University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Grace Ridenour
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High School:
- Crossroads Flex High School (Cary)
Best Finish: T8, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational
Low Round (strokes & to par): 1-under 69, 2nd round, Carolina Challenge Cup
Low 54 Holes (strokes): 213, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational
Low 54 Holes (to par): +3, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational
2025-26: Averaged 72.36 in 11 rounds • Five rounds (45%) at par or better • Played in four tournaments • Low round a 69 in the Carolina Challenge Cup at UNC Finley • Started and helped UNC win the Landfall Tradition, shooting even-par 72 in the final round • Tied for 10th in the Carolina Challenge at 2-over • Led UNC with a 3-over 213 after rounds of 70-70-73 in the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Intercollegiate • Was even par through two rounds and finished T24 in her college debut in the Mason Rudolph Championship.
Amateur: Won the 2024 Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Tour Invitational at Landfall in Wilmington • Led all three rounds and finished 3-under 213 • Low competitive round is a 4-under 67 as she won the 2023 HV3 Foundation Junior Open at Colonial Country Club • Nine AJGA top-10 finishes • Three PKBGT wins among a dozen top-three finishes • Sixth in the 2025 North Carolina Women’s Amateur • Seventh in the 2023 Dixie Women’s Amateur • Five-time all-state • 2024 Rolex Scholastic Honor Roll.
Personal: Born on Feb. 14, 2007, in Cary, N.C. • Daughter of Rich and Julie Ridenour • Attended Crossroads Flex High School.
Top golf achievement was winning the PKBGT Invitational at Landfall • Favorite course is Pinehurst No. 3 • Favorite player is Rory McIlroy • Go-to club under pressure is her 54-degree wedge • Best shot was as a 9-year-old, a 3-wood to three feet to make eagle on the final hole to shoot par for the first time • Dream pairing includes McIlroy, Annika Sorenstam and Max Homa • Golf superstition is to wear her bracelets in the same order.
Hobbies include bass fishing, hiking, reading, photography and painting • Favorite place to eat is Bojangles • Favorite vacation spot is Sedona, Ariz. • Listens mostly to country music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Formula 1 racer Max Verstappen.
