University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Marie Prats-Rigual
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Perpignan, France
- High School:
- Lycée Bellevue (Toulouse, France)
Best Finish: T3, 2025-26 Landfall Tradition
Low Round: 68, 3rd round, 2025-26 Landfall Tradition; 2nd round, 2025-26 Challenge Cup; 3rd round, 2025-26 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
Low Round to Par: -4, 3rd round, 2025-26 Landfall Tradition
Low 54 Holes (strokes): 210, 2025-26 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
Low 54 Holes (to par): -5, 3rd round, 2025-26 Landfall Tradition
Career: Played in 14 tournaments • Averaged 72.74 in 42 rounds • Low round of 68 three times • Best finish was a tie for third as a sophomore as Carolina won the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington.
2025-26: Third on the team in scoring with an average of 72.15, the sixth-lowest in UNC single-season history • Second on the team with three eagles and third in birdies (103) • Started in 11 of the 12 tournaments • Low rounds of 68 in the Landfall Tradition, Carolina Challenge Cup at UNC and the final round of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional • Finished in the top 10 three times – tied for third at Landfall, a tournament UNC won, was seventh in the Carolina Challenge and tied for 10th in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional • Shot 71-72-68 for 5-under 211 at Landfall • Tied for 11th at 2-under 214 (72-69-73) as the Tar Heels won the Chevron Collegiate • Even-par 210 in the regional at UNC Finley with rounds of 71-71-68 • Carded a 1-under 71 in the third round of the NCAA Championship • Won the decisive match in the ACC quarterfinals, beating Wake Forest’s Chloe Kovelesky (30th ranked) 1 up.
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.
