Jeneath Wong Career Statistics
CAREER: A two-time WGCA All-American and All-WCC first team honoree … Appeared in 17 events and 52 rounds with a scoring average of 72.58 … Posted one win, eight top-10 and 14 top-20 wins, while also having 18 below-par rounds ... Currently ranked #104 in the World Golf Rankings (WAGR).
PEPPERDINE 2023-24: Awarded
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WGCA All-American honorable mention honors … Earned
WCC Player of the Year … Garnered
All-WCC first team acclaim … The
WCC Golfer of the Month in March … Appeared in 10 events and 30 rounds with a scoring average of 72.47 … Took first at the Silicon Valley Showcase shooting seven-under 206 (68-68-70) … Tied for second at The Show with four-under 212 (70-68-74) … Finished fourth at the WCC Championships (73-72-75=220) … Also tied for seventh at Mercedes-Benz with two under 211 (69-70-72) … Ranked #41 in final Scoreboard by Clipp’d national and #65 World Amateur Golf ranking by USGA … Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze’ honors … A
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Awarded
All-WCC first team honors as a freshman … Garnered
WGCA All-American honorable mention honors … Ranked #33 by Golfweek/Sagarin, #48 by Golfstat and #53 by WAGR … Earned a spot on the
WGCA Freshman of the Year watch list … Averaged 72.72 in 22 rounds, which is the best single-season average by any freshman in program history by a full stroke … Had four top-10 finishes and six top-20 finishes … Tied for third at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational (70-73-72) ... Took fourth at The Show at Spanish Trail with 5-under 211 and sixth at the Silicon Valley Showcase (74-72-72=218) … Qualified for match play at Royals and Ancient’s Women’s Amateur … Invited to Augusta National Women’s Amateur … Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze’ honors … A
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
AMATEUR/ JUNIOR GOLF: Won the Women’s Australian Master of the Amateurs, Portsea and Port Phillip Open Amateurs and Sukan (Sukma) Malaysia in 2022 … Earned Metropolitan Women’s Club Championships five times from 2018-22 and repeated as the Riversdale Cup Champion in 2020 and 2021 and Joan Fisher Plate and Victoria Champion of Champions in 2019 and 2020 … Finished third in the Southeast Asian Games and 18
th in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific in 2022 … Won the Australian Girls Amateur and Victorian Junior Masters in 2021 and 2022, while also taking home Adidas Golf Junior 6s Tour Rosebud and World Final titles in 2022 … Three-peated as champion of the Victoria Junior Amateur from 2020-22 and won the 2017 Kids Golf Championships in Malaysia.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Glen Waverley Secondary College in 2022 … Also attended St Catherine’s School for five years … Took part in tennis and swimming … Earned Rising Star Award for Golf 2017-20 … Won School Sport Australia Individual Title in 2017 and 2018 … Won School Sport Victoria State Golf Championship in 2021 and 2022 … Awarded Most Outstanding Sporting Excellence 2021-22.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology … Born in Malaysia, but currently from Melbourne, Australia … Daughter of Kenneth and Melanie Wong … Has a younger sister, Hannah Wong … Chose Pepperdine because of “its balance of high academic excellence, as well as its golf program led by Coach Gibbs. Also with the smaller community, it forms a family-like environment which really sparked my interest. I am excited to have the opportunity to play year-round in Malibu golf weather.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys playing tennis, and eating Asian food … Favorites include Rory McIlroy (pro golfer), Rafael Nadal (athlete), The Weeknd (musician), tennis (sport other than golf), Royal Portrush Golf Club (golf course), and Adam Sandler (actor).
