2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Reagan Southerland
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Rivers Academy (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Career: Has the ninth-best scoring average (74.27) in Carolina women’s golf history • Shot par or better 19 times with six rounds in the 60s • Low round of 68 in the second round as a sophomore in the Yale West Invitational at PGA West’s Norman Course • Placed a career-best fifth at Yale West at 7-under 209 • Is 4-1 with one match un-finished in match play • Low round was 67 in the final round of the 2023 Georgia State Amateur and 2021 high school championship.
2024-25: One of four Tar Heels to start in all 10 tournaments • Averaged 74.07 in 30 rounds • Shot par or better 10 times with four rounds in the 60s • Three top-20 finishes with a career-best fifth as UNC won the Yale West Invitational, where she shot 72-68-69 for 7-under 209 • Tied for 14th in the Chattanooga Classic and was T20 as Carolina won the Cavalier Regional Preview • Carded even-par 72s in the first and second rounds in the NCAA regional • ACC quarterfinal match vs. Wake Forest’s Sarah Lydic was all square through 16 but went unfinished • Academic All-ACC honoree and member of the ACC Honor Roll.
2023-24: Played in all 11 tournaments, averaging 74.48, fourth-best on the team • Shot nine rounds at par or better with a season-low 69 in the first round at the Mason Rudolph Championship and the second round at UCF to help the Tar Heels win the title • Tied for 11th at the Jubilee Course at St Andrews and shot 4-under 212 for a T16 at Vanderbilt • Shot 73 at The Old Course to win her match by five strokes and provide a team point to win the St Andrews Links Collegiate • Went 4-1 in match play, including a pair of wins in the NC State Match Play and a 4&3 win over Wake Forest’s Mimi Rhodes in the ACC semifinal • Beat Becca DiNunzio, 2&1, in a 3-2 win over Virginia Tech in the championship match at NC State • Even-par 72 in the second round of the ACC Championship • Shot 70-70-74 for 4-over 214 at the Gators Invitational and had two 71s to finish 2-over 218 in Hawai’i at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational • Earned Academic All-ACC honors and was a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep/Amateur: Third in the 2025 Pacific Northwest Amateur • Won the 2023 Georgia Women’s Amateur at the Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell, Ga. • Shot 5-under-par 67 in the final round Sunday for a 6-under 207 total and a three-stroke victory • Began the final round three back, but birdied 12, made an eagle on 14 and birdies on 15, 16 and 17 to shoot 30 on the back nine for the win • The 67 tied her low round • Also shot 67 in the 2021 Georgia High School State Championship at Heritage Golf Links in Tucker, Ga. • In 2023 she tied for 16th at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational and T30 at the Rolex Girls Junior • Played in the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur in Los Angeles • In 2022 she finished second in the Georgia Junior PGA, seventh at Georgia Women’s Amateur, T7 at Dustin Johnson, T10 at the Rolex Girls Juniors • Third in the 2021 IMG Academy Junior World Championship.
Personal: Born Nov. 1, 2004, in Barrington, Ill. • Daughter of Chris and Theresa Southerland • Attended Rivers Academy in Alpharetta, Ga., and Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Atlanta • High school coaches were Jason Rutledge and Charles Anderson • Favorite course is the Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta • Favorite golfer is Scottie Scheffler • Go-to club under pressure is her driver • Would like to play a round with Nelly Korda, Max Homa and Scheffler • Best shot she ever hit was a 6-iron from 175 yards on the third playoff hole in a U.S Junior Amateur qualifier in 2022 • Hit it to six feet and made birdie • Likes to also play basketball and softball • Favorite food is sushi • Likes to vacation at St. Simons Island, Ga. • Listens to country music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
