CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – As announced by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Players Hall of Fame Wednesday, former Sun Devil women's golfer Heather Bowie Young will be among the 2018 class. Bowie Young and the other two members of this year's class become the 73rd, 74th, and 75th members of the WGCA Players Hall of Fame.
In two years at Arizona State, she helped lead the Sun Devils to two NCAA team championships (1994, 1995) as part of their three consecutive titles from 1993-95. She was a two-time First Team All-American and holds the record for second-most wins by a player in a single season in program history (four).
After graduating from Texas, she turned professional in 1997 and played on the Futures Tour in 1998 and 1999. She joined the LPGA tour in 2000, earning 28 top-10 finishes, and played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Solheim Cup. In 2011-12 and 2014-15, she was a member of the LPGA Player Advisory Group and now serves as an assistant women's golf coach at Clemson.
Joining Bowie Young in the Hall of Fame are TCU/ LSU's Jenny Lidback and Kansas' Marilynn Smith. She becomes the eighth Sun Devil to enter the Players Hall of Fame (list below).
The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.
The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and works to educate, promote, and recognize its members and the student-athletes they represent.
Sun Devils in WGCA Hall of Fame
1986 – Joanne Gunderson Carner
1987 – Jane Bastanchury Booth
1989 – Carol Sorenson Flenniken
1989 – Cathy Gaughan Mant
2001 – Pia Nilsson
2008 – Amy Fruhwirth
2009 – Wendy Ward
2018 – Heather Bowie Young
In two years at Arizona State, she helped lead the Sun Devils to two NCAA team championships (1994, 1995) as part of their three consecutive titles from 1993-95. She was a two-time First Team All-American and holds the record for second-most wins by a player in a single season in program history (four).
After graduating from Texas, she turned professional in 1997 and played on the Futures Tour in 1998 and 1999. She joined the LPGA tour in 2000, earning 28 top-10 finishes, and played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Solheim Cup. In 2011-12 and 2014-15, she was a member of the LPGA Player Advisory Group and now serves as an assistant women's golf coach at Clemson.
Joining Bowie Young in the Hall of Fame are TCU/ LSU's Jenny Lidback and Kansas' Marilynn Smith. She becomes the eighth Sun Devil to enter the Players Hall of Fame (list below).
The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place at Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.
The WGCA, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. Today, the WGCA represents over 600 coaches throughout the U.S. and works to educate, promote, and recognize its members and the student-athletes they represent.
Sun Devils in WGCA Hall of Fame
1986 – Joanne Gunderson Carner
1987 – Jane Bastanchury Booth
1989 – Carol Sorenson Flenniken
1989 – Cathy Gaughan Mant
2001 – Pia Nilsson
2008 – Amy Fruhwirth
2009 – Wendy Ward
2018 – Heather Bowie Young