2023-24 (GR): WGCA All-American Scholar ... Competed in eight tournaments and 22 rounds with an average stroke of 77.41 ... Played in her first tournament as a Monarch at Furman's Lady Paladin Invitational. She carded a 14-over par 230 to finish tied for 72nd ... Shot a 17-over par 233 to tie for 47th at the Columbia Classic ... Wrapped up the regular season with a 16-over 232 at the Ironwood Invitational, tying for 46th.
AT ELON (2022-23): Earned her team's Leadership Award ... Played in four tournaments during Elon's fall season and five spring tournaments ... Averaged 75.31 per round and +3.54 to par per round ... Opened season by tying for seventh at the William & Mary Fall Invitational with a 2-over 218, helping Elon win the team title ... Finished alone in 12th place at the Elon Invitational with an 8-over 221 and helped the Phoenix win its second straight event to start the fall season ... Tied for 12th at the Boston College Intercollegiate with a 12-over 228 ... Finished the fall season with a fourth straight top-15 result, carding a 6-over par 219 to tie for 15th at the Edisto Island Invitational ... Tied for 13th at the Mimosa Hill Intercollegiate with a 14-over par 230 ... Tied for sixth for her second straight top-10 finish at the CAA Championship with a 8-over par 224.
AT ELON (2021-22): Competed in eight tournaments ... Owned an average score of 78.21 with a +6.33 score vs. par ... Contributed 16 of her 24 rounds towards the team score ... Placed 18th at the Elon Invitational with a 17-over par 230 ... Shot a five-over 221 to tie for 20th at the River Landing Classic ... Was the top finisher for the Phoenix at the 2022 CAA Championship, tying for ninth with a 10-over 226.
AT ELON (2020-21): WGCA Academic All-American ... Posted a 77.57 stroke average with a +5.57 score vs. par in five tournaments ... Had two Top-20 finishes as she tied for 18th with a six-over 150 at the Low Country Intercollegiate on March 13-14 and tied for 19th with a plus-23 239 at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate on April 5-6 ... Yuenyong had 13-of-14 rounds counted towards the team score.
AT ELON (2019-20): Played in three tournaments and owned an average score of 78.89 ... Had 7-of-9 rounds count towards the team score ... Made her collegiate debut at the Golfweek Program Challenge, where she tied for 68th with a 243 ... Helped the Phoenix to a third-place finish in its inaugural Elon Invitational at Alamance County Club. She shot a 16-over 229 to tie for 29th ... Carded a 238 at the Palmetto Intercollegiate, where she finished 97th.
Prep: Attended the American School of Bangkok and Keerapat International School ... Was the Class-A winner and earned the Lowest Round of the Day award at the 2016 RIS Phoenix Invitational. Her five-under par 67 helped ASB to a first-place finish, and her team was ranked No. 1 at the end of the season ... Earned her team's Most Improved Player award ... Finished second in TJGGA golf during 2016 and qualified to play in the Optimist International Junior Golf Tournament in both 2016 and 2017. She made the cut in 2017, tying for 11th in a field of 143 ... Was tabbed KPIS women's golf Best Player in grades 11 and 12 and was nominated as team captain in grade 12.
Personal: Full name is Svarin Yuenyong ... Goes by Leiu ... Daughter of Karanvika Silapakul ... Born on September 8, 2002 ... Grandmother Karanvika Silapakul taught her how to play golf when Svarin was six years old ... Majored in Economics with minors in Business Administration and Psychology at Elon ... Working on a Masters in Data Science and Analytics degree at ODU.
Leiu Yuenyong Season 2023-24
Height5-2
Academic YearGraduate Student
HometownBangkok, Thailand
Previous SchoolElon
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