = 216 (E) T-16th
Feb. 26-27 Meadow Club Women’s Inter. 76-80-73 = 229 (+13) T-40th
March 20-21 Briar’s Creek Invitational 77-85-71 = 233 (+17) T-72nd
March 27-28 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate 77-73-77 = 227 (+11) T-41st
April 15-216 Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 78-76-81 = 235 (+19) T-37th
April 21-23 Big Ten Championship 76-77-77 = 230 (+14) T-35th
May 8-10 NCAA Albuquerque Regional 79-76-77 = 232 (+16) T-68th
2017-18 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 18-19 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 71-71-66 = 208 (-5)^ 4th
Sept. 26-27 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate  71-72-73 = 216 (+3) T-20th
Oct. 6-7 Bettie Lou Evans Invite  72-75-74 = 221 (+5) T-13th
Oct. 21-22 Cardinal Cup 72-74-75 = 221 (+5) T-4th
Oct. 27-28 Ladies Fall Intercollegiate  73-77 = 150 (+6)^ 10th
Feb. 25-26 Westbrook Spring Invitational 71-71-72 = 214 (-2) T-24th
March 5-6 Meadow Club Collegiate 72-73 = 145 (+1)^ T-10th
March 19-20 Briar's Creek Invitational  75-71-73 = 219 (+3) T-20th
March 23-25 MountainView Collegiate 76-76-71 = 223 (+7) T-19th
April 14 Lady Buckeye Invitational 72-78 = 150 (+6) T-25th
April 20-22 Big Ten Championships 71-70-73 = 214 (-2)^ T-8th
May 7-9 NCAA Madison Regional 73-72-74 = 219 (+3) T-37th
2018-19 Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 17-18 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 74-77-71 = 222 (+9) T-23rd
Sept. 24-25 Coeur d'Alene Collegiate  72-69-73 = 214 (+1) T-5th
Oct. 8-9 Illini Women's Invite at Medinah 72-69-72 = 213 (-3) T-13th
Oct. 20-21 Cardinal Cup 71-77-68 = 216 (E) T-2nd
Oct. 29-30 Trinity Forest Invitational 73-69-73 = 215 (-1) 2nd
Feb. 3-5 UCF Challenge 75-75-75 = 225 (+9) T-80th
Feb. 24-25 Westbrook Invitational 74-71-71 = 216 (E) T-22nd
March 18-19 Briar's Creek Invitational 75-75-79 = 229 (+13) 60th
Apr. 7-8 Clemson Invitational 73-72 = 145 (+1) T-35th
Apr. 13-14 Lady Buckeye Invitational 72-70-76 = 218 (+2)^ 3rd
Apr. 19-21 Big Ten Championships 74-71 = 145 (+1) T-11th
May 6-8 NCAA East Lansing Regional 71-78-74 = 223 (+7) T-33rd
May 17-20 NCAA Championships 77-76-75 = 228 (+9) T-34th

^ Led the team

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior