Elena Hualde Zúñiga Season 2016-17

Elena Hualde Zúñiga Season 2016-17

ClassFreshman
HometownPamplona, Spain

WGCA All-American Honorable Mention (2021)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2017) 
2x Individual Winner: Fall Kickoff (2016), Auburn-Tenn Challenge (2017) 
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/1/17)
    

2020-21 (FIFTH YEAR)

  • Played in 5 tournaments, 16 rounds and an average score of 72.81
  • 54-hole low score of 210 (-6) in the SEC Championship
  • Led the Tiger’s twice with a score of 291 (+3) in the NCAA Championship and a score of 216 (E) in the NCAA Louisville Regional

2019-20 (SENIOR - CANCELED, COVID-19)

  • Played in four events; finished with final scoring average of 74.42
  • Placed T-12 at Lake Oconee Invitational, 73-73-74=220 (+4) 
  • Shot a season-low 72 (E) in third round at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
  • Finished season fourth in Auburn history with career scoring average of 73.91

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Played in 12 events, finished with final scoring average of 74.84
  • One of just three players to play in all 31 rounds, shot eight rounds at even par or better 
  • Recorded back-to-back Top-5 finishes at Battle at the Beach and Shootout at Shoal Creek
  • Low round was a 68 (-3) in the third round of the Battle at the Beach
  • Led team with a 1-under 215 (75-71-69) at NCAA Auburn Regional, tied for 8th individually
  • Final-round 69 (-3) at NCAA Auburn Regional was third-best final round score at event 
  • Enters senior season with career scoring average of 73.85, which ranks third in Auburn history
  • Finished season ranked No. 148 nationally by Golfstat

2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Played in 10 team events; final scoring average was 73.80, third-best on the team
  • Had four top-20 finishes, led team with eight rounds under par
  • Low round was a 67 in the first round of the Mason Rudolph Championship, which ties for team’s low round of season
  • Finished seventh at Mason Rudolph with rounds of 67-69-73=209 (-7); 54-hole score was a collegiate best
  • Opened spring season with T-9th finish at UCF Challenge, shooting 76-73-69=218 (+2) 
  • Finished 11th at Magnolia Invitational, 73-76-69=218 (+2) 
  • Carded even-par 216 with rounds of 73-71-72 at NCAA Austin Regional to tie for 19th 
  • Shot a final-round 71 in first NCAA Championship appearance to tie for 75th 

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Played in all 12 team events; led Auburn with scoring average of 72.94  
  • Shot even par or better in 17 of 32 rounds on the season and had at least one round of par or better in 11 of 12 events
  • Finished as medalist in two events, had three other top-20 results 
  • Was co-medalist in first collegiate event, shooting 73-68=141 (-3) to tie for first at Fall Kickoff
  • Won Auburn-Tennessee Challenge by three strokes, shooting 68-72=140 (-4) at the AU Club
  • Finished sixth at Mason Rudolph Championship, shooting 68-72-72=212 (-4)
  • Tied for seventh at UCF Challenge with rounds of 71-67-72=210 (-6); second-round 67 was season-low
  • Led Auburn with a T-19 finish at the NCAA Athens Regions, 75-72-73=220 (+4), in first collegiate postseason appearance
  • Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors (3/1) 

Prior to Auburn
Was the fifth-ranked junior golfer in Spain under age 18 ... T-3rd at 2015 European Girls Team Championship in stroke play and helped the Spanish team to the tournament title ... Also competed at 2016 European Girls Team Championship, finished T-30th in stroke play ... T-5th at 2015 Spanish Ladies International ... T-7th at 2015 Grand Prix des Landes ... T-9th at 2015 Biarritz Cup ... Also competed at British Girls Junior ... Best score in competition was a 64.

Personal
Full name is Elena Maria Hualde Zúñiga ... Parents are Ana Zúñiga Fonseca and Luis Hualde Manso ... Has two brothers, Pablo and Jaime, and a sister, Victoria ... Home course is Club de Golf Castilo de Gorraiz ... Earned bachelor's degree in the Ginn College of Engineering in May 2020.

Hualde Zúñiga's Career Stats
YearTourn.Rds.StrokesAvg.Low 18Best Finish
2016-1712322,33472.94671st
2017-1810302,21473.80677th
2018-1912312,32074.8468T-5th
2019-2041289374.4273T-12th
2020-215161,16572.816811th
Career421218,92673.77671st