2017-18 Women's Golf Roster
Biography
Career Bests
Best Finish: T-1st - Diane Thomason Invitational (Oct. 4-5, 2014)
Low Round: 68 (-4) - Henssler Financial Intercollegiate (March 27, 2017)
Low 54-Hole Score: 214 (-2) - Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 25-26, 2018)
Senior 2017-18
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- Ends her Illinois career with the fifth-best career stroke average in program history (75.78)
- Posted the eighth-best single season stroke average in school history (74.39)
- Carded a career-low 54-hole tournament total of 214 (-2) at the Westbrook Spring Invitational
- Tied for the team’s top finisher at the Bettie Lou Evans Invite with a 54-hole total of 220 (+4)
- Tied the ninth-best 36-hole individual tournament score in program history with a 147 (+3) at the Lady Buckeye Invitational
- Recorded four rounds under par and six rounds even par during the season
- Competed in 11 of the 12 events on the season
Junior 2016-17
- Academic All-Big Ten
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- First-round score of 68 (-4) at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate on March 27 was the best single-round score of her career, and tied for the seventh-best in program history
- Carded a 225 (+9) at the Henssler Financial Intercollegiate, her best 54-hole score of the year
- Placed in a tie for 29th at the Cardinal Cup, her best finish of the year
- Averaged a 77.500 during her junior year
- Competed in six tournaments, including the Big Ten Championships
- Recorded one round under par on the year
Sophomore 2015-16
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch
- Tallied a season stroke average of 76.33
- Participated at all 11 events during the season
- Illinois' second-best finisher at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate (T-18th) and the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational (T-25th)
- Top finish on the season came at the Minnesota Invitational (T-15th)
- Beset round of the season (72) also came at the Minnesota Invitational
- Best 54-hole score was at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate at 219 (+6)
- Three top-25 individual finishes
Freshman 2014-15
- WGCA All-American Scholar
- Big Ten Golfer of the Week (9/10/14)
- Daily Illini “Illini of the Week” (10/8/15)
- Hole in one at first collegiate event (9/8/14)
- Won the Diane Thomason Invitational individual title
- Had the team’s third-best stroke average for the season at 75.58
- Participated at all 11 events during the season
- Low tournament score came at first collegiate event at 217 (+1)
- Lowest round (69) came at Briar's Creek Invitational
- Illini Female Newcomer of the Year finalist
High School
- Attended Saint Viator High School in the East Suburban Catholic Conference
- Four-year varsity letter winner
- Four-time varsity team MVP
- Picked as the Saint Viator 2014 Female Athlete of the Year
- Four-time IHSA finalist and finished fourth in 2013
- Qualified for match play at the 2013 US Girls' Junior Championship
- Qualified for the 2013 Callaway Junior World Championship
- 2012 Mid-American Junior Golf Tour All Midwest Team
- 2012 East Suburban Catholic Conference Athlete of the Year
- Four-time ESCC All-Conference team
- Three-time ESCC conference champion
- Ranked 54th in AJGA Polo Ranking for class of 2014
Personal
- Majoring in communication
- Daughter of Joseph and Susan Gattone
- Has two older brothers, Rick and Joe
- Involved in gymnastics for nine years and softball for six
- Graduated with honors
- Member of the National Honor Society
Career Statistics
Year |
Events |
Rds. |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low Tour. |
2014-15 |
11 |
31 |
2,343 |
75.58 |
69 (-3) |
217 (+1) |
2015-16 |
11 |
33 |
2,519 |
76.33 |
72 (E) |
219 (+6) |
2016-17 |
6 |
18 |
1,395 |
77.50 |
68 (-4) |
226 (+9) |
2017-18 |
11 |
31 |
2,306 |
74.39 |
69 (-2) |
214 (-2) |
Totals |
39 |
113 |
8,563 |
75.78 |
68 (-4) |
214 (-2) |
Individual Results
2014-15 |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
Sept. 8-9 |
Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic |
72-72-73 = 217 (+1)^ |
7th |
Sept. 15-16 |
Minnesota Invitational |
81-74-76 = 231 (+15) |
T-37th |
Oct. 4-5 |
Diane Thomason Invitational |
76-74-76 = 226 (+10)^ |
T-1st |
Oct. 17-19 |
Hoosier Fall Invitational |
75 = 75 (+3) |
T-10th |
|
Match Play vs. Cristina McQuiston (Boston College) |
L: 6&5 |
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Match Play vs. Theresa-Ann Jedra (Indiana) |
W: 2 up |
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Match Play vs. Madchen Ly (Fresno State) |
W: 2&1 |
|
Nov. 2-3 |
Jim West Challenge |
74-81-77 = 232 (+16) |
T-28th |
Feb. 22-23 |
Westbrook Invitational |
70-73-76 = 219 (+3) |
T-25th |
March 2-4 |
Hurricane Invitational |
74-82-81 = 237 (+24) |
T-82nd |
March 23-24 |
Briar's Creek Invitational |
79-72-69 = 220 (+4)^ |
T-14th |
March 30-31 |
Web.com Intercollegiate |
73-72-75 = 220 (+4) |
T-14th |
April 18-19 |
Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational |
78-76-79 = 233 (+17) |
T-35th |
April 24-26 |
Big Ten Championships |
77-79-77 = 233 (+17) |
T-60th |
2015-16 |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
Sept. 14-15 |
Minnesota Invitational |
72-78-75 = 225 (+9) |
T-15th |
Sept. 21-22 |
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate |
73-73-73 = 219 (+6)^ |
T-18th |
Oct. 4-6 |
Jim West Challenge |
81-76-77 = 234 (+18) |
63rd |
Oct. 19-20 |
Cardinal Cup |
82-73-76 = 231 (+15) |
T-44th |
Oct. 25-27 |
Palmetto Intercollegiate |
75-78-75 = 228 (+12) |
T-45th |
Feb. 21-22 |
Westbrook Spring Invitational |
75-75-74 = 224 (+8) |
T-56th |
March 11-12 |
3M Augusta Invitational |
77-79-77 = 233 (+17) |
T-61st |
March 22-23 |
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational |
74-78-85 = 237 (+21) |
T-64th |
March 28-29 |
Henssler Financial Intercollegiate |
80-73-81 = 234 (+18) |
T-38th |
April 16-17 |
Lady Buckeye Invitational |
78-75-75 = 228 (+12) |
T-25th |
April 22-24 |
Big Ten Championship |
74-79-73 = 226 (+10) |
T-54th |
2016-17 |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
Oct. 17-18 |
Greenville Regional Preview |
78-76-84 = 238 (+22) |
T-47th |
Oct. 23-25 |
Cardinal Cup |
76-80-75 = 231 (+15) |
T-29th |
March 20-21 |
Briar’s Creek Invitational |
75-79-78 = 232 (+16) |
T-70th |
March 27-28 |
Henssler Financial Intercollegiate |
68-79-78 = 225 (+9) |
T-32nd |
April 15-216 |
Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational |
80-78-76 = 234 (+18) |
T-33rd |
April 21-23 |
Big Ten Championship |
82-75-78 = 235 (+19) |
48th |
2017-18 |
Tournament |
Score |
Finish |
Sept. 18-19 |
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate |
69-69-75 = 213 (E) |
T-16th |
Sept. 26-27 |
Coeur d'Alene Collegiate |
75-73-72 = 220 (+7) |
T-36th |
Oct. 6-7 |
Bettie Lou Evans Invite |
72-73-75 = 220 (+4)^ |
T-10th |
Oct. 21-22 |
Cardinal Cup |
77-77-76 = 230 (+14) |
T-37th |
Feb. 25-26 |
Westbrook Spring Invitational |
72-70-72 = 214 (-2)^ |
T-24th |
March 5-6 |
Meadow Club Collegiate |
73-83 = 156 (+12) |
T-64th |
March 19-20 |
Briar's Creek Invitational |
72-72-74 = 218 (+2) |
T-14th |
March 23-25 |
MountainView Collegiate |
84-77-79 = 240 (+24) |
T-74th |
April 14 |
Lady Buckeye Invitational |
75-72 = 147 (+3) |
T-10th |
April 20-22 |
Big Ten Championships |
76-79-74 = 229 (+13) |
T-54th |
May 7-9 |
NCAA Madison Regional |
75-71-73 = 219 (+3) |
T-37th |
^ Led the team
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