Pepperdine University Athletics

Momoka Kobori Career Statistics

CAREER: Ended her career ranking seventh all-time in scoring average (74.22) at Pepperdine ... Played in 38 events and 105 rounds ... Finished eighth all-time at Pepperdine with 21 below-par rounds ... Had 13 top-10 and 17 top-20 finishes.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Capped off her senior year being named WGCA All-American honorable mention ... Ranked #49 by Golfstat and #57 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... Averaged 71.90 strokes, good for #2 on Pepperdine’s single-season scoring list ... Was in the lineup for all seven tournaments and 21 rounds ... Led the team with four top-10 finishes, five top-20 results and eight below-par rounds ... Won her first college tournament at the season-opening Dick McGuire with a 9-under 207 (69-74-64) ... Her 8-under in the third round tied the third-best round in school history and let her go from six shots back at the start of the round to a two-stroke victory ... The 9-under tied the sixth-best 54-hole score in school history ... Named the WCC Player of the Month for September after the win ... Tied for third at the WSU Cougar Cup with a 6-under 210 (68-74-68) ... Tied for eighth at the Golfweek Conference Challenge with a 5-under 211 (67-75-69) ... Tied for eighth at the Bruin Wave Invitational (73-76-72=221) ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Made the WCC All-Academic first team ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Made the All-WCC first team again as a junior ... Was second on the squad with a 74.21 scoring average ... Was in the lineup for all 10 tournaments and 28 rounds ... Finished in the top 10 three times and the top 20 four times ... Was seventh at the WCC Championships (75-71-76=222) ... Tied for seventh at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (70-74-74=218) ... Tied for 10th at the Dick McGuire Invitational with a 1-under 215 (69-72-74) ... Had a 3-under 68 at the Stanford Intercollegiate and a 3-under 69 at the McGuire among her four below-par rounds .... Tied for 59th at the NCAA Norman Regional (73-78-76=227) ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors.
 
PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Made the All-WCC first team as a sophomore ... Was second on the team with a 74.87 scoring average ... Played in all 11 events and 31 rounds ... Tied for the team high with four top-10 finishes ... Second on the team with six below-par rounds ... Tied for fifth at the WCC Championships (74-75-76=225) ... Tied for sixth at the UC Irvine Invitational (75-73-70=218) ... Tied for seventh at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (72-74-70=216) ... Tied for ninth at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (77-71-78=226) ... Best rounds of the season were 2-under 70s at Golfweek and UC Irvine ... Tied for 56th at the NCAA San Francisco Regional (71-77-76=224).
 
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Named the WCC’s Freshman of the Year ... Averaged 75.36 strokes in 25 rounds and 10 events ... Had two top-10 finishes and four top-20 results ... Tied for seventh at the Bruin Wave Invitational (72-75-78=225) ... Tied for 13th at the Silverado Showdown (75-70-71=216) ... Was the Waves’ top finisher at both of those tournaments ... Tied for ninth at the WCC Championships (73-78-74=225) ... Tied for 14th at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional (73-72-75=220) ... It was the fifth-best finish ever by a Waves’ freshman at an NCAA Regional ... Tied for 81st at the NCAA Championships (82-81-74=237) ... Best round was a 2-under 70 in the second round of the Silverado Showdown, and best 54-hole showing was an even-par 216 at that same tournament ... Had three below-par rounds ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
AMATEUR/JUNIOR GOLF: Tied for ninth at the 2019 Canadian Women’s Amateur ... Tied for seventh at the 2017 Canadian Junior Girls Championship ... Earned one of three Lydia Ko Scholarships and spent time with the LPGA star in January 2017 through an initiative with New Zealand Golf ... Winner at the 2016 Queensland Girls Amateur ... Runner-up at the 2016 Australian Girls Amateur and 2016 Charles Tour Muriwai Open ... Made the cut at the 2016 New Zealand Women’s Open ... Victorious at the 2015 New Zealand Women’s Interprovincial Team competition ... Won four times in 2015: the U16 Victorian Junior Masters in Australia, the Faldo Series Asia New Zealand Qualifying event, the South Island Women’s Golf Championship and the South Island Age Group Championship ... Runner-up at the 2015 Srixon International Junior Classic in Australia ... Tied for seventh at the 2015 U16 Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in China ... Won the 2014 and 2015 Liz Douglas Trophy (lowest women’s stroke average in Canterbury) ... Member of the New Zealand national academy.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Rangiora (New Zealand) High School in 2015.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in sports medicine ... Born in Karuizawa, Japan ... Daughter of Ryozo and Junko Kobori ... Has one sibling, Kazuma ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “its high level of academics and athletic program. I feel that I will be able to grow both as a person and as a golfer at Pepperdine, which will aid me on my journey of pursuing my dream of becoming a professional golfer.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys watching movies and dramas, reading books and drawing ... Favorites include Lydia Ko (pro golfer), Gulf Harbour Country Club (golf course), Divergent series (books), Lord of the Rings (movie), Japanese (food) and soccer and basketball (sports other than golf) ... Favorite thing about golf is “how it is an extremely challenging sport. It’s influenced by a lot more than just skill, and there is always so much more you can improve.”