Puneet Bajwa Season 2023-24

2023-24 (FR): All-Sun Belt Second Team ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... Led the Monarchs with a 73.56 stroke average. She played 27 rounds and competed in nine events with three Top-10 performances, to include a pair of Top-5 outings ... Made her collegiate debut at the Boilermaker Classic, where she finished tied for 51st with a 12-over par 228 ... Tied for 30th at the Lady Paladin Invitational with a 54-hole total of six-over 222 ... Was named the Sun Belt Women's Golfer of the Week on Oct. 12 after placing second at the Evie Odom Invitational. She shot par or better in all three rounds of ODU's home tournament. Bajwa was tied for 13th with an even 70 following the opening round, then carded a two-under par 68 to move into a tie for third, and closed out the Invitational with a three-under 67. The effort helped the Monarchs finish fifth in the team standings ... Started off the spring season by tying for fourth at the Columbia Classic with a two-under 214. She opened play with a three-under 69, then shot an even 72 in the second round and a 73 in the third to help the Monarchs to a third-place finish as a team ... Shot a one-under 215 to tie for 16th at the UNF Collegiate ... Her score of 13-over 229 tied her for 28th at the Ironwood Invitational ... Posted a four-over 220 to tie for 10th at the Sun Belt Championship.

Prep: Attended the Ryan International School in Chandigarh ... Posted multiple Top-10 finishes over the past three years. She capped off 2019 as a semifinalist at the IGU All-India Amateur Golf Championship in Bombay ... Her 2021 began with a fourth-place finish in the fourth leg of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour in April, followed by a runner-up finish in the 10th leg of the tour in October. Bajwa then took second at the IGU All-India Junior and Sub-Junior Golf Championship in December 2021 ... In 2022, after placing eighth at the IGU Telangana Ladies and Junior Girls Championship in April, Bajwa earned medalist honors at the IGU Eastern India Ladies and Junior Girls Championship in May .... October 2022 saw her come in fourth at the National Games Golf Championship before a third-place finish at the IGU Maharashtra India Ladies and Junior Girls Championship ... She was the first runner-up at the IGU Northern India Ladies and Junior Girls Championship in November 2022.
 
Personal: Full name is Puneet Kaur Bajwa ... Daughter of S. Bhupinder Singh and Dr. Harjit Kaur Bajwa ... Born on January 28, 2005 ... Has one brother, Harmanbir Singh Bajwa ... Played multiple sports growing up, to include martial arts, volleyball, tennis, badminton, swimming, running marathons and more ... Was an inter-school roller skating silver medalist ... Participated in the HelpAge India initiative in its fight against poverty, isolation and neglect for people during old age ... Participated in the International Festival of Performing Arts for Children as an effort to encourage and promote cultural exchange.