Sara Byrne
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Awards & Accolades:
- 2024 WGCA Second Team All-American
- 2024 Golfweek Third Team All-American
- 2024 All-ACC Team
- ACC Golfer of the Month (Oct. 2023, Feb. 2024)
- ANNIKA Award Top-15 Watch List
- 2024 ACC Excellence Award
- 2023 Irish Golf Writers’ Association’s Women’s Amateur of the Year
- Celebration of Women’s Athletics Award Winner (2023, 2024)
Career:
- Only two-time ACC Golfer of the Month honoree in program history
- Totaled 14 top-10 finishes and 19 top-20 showings in 40 tournaments
- Shot 55 rounds of par or better across 116 rounds played
- Recorded a 72.67 career scoring average in four years at Miami
- Program record holder in:
- Individual 18-hole score (63; -9)
- Individual 54-hole score (197; -19)
- Single-season scoring average (70.34)
Career Statistics
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Score Avg. | Avg. to Par | Rounds of Par-or-Better | Best 18-Hole | Best 54-Hole | Top-10 Finishes | Top-20 Finishes | Best Place |
| 2020-21 | 5 | 15 | 1,123 | 74.87 | .16 | 3 | 64 | 219 | – | 1 | T-19th |
| 2021-22 | 10 | 29 | 2,144 | 73.93 | .11 | 11 | 68 | 209 | 2 | 1 | T-10th |
| 2022-23 | 13 | 37 | 2,700 | 72.90 | .08 | 17 | 67 | 211 | 3 | 4 | 3rd |
| 2023-24 | 12 | 35 | 2,462 | 70.34 | -.08 | 24 | 63 | 197 | 8 | 12 | 1st |
| TOTALS | 40 | 116 | 8,429 | 72.67 | .05 | 55 | 64 | 209 | 14 | 19 | 1st |
2023-24 (Senior):
- WGCA All-American (Second Team) and Golfweek All-American (Third Team)
- Two-time ACC Golfer of the Month, the only two-time honoree in program history
- All-ACC Team honoree
- Won back-to-back tournaments at Pat Bradley Invitational and Hurricane Invitational
- Totaled eight top-10 finishes, which ranks tied for second in program history for most in single season
- Shot par-or-better in 24 of 35 rounds played
- Set new program record for single-season scoring average at 70.34
- Shot a 197 (-19) at Hurricane Invitational to set new program record for individual 54-hole score
- Recorded a 63 (-9) in second round of Hurricane Invitational to set new program mark for individual 18-hole performance
2022-2023 (Junior):
- Played in 13 tournaments in 2022-23
- Tallied three top-10 finishes and four top-20 showings
- Shot 17 rounds of par or better
- Qualified for NCAA Regional as an individual
- Placed third at NCAA Palm Beach Regional after shooting 214 (-2)
- Qualified for NCAA Championship as the top individual on a non-advancing team
- Finished tied for 100th at NCAA Championship (226; +10)
- Recorded a season scoring average of 72.90
2021-2022 (Sophomore):
- Competed in all 10 tournaments
- Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes, the first of her career
- Shot 11 rounds of par or better
- Best finish came at Jim West Challenge and White Sands Invitational where she tied for 10th in back-to-back events
- Tallied a season-best 209 (-7) at Jim West Challenge
- Posted a 73.93 season scoring average
2020-2021 (Freshman):
- Played in five events in a shortened season
- Season started in January due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Shot par or better in three of 15 rounds played
- Tallied first career top-20 finish at tied for 19th
Recorded a season scoring average of 74.87
International Experience:
- Selected to compete for Team International at 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Represented Ireland at 2023 World Amateur Team Championship
- Named the 2018 and 2023 Irish Golf Writers’ Association’s Women’s Amateur of the Year
- 2023 AIG Irish Women’s Close Champion
- Finished as leading amateur at KPMG Women’s Irish Open
