Lion Higo Career Statistics
CAREER: Through three seasons has a 73.62 scoring average, which currently ranks sixth in the all-time Pepperdine women’s golf record books ... Has played in 29 tournaments and 86 rounds ... Has two wins, 10 top-10 and 18 top-20 finishes.
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Named to the
WGCA All-American second team … Honored with the
WCC Player of the Year award … Made the
All-WCC first team … Ranked #20 by Golfstat and #27 by Golfweek/Sagarin … Appeared in all 37 rounds … Marked an impressive 71.35 scoring average … Finished first at both the Golfweek Red Sky tournament (72-67-67=206) in the fall and Silicon Valley Showcase (68-73-73=214) in the spring … Also finished second at the Golf Iconic Classic with 5-under 211 and the WCC Championships with 6-under 210 … Her 8-under in the second round of the WCC Championships set a course record at the Gold Mountain Olympic Course and tied for third in the Pepperdine record books for lowest round … Additionally, finished in the top-10 seven times and top-20 11 times, the latter of which ties for first in the Pepperdine record books for most top-20 finishes in a single-season … Finished under par in 18 rounds, which ranked atop the Pepperdine women’s golf record books at the time … A two-time
WCC Golfer of the Month (February and March) … Qualified for match play at Royals and Ancient’s Women’s Amateur.
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Repeated on the
All-WCC first team as a sophomore ... Was second on the team with a 75.07 scoring average ... Appeared in all 29 rounds ... Tied for third at the WCC Championships (76-72-72=220) ... Tied for 10th at the Gold Rush (77-75-73=225) ... Tied for 51st at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional (74-82-77=233) ... Best round was a 3-under 69 at the Lamkin Invitational.
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Made the
All-WCC first team as a freshman ... Was third on the squad with a 75.70 scoring average ... Was in the lineup for all seven tournaments and 20 rounds ... Posted a team-high three top-20 finishes ... Tied for 10th at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic (74-69-74=217) ... Tied for 13th at the Dick McGuire Invitational (72-73-73=218) ... Tied for 20th at the WCC Championships (77-80-79=236) ... Tied for 43rd at the NCAA Stanford Regional (78-73-69) ... Best round was a 3-under 69 at LSU ... Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors.
AMATEUR/JUNIOR GOLF: Won the 2021 Australian Master of the Amateurs ... A member of the Queensland Women's State Team in 2019 and the Queensland Girls' State Team from 2017-20 ... Was the 2020 Queensland Women’s Amateur champion ... Tied for sixth at the 2020 Australian Women’s Amateur ... Won the Northern Territory Ladies Classic and the Australian School Sports National Championships in 2019 ... Runner-up at the 2019 Australian Girls' Amateur Championships and South Australian Junior Masters ... Received the Australian Girls' Order of Merit in 2019 ... Received an invitation to the 2020 Australian Master of the Amateurs and scored a career-low 10-under 62 to tie the course record at the Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia ... Also tied a course record with a 5-under 67 at Maroochy River Golf Club at the 2019 Katherine Kirk Junior Classic – named after the Pepperdine Hall of Famer and women's golf legend.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Saint Stephen’s College, located in Gold Coast, Australia, in 2020 ... Earned academic honors from 2015-19.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sports medicine ... Born in Gold Coast, Australia ... Daughter of Junko Higo and Masafumi Higo ... Her father played baseball at the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor ... Has one sibling, Taiga ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “the environment is a great fit for me with a beautiful campus, friendly people and weather similar to my hometown. I feel that the coaches can help guide me in the right direction and will help improve my golf game and get me one step closer to my future goal of competing on the LPGA Tour.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys photography, going to the beach and listening to music ... Lists her sports hero as Shohei Ohtani ... Favorites include Minjee Lee (pro golfer), Royal Adelaide Golf Club (golf course), Dear John (movie), Grey’s Anatomy (TV show), Lorde (musical artist), burritos (food) and baseball and rugby (sports other than golf) ... Favorite thing about golf is “it tests your patience and is just as mentally tough than it is physically tough. I get to travel around the country and world and visit new places.”
