2024-25 Women's Golf Roster
Helen Yeung
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Clarksville, Md.
- High School:
- River High School
2024-25: Set UNC freshman scoring record with a 73.20 average, the eighth-best single-season average by any Tar Heel • Academic All-ACC honoree • Four top-10 finishes • Played 15 rounds at par or better (which tied for the team lead) with six rounds in the 60s • Low round of 66 in the final round of the Yale West Invitational, which UNC won • Tied for third in the PDI Intercollegiate in Orlando (70-69-68) at 9-under 207 • Finished fourth at Yale West (72-70-66) at 8-under 208 • Shot 1-under 212 to tie for sixth, helping UNC win the Cavalier Regional Preview in record fashion • Shot 67s in the opening round at Landfall and the second round in the ACC Championship • It was the lowest round ever by a Tar Heel freshman (and one off the best round by any Tar Heel) in ACC Championship history • Led UNC with a tie for 14th at 1 over par in the NCAA regional • No. 48 in the final NCAA rankings • Member of the ACC Honor Roll.
Prep/Amateur: 2024 Maryland state amateur champion at the Suburban Club in Pikesville • 3A/4A Maryland High School State Championship medalist in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and three-time Howard County Player of the Year • Led River Hill High School to consecutive team titles in the state championship • As a senior, won the 2023 individual state title with rounds of 65 and 67 for a state tournament record 10-under 132 • Opening round 65 was also a state record for the high school championship • The 65 at the University of Maryland course was her low round • Coached by Matthew Graves.
Placed 15th in the 2025 Sea Island Amateur • Shot 68 in the second round of the 2024 Girls Junior PGA Championship, where she finished 12th • 2023 honorable mention Rolex Junior All-America • Represented Maryland in the Poindexter Cup and the Mid-Atlantic Challenge • Qualified for the 2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where she tied for 33rd in a field of 156 • Shot under par in two of the three rounds and finished second at the Three Little Birds Memorial AJGA Open • Shot 69 in the final round to win the 2023 AJGA KJ Choi Foundation Junior Championship • Finished fourth in the PING AJGA Invitational.
Personal: Born on November 24, 2005 • Daughter of Melinda Rattananet and Harry Yeung • Member of the Spanish Honor Society at River Hill.
Go-to club under pressure is her 9 iron • Favorite golfer is Tiger Woods • Favorite course is Chambers Bay • Enjoys traveling • Favorite food is sushi • Favorite vacation spot is Thailand • Listens to every kind of music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry.
