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Player Bio: Liisa Kelo



Fall 2009
• Placed 28th at the TOPY Cup in Japan
2008-09
• Started in three tournaments for the Sun Devils
• Also competed in two tournaments as an individual
• Highest finish was 63rd at the PING/ASU Invitational
• Averaged 82.58 over the season
2007-08
• Competed in six tournaments in her sophomore campaign including the NCAA Championships and NCAA West Regional
• Best finish came at the Thompson Invitational where she tied for 41st
• Tied her career low of 73 in the first round of the PING/ASU Invitational, where she played as an individual
• Compiled a 81.57 stroke average in her six tournament appearances
• Named Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention

  Liisa Kelo
Liisa Kelo
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Mexico City, Mexico

High School:
Institut Le Rosey

Height:
5-7

Experience:
3V

Career Average:
80.73



2006-07
• Competed in three events on the season.

• Best finish of the year came at the Northrop Gumman Regional Challenge, where she finished tied for 41st.

• Earned a 78.66 stroke average in her three tournament appearances.

• Shot a career low 73 in the second round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge.

2005-06
• Redshirted

High School
• A 2005 graduate of Institut Le Rosey in Chateau du Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland

• Won the school's best golfer medal

• Also played basketball and was a two-time team captain

• Won two medals as her team's best basketball player

Personal
• Majoring in Design Management

• Is interested in a career as an architect or as a golf professional

• Parents are Eero Kelo and Maria Flena Kelo of Mexico City, Mexico

• Her father is a businessman and her mother is in business administration

• Has two brothers, Cristofer (18) and Ernesto (32)

• Lists entering her first international golf competition as her most exciting sports moment

• Speaks Spanish, English, French, and Finnish

• Is of Finnish and Mexican descent

• Enjoys reading, music and learning languages

• Born March 2, 1986 in Mexico City

• Full name is Liisa Elena Kelo

LIISA KELO 2009-2010 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament1234TotalScorePlace
TOPY Cup807880238+2228
Mason Rudolph
Stanford Intercollegiate
Landfall Tradition
Northrop Grumman Reg.
UCLA/Pepperdine Invite
PING/ASU Invitational 787876232+16T72
PAC-10 Championships
NCAA Regional Championships
NCAA Championships
2 appearances, 6 rounds, 470 strokes, 78.33 stroke average, 0 Top 10 Finishes, 0 Top 20 Finish

LIISA KELO 2008-2009 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament1234TotalScorePlace
NCAA Fall Preview837986248+32T66
Mason Rudolph818082243+27T85
The Derby828588255+39T87
Wildcat Invitational (I)798383245+2978
PING/ASU Invitational (I)797977235+19T63
5 appearance,15 rounds, 1,226 strokes, 81.73 stroke average

LIISA KELO 2007-2008 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament1234TotalScorePlace
Northrop Grumman808478242+2969
Wildcat Invitational (I)869286264+5190
Thompson Invitational808675241+25T41
ASU/PING Invitational (I)738182236+20T70
NCAA West Regional787982239+23T95
NCAA Championships76848179320+32T112
6 appearances, 19 rounds, 1542 strokes, 81.57 stroke average