2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Marie Prats-Rigual
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Perpignan, France
- High School:
- Lycée Bellevue (Toulouse, France)
2024-25: Enrolled in January • Played in three events, twice as a starter • Averaged 74.89 in nine rounds • Low round of 70 in the second round, helping UNC win the Yale West Invitational at PGA West’s Norman Course • Shot 71-70-73 for a 2-under 214 to tie for 13th at Yale West • Shot 73 in the final round of the Moon Golf Invitational • Member of the ACC Honor Roll.
Amateur: Won the Trump Doral Junior in 2022 • Shot 68 in the first round, which equaled the low round of the tournament, and finished third in the 2024 ANNIKA Invitational Europe at the Isabergs Golf Club in Hestra, Sweden • Fourth in the 2024 Belgian Amateur • Second in 2023 in the International Junior Masters in Germany and the European Young Masters in Slovakia • Low competitive round was a 6-under 67 in the European Young Masters • Home club is St. Nom-La-Breteche • Favorite course is Isabergs • Favorite player is Brooke Henderson • Go-to clubs under pressure are her driver and putter • Dream pairing would include Henderson, Nelly Korda and Céline Boutier • Best shot was a 6 iron from 153 yards out of a bunker and under a tree to the middle of the green.
Personal: Born Marie-Elodie Prats-Rigual on Feb. 21, 2007, in Singapore • Daughter of Lionel and Coralie Prats-Rigual • Attended Lycée Bellevue in Toulouse • Played six years of tennis • Also enjoys ping pong, badminton, climbing and shooting • Favorite food is her grandmother’s paella • Favorite vacation spot is Singapore • Favorite non-golf athlete is tennis’ Novak Djokovic.
