2020-21 Women's Golf Roster
Roster
Karen Fredgaard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Frederiksborg Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Asserbo, Denmark
• 2020-21 All-America First Team (WGCA)
• 2020-21 All-America First Team (Golfweek)
• 2020-21 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2020-21 All-American Athletic Conference
• 2021 UCF Challenge Individual Champion
• 2020-21 ANNIKA Award Finalist
• Golfweek National Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2021)
• The American Golfer of the Week (Feb. 24, 2021)
• The American Golfer of the Week (Feb. 3, 2021)
• 2019-20 WGCA All-American Scholar
• 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
• 2019-20 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
| Career Bests | ||||
| Low Round | 67 (2nd) 67 (1st) 67 (1st) |
The American Championships (April 18-20, 2021) ICON Invitational (Feb. 22, 2021) UCF Challenge (Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2021) |
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| Low 36 | 136 | ICON Invitational (Feb. 22-23, 2021) | ||
| Low 54 | 205 205 |
ICON Invitational (Feb. 22-23, 2021) White Sands Invitational (Oct. 28-30, 2019) |
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| Relative to Par | -11 -11 |
ICON Invitational (Feb. 22-23, 2021) White Sands Invitational (Oct. 28-30, 2019) |
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| Best Finish | 1st | UCF Challenge (Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2021) | ||
JUNIOR (2021-22)
Made her season debut at Sam Golden Invitational... Fired three straight sub-par rounds and tied for 15th at 6-under 210 at Wildhorse Golf Club at Robson Ranch in Denton, Texas... Left the team in January to begin her professional career on the Symetra Tour.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Became first Cougar in program history to receive All-America First-Team honors from Women's Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek... Second Cougar to compete in NCAA Championships in program history... Became second Cougar to earn third American Athletic Conference Player of the Year award, joining Leonie Harm (2019, 2018)... Will compete for Team International during the Arnold Palmer Cup at Rich Harvest Farms on June 11-13... Made her season debut at season-opening UCF Challenge... Captured her first collegiate title with score of 7-under 209 at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando... Posted a career-best 67 in Second Round of that event... Became fifth Cougar to win an individual championship in program history... Honored as the American Athletic Conference Golfer of the Week following that performance... Fired three straight rounds in the 60s to finish second with a score of 11-under 205 at the ICON Invitational at Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas... Tied for ninth with score of 3-under 213 at Clover Cup at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz... Opened that tournament with a 69... Fired three straight sub-par rounds on the way to a score of 7-under 209 and a third-place finish at the MountainView Collegiate at The Preserve Golf Club in Saddlebrooke, Ariz.... Opened that tournament with a 69... Fired a bogey-free 67 in Final Round at American Athletic Conference Championships to surge into third with score of 218 at Pinehurst No. 6 – Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C... Tied for 28th at NCAA Championships with score of 292 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz... Set Houston low-round record at NCAA Championships with 70 in Second Round. Summer: Teamed with Bo Jin (Oklahoma State) to win two of final four holes and take 1-up win over Team USA’s Brooke Matthews (Arkansas)-William Moll (Vanderbilt) in Mixed Foursomes match in the Arnold Palmer Cup at Rich Harvest Farms... Teamed with Isabella Fierro (Oklahoma State) to rally from 3-down with three holes left to play to tie the match against Julia Johnson (Mississippi)-Latanna Stone (LSU) in Arnold Palmer Cup Foursomes match... Opened with an even-par 72 and lowered her score with each round in LPGA and Symetra Tour Qualifying Tournament Stage 1 in Rancho Mirage, Calif... Closes tournament with a 67 and tied for third at 12-under 276... Advanced to Stage 2 of Q-School set for October 2021.
One of two Cougars to compete in all six tournaments... Led team with a 71.33 scoring average and 12 rounds of par or better, including five in the 60s... Finished among Houston’s Top-2 leaders in four tournaments. Fall – Made her collegiate debut at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.. Tied for eighth with score of 1-under 215 to help lead Cougars to team championship... Opened with a 71, setting a school record for low round by player making their debut... Fell one stroke shy of tying 54-hole record of player in their Houston debut... Fired a 68 in Final Round of Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla., on way to 23rd-place finish... Fired three straight rounds of par or better at Jim West Challenge at Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, Texas... Posted a 68 in Second Round of that tournament and tied for ninth at 5-under 211... Set a Houston record with a 54-hole score of 205 at the White Sands Invitational at Ocean Club in Nassau, Bahamas... Opened and closed that tournament with 68s with a 69 in the Second Round... Broke 54-hole record held by All-American Leonie Harm during 2016-17 season. Spring – Tied for 34th with a score of 224 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship at English Turn Country Club in New Orleans... Led the Cougars with a score of even-par 216 to tie for 12th at the ICON Invitational at The Woodlands Country Club in The Woodlands, Texas. Summer – Advanced to title match of Danish Match Play Championship before falling to Amalie Leth-Nissen at Hedeland Golf Club in Hedehusene, Denmark... Competed at U.S. Amateur Championship at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., on Aug. 4-5... Tied for 74th in stroke play with score of 151.
PRE-HOUSTON
Accomplished international player... Selected to compete for the Danish National Girls’ Team in 2016-17... Elevated to the National Ladies Team for 2018-19... Finished as runner-up at 2018 German Ladies Amateur Championships... Placed 11th at the 2018 European Amateur Championship... Finished fifth at the 2018 Ladies British Open Amateur Championship, which was won by former Houston All-American Leonie Harm... Member of the Danish team which earned the Bronze Medal at the 2018 European Team Championship... Earned a third-place finish at the Italian Ladies Championship in 2017.
PERSONAL
Full name is Karen Svanholm Fredgaard... Last name is pronounced Fred-Guard... Born in Copenhagen, Denmark... Daughter of Pernille and Peter Fredgaard... Family has been members of Asserbo Golf Club since 1968... Her father and grandfather each served as club presidents... Pre-psychology major.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Low Tour | Low | Par/- | Finish Top | |||||||||
| Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
| 2019-20 | 18 | 1,284 | 205 | 68 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | 3 | 330-71 | .823 | 71.33 |
| 2020-21 | 19 | 1,346 | 205 | 67 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 443-40 | .917 | 70.84 |
| 2021-22 | 6 | 439 | 210 | 68 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 22-29 | .431 | 73.17 |
| Totals | 43 | 3,069 | 205 | 67 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 795-140 | .850 | 71.37 |
