Colorado University Athletics
2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Kirsty Hodgkins
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- High School:
- Redcliffe State
CU Athlete of the Week (10-18-16)
2017 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (Sept. 2017)
2017-18 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
2017-18 Co-MVP
2018-19 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
2018-19 MVP
2020 CGA Women’s Player of the Year
Career: Hodgkins is a member of several top-10 career lists at Colorado ... ranks No. 1 in career events (50), rounds (143), strokes (10,576) and stroke average with a minimum of 100 rounds played (73.96) … of her 143 rounds, 131 counted towards the team score, which is second in the program record book … ranks third in career stroke average with a minimum of 50 rounds played (76.95) ... has the third-best SCIRP average (2.00) … her 34 rounds under par is the CU record, while her 11 rounds in the 60s is tied with Esther Lee for the all-time best at CU ... owns the CU record for rounds in the 70s (124) … has recorded a 220 or better a CU-best 21 times ... is also the CU leader in top-five finishes with nine and is third with 13 top-10 finishes ... has finished in the top-20 on 23 occasions, which is fourth for the Buffs ... qualified for regionals three times.
2020-21 (Sr.-5th Year): Name the Colorado Golf Association Women’s Player of the in November after a successful 2020 summer of play that included a pair of top-four finishes at CGA events … played in all seven tournaments in the spring … ranked second on the team with a 74.95 stroke average … led the Buffs at a pair of tournaments … earned a 10th-place finish at the ASU Winter Classic, carding a 218 (73-72-73), to earn her 12th career top-10 finish to put her third on CU’s career list … also led CU at The Clover Cup, tying for 21st (219) … recorded her lowest round of the season, 68, at The Clover Cup, in the third round … 19 of her 21 rounds counted towards the team score.
2019-20 (Sr.): Led CU with a 73.10 stroke average and a 1.00 SCIRP average ... for the second straight fall, she finished five events with 1,095 strokes for a 73.00 stroke average and a 0.80 SCIRP average ... led the Buffs at two of the five fall tournaments, which included a pair of runner-up finishes ... placed second at the Trinity Forest Invitational after carding a 6-under 210 (67-71-72) to start the season ... tied for second at the Betsy Rawls Invitational after finishing with a 10-under 206 ... recorded all three rounds under par, starting with a 71 in the first ... followed that tournament up with back-to-back rounds in the 60s (67 and 68) to finish the event with the second-lowest 54-hole par-72 score in Colorado history ... with all three rounds under par, she became the first Buff to finish a tournament with all three rounds under par twice ... in the spring, she competed in a pair of tournaments, recording a 73.4 stroke average to again lead the team ... during the season she earned three top-20 finishes, shot three rounds in the 60s, had six sub-par rounds, five even-par rounds and 17 rounds in the 70s ... 20 of her 21 rounds played counted towards the team score ... her final 73.10 stroke and 1.00 SCIRP averages rank first for CU seniors ... during the summer of 2020, she won the 105th CGA Women's Match Play Competition against former Buff Erin Houtsma, 4&3 ... also placed fourth at the CGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship … was invited to play at the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, which was invitation only due to Covid-19.
2018-19 (Jr.): Moved into the No. 1 spot for the Buffs in her junior year, leading CU in seven of its 11 tournaments ... recorded a scorecard of 220 or better six times during the season ... her 36 rounds played tied for CU’s junior record and is tied for eighth overall ... recorded a 73.94 stroke average on the season, which tied the ninth best mark in CU history ... earned back-to-back top-five finishes in the fall ... tied for fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 218 (74-72-72) and followed it up with a tie for third at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview ... at the Pac-12 Preview, she recorded a 4-under 215, which is the second-lowest 54-hole score on a par-73 course ... there, she earned rounds of 76-69-70 ... her second round score (69) is tied for third for the lowest 18-hole score par 73 score, while her 70 is tied for the fifth lowest ... Hodgkins qualified individually for the NCAA East Lansing Regional and finished 14th overall, just missing the cut to advance to the NCAA Championship ... she carded a 3-over 219 (72-71-76), which is tied for the fifth best score by a Buff at an NCAA Regional.
2017-18 (So.): Had a record setting fall, winning the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate with a score of 68-65-70—203, which was 10-under ... her total was CU’s second lowest 54-hole score all-time and was the lowest on a par 71 ... also ranked third in strokes under par in a single tournament … the 65 in the second round is tied for the school record lowest 18-hole score on a par 71 course ... both Hodgkins and teammate Robyn Choi shot a 65 in the second round of the tournament ... in the following tournament (UW Edean Intercolleigate), she placed second after shooting 1-under (215) ... she averaged an impressive 71.93 stroke average in the fall, which is tied with Choi for the school record ... in the spring, her stroke average was 74.79, the third best on the team ... she tied for 11th at the Pac-12 Championship (1-over, 217) and shot even (216) at the San Francisco Regional, helping the Buffs advance to their second ever NCAA Championship ... finished the season tied for 67th after a scorecard of 74-77-76—227 ... played in 38 rounds during the season, which is tied for second in CU history.
2016-17 (Fr.): Began making her mark from her first tournament and didn't let up throughout the season ... compiled a stroke average of 74.10 having played in all 28 rounds from both fall and spring seasons ... she opened her college career at the Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invite with a scorecard of 72-75-71—218 (2-over), to finish tied for 30th … in 11 rounds played in the fall, she recorded a 72.64 stroke average, the second-best on the team ... had her best performance of her then-young career at the Silverado Showdown in the spring, finishing with a scorecard of 72-69-70—211 to tie for fourth ... she finished out her freshman campaign with four top-10 finishes, two rounds in the 60s and led the team with seven sub-par rounds.
High School: Hodgkins, a graduate of Redcliffe State High School, played three years (2013-15) for the Queensland Junior Girls State Team and helped guide them to a championship during the 2013 season ... was a three-time state and regional team selection, three-time national school team member and was named Redcliffe State's Sportswoman of the Year during her prep career … shot the best round of her career in the Tasmanian Junior Masters, carding a 63 (-10) at the Ulverstone Golf Club, in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia ... won the 2016 Riverside Cup … went to the 2016 Australian Ladies Masters and made the cut, and has wins at the 2016 Tasmanian Tamar Valley Cup and the 2016 Tasmanian Junior Masters, along with a second-place finish at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Strokeplay ... holds a handful of top five-finishes, which is highlighted by two top finishes at the 2014 and 2015 Queensland School Girls Championships ... consistently improved her stroke average during her prep career, starting at an 80.1 as a freshman, to 75.2 by the end of her senior year.
Best Career Round in Competition: 63 (Ulverstone Golf club, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, in the Tasmanian Junior Masters).
Academics: Earned her degree in mechanical engineering as well as a minor in business and a certificate in engineering management … final GPA was greater than 3.20.
Personal: Born on March 6, 1998, in Carlton, Australia … parents are Cameron and Nicola Hodgkins … has two sisters, Bianca and Amy … lists her hobbies as cooking and reading … after college, her goal is to become a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour or Asian Tour ... chose to attend Colorado because it is ranked as one of the best engineering schools and there is a good balance being a student-athlete and academics ... one of her favorite hobbies is running marathons ... ran the ‘Dopey Challenge’ in January 2019, with her sister, Bianca.
Career Tournaments
2017 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Pac-12 Golfer of the Month (Sept. 2017)
2017-18 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
2017-18 Co-MVP
2018-19 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
2018-19 MVP
2020 CGA Women’s Player of the Year
Career: Hodgkins is a member of several top-10 career lists at Colorado ... ranks No. 1 in career events (50), rounds (143), strokes (10,576) and stroke average with a minimum of 100 rounds played (73.96) … of her 143 rounds, 131 counted towards the team score, which is second in the program record book … ranks third in career stroke average with a minimum of 50 rounds played (76.95) ... has the third-best SCIRP average (2.00) … her 34 rounds under par is the CU record, while her 11 rounds in the 60s is tied with Esther Lee for the all-time best at CU ... owns the CU record for rounds in the 70s (124) … has recorded a 220 or better a CU-best 21 times ... is also the CU leader in top-five finishes with nine and is third with 13 top-10 finishes ... has finished in the top-20 on 23 occasions, which is fourth for the Buffs ... qualified for regionals three times.
2020-21 (Sr.-5th Year): Name the Colorado Golf Association Women’s Player of the in November after a successful 2020 summer of play that included a pair of top-four finishes at CGA events … played in all seven tournaments in the spring … ranked second on the team with a 74.95 stroke average … led the Buffs at a pair of tournaments … earned a 10th-place finish at the ASU Winter Classic, carding a 218 (73-72-73), to earn her 12th career top-10 finish to put her third on CU’s career list … also led CU at The Clover Cup, tying for 21st (219) … recorded her lowest round of the season, 68, at The Clover Cup, in the third round … 19 of her 21 rounds counted towards the team score.
2019-20 (Sr.): Led CU with a 73.10 stroke average and a 1.00 SCIRP average ... for the second straight fall, she finished five events with 1,095 strokes for a 73.00 stroke average and a 0.80 SCIRP average ... led the Buffs at two of the five fall tournaments, which included a pair of runner-up finishes ... placed second at the Trinity Forest Invitational after carding a 6-under 210 (67-71-72) to start the season ... tied for second at the Betsy Rawls Invitational after finishing with a 10-under 206 ... recorded all three rounds under par, starting with a 71 in the first ... followed that tournament up with back-to-back rounds in the 60s (67 and 68) to finish the event with the second-lowest 54-hole par-72 score in Colorado history ... with all three rounds under par, she became the first Buff to finish a tournament with all three rounds under par twice ... in the spring, she competed in a pair of tournaments, recording a 73.4 stroke average to again lead the team ... during the season she earned three top-20 finishes, shot three rounds in the 60s, had six sub-par rounds, five even-par rounds and 17 rounds in the 70s ... 20 of her 21 rounds played counted towards the team score ... her final 73.10 stroke and 1.00 SCIRP averages rank first for CU seniors ... during the summer of 2020, she won the 105th CGA Women's Match Play Competition against former Buff Erin Houtsma, 4&3 ... also placed fourth at the CGA Women’s Stroke Play Championship … was invited to play at the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur, which was invitation only due to Covid-19.
2018-19 (Jr.): Moved into the No. 1 spot for the Buffs in her junior year, leading CU in seven of its 11 tournaments ... recorded a scorecard of 220 or better six times during the season ... her 36 rounds played tied for CU’s junior record and is tied for eighth overall ... recorded a 73.94 stroke average on the season, which tied the ninth best mark in CU history ... earned back-to-back top-five finishes in the fall ... tied for fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 218 (74-72-72) and followed it up with a tie for third at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview ... at the Pac-12 Preview, she recorded a 4-under 215, which is the second-lowest 54-hole score on a par-73 course ... there, she earned rounds of 76-69-70 ... her second round score (69) is tied for third for the lowest 18-hole score par 73 score, while her 70 is tied for the fifth lowest ... Hodgkins qualified individually for the NCAA East Lansing Regional and finished 14th overall, just missing the cut to advance to the NCAA Championship ... she carded a 3-over 219 (72-71-76), which is tied for the fifth best score by a Buff at an NCAA Regional.
2017-18 (So.): Had a record setting fall, winning the Coeur d’Alene Collegiate with a score of 68-65-70—203, which was 10-under ... her total was CU’s second lowest 54-hole score all-time and was the lowest on a par 71 ... also ranked third in strokes under par in a single tournament … the 65 in the second round is tied for the school record lowest 18-hole score on a par 71 course ... both Hodgkins and teammate Robyn Choi shot a 65 in the second round of the tournament ... in the following tournament (UW Edean Intercolleigate), she placed second after shooting 1-under (215) ... she averaged an impressive 71.93 stroke average in the fall, which is tied with Choi for the school record ... in the spring, her stroke average was 74.79, the third best on the team ... she tied for 11th at the Pac-12 Championship (1-over, 217) and shot even (216) at the San Francisco Regional, helping the Buffs advance to their second ever NCAA Championship ... finished the season tied for 67th after a scorecard of 74-77-76—227 ... played in 38 rounds during the season, which is tied for second in CU history.
2016-17 (Fr.): Began making her mark from her first tournament and didn't let up throughout the season ... compiled a stroke average of 74.10 having played in all 28 rounds from both fall and spring seasons ... she opened her college career at the Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invite with a scorecard of 72-75-71—218 (2-over), to finish tied for 30th … in 11 rounds played in the fall, she recorded a 72.64 stroke average, the second-best on the team ... had her best performance of her then-young career at the Silverado Showdown in the spring, finishing with a scorecard of 72-69-70—211 to tie for fourth ... she finished out her freshman campaign with four top-10 finishes, two rounds in the 60s and led the team with seven sub-par rounds.
High School: Hodgkins, a graduate of Redcliffe State High School, played three years (2013-15) for the Queensland Junior Girls State Team and helped guide them to a championship during the 2013 season ... was a three-time state and regional team selection, three-time national school team member and was named Redcliffe State's Sportswoman of the Year during her prep career … shot the best round of her career in the Tasmanian Junior Masters, carding a 63 (-10) at the Ulverstone Golf Club, in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia ... won the 2016 Riverside Cup … went to the 2016 Australian Ladies Masters and made the cut, and has wins at the 2016 Tasmanian Tamar Valley Cup and the 2016 Tasmanian Junior Masters, along with a second-place finish at the 2016 New Zealand Women's Strokeplay ... holds a handful of top five-finishes, which is highlighted by two top finishes at the 2014 and 2015 Queensland School Girls Championships ... consistently improved her stroke average during her prep career, starting at an 80.1 as a freshman, to 75.2 by the end of her senior year.
Best Career Round in Competition: 63 (Ulverstone Golf club, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, in the Tasmanian Junior Masters).
Academics: Earned her degree in mechanical engineering as well as a minor in business and a certificate in engineering management … final GPA was greater than 3.20.
Personal: Born on March 6, 1998, in Carlton, Australia … parents are Cameron and Nicola Hodgkins … has two sisters, Bianca and Amy … lists her hobbies as cooking and reading … after college, her goal is to become a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour or Asian Tour ... chose to attend Colorado because it is ranked as one of the best engineering schools and there is a good balance being a student-athlete and academics ... one of her favorite hobbies is running marathons ... ran the ‘Dopey Challenge’ in January 2019, with her sister, Bianca.
Career Tournaments
| 2016-17 | |||
| Date | Event (Par) | Score | Finish |
| Sept. 12-13, 2016 | Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invite (72) | 72-75-71—218 | t-30th |
| Sept. 19-20, 2016 | Juli Inkster Spartan Invite (72) | 74-71-73—218 | t-4th |
| Oct. 14-15, 2016 | Stanford Intercollegiate (71) | 70-73—143 | t-5th |
| Oct. 24-25, 2016 | Pac-12 Fall Preview (73) | 75-76-69—220 | t-9th |
| Feb. 11-12, 2017 | Peg Barnard Invite (71) | 79-78—157 | t-48th |
| Feb. 27-28, 2017 | Bruin Wave Invite (73) | 74-80-81—235 | t-29th |
| Mar. 27-29, 2017 | Anuevue Spring Break Classic (72) | 74-75-74—223 | t-18th |
| Apr. 9-11, 2017 | SILVERADO SHOWDOWN (72) | 72-69-70—211 | t-4th |
| Apr. 24-26, 2017 | Pac-12 Championships (72) | 74-70-81—225 | t-16th |
| May 8-10, 2017 | NCAA Columbus Regional (72) | 80-72-73—225 | t-22nd |
| 2017-18 | |||
| Date | Event (Par) | Score | Finish |
| Sept. 11-12, 2017 | Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invite (72) | 73-71-71—215 | t-10th |
| Sept. 26-27, 2017 | Coeur D’Alene Collegiate (71) | 68-65-70—203 | 1st |
| Oct. 10-11, 2017 | Edean Ihlanfeldt Invite (72) | 71-75-69—215 | 2nd |
| Oct. 23, 2017 | Nanea Pac-12 Fall Preview (73) | 75-73—148 | t-15th |
| Oct. 30-31, 2017 | SMU Trinity Forest Invite (72) | 76-74-76—226 | t-16th |
| Feb. 11-13, 2018 | Lady Puerto Rico Classic (71) | 80-73-74—227 | t-16th |
| Feb. 26-27, 2018 | Bruin Wave Invite (72) | 73-82-73—228 | t-11th |
| Mar. 5-6, 2018 | Meadow Club Collegiate (72) | 82-76—158 | t-76th |
| Mar. 23-25, 2018 | PING/ASU Invite (72) | 71-78-70—219 | t-25th |
| Mar. 26, 2018 | SDSU March Mayhem (72) | 76 | t-30th |
| Apr. 8-10, 2018 | SILVERADO SHOWDOWN (72) | 77-76-74—227 | t-52nd |
| Apr. 22-24, 2018 | Pac-12 Championships (72) | 75-73-69—217 | t-11th |
| May 7-9, 2018 | NCAA San Francisco Regional (72) | 71-74-71—216 | t-17th |
| May 18-20, 2018 | NCAA Championships (72) | 74-77-76—227 | t-67th |
| 2018-19 | |||
| Date | Event (Par) | Score | Finish |
| Sept. 11-12, 2018 | Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invite (72) | 73-72-74—219 | t-23rd |
| Oct. 1-2, 2018 | Windy City Collegiate Championship (72) | 78-75-71—224 | t-34th |
| Oct. 19-21, 2018 | Betsy Rawls Invite (72) | 75-74-70—219 | t-12th |
| Oct. 29-30, 2018 | SMU Trinity Forest Invite (72) | 74-72-72—218 | t-4th |
| Nov. 5-7, 2018 | Nanea Pac-12 Preview (73) | 76-69-70—215 | t-3rd |
| Feb. 3-5, 2019 | Northrop Grumman Reg Challenge (71) | 75-76-74—225 | t-33rd |
| Feb. 18-19, 2019 | Rebel/Beach Invite (72) | 76-76-79—231 | t-36th |
| Mar. 15-16, 2019 | Tar Heel Classic (72) | 71-74-77—222 | t-26th |
| Mar. 29-31, 2019 | PING/ASU Invite (72) | 76-73-71—220 | t-29th |
| Apr. 7-9, 2019 | SILVERADO SHOWDOWN (72) | 76-74-74—227 | t-43rd |
| Apr. 15-17, 2019 | Pac-12 Championships (72) | 75-72-77—224 | t-26th |
| May 7-9, 2019 | NCAA East Lansing Regional (72) | 72-71-76—219 | t-15th |
| 2019-20 | |||
| Date | Event (Par) | Score | Finish |
| Sept. 9-10, 2019 | SMU Trinity Forest Invite (72) | 67-71-72—210 | 2nd |
| Sept. 16-17, 2019 | Cougar Cup (72) | 75-75-72—221 | t-40th |
| Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2019 | The Molly (72) | 77-77-78—232 | t-36th |
| Oct. 12-13, 2019 | Betsy Rawls Invite (72) | 71-67-68—206 | t-2nd |
| Nov. 4-6, 2019 | Nanea Pac-12 Preview (73) | 75-73-78—226 | t-32nd |
| Feb. 17-18, 2020 | Rebel/Beach Invite (72) | 76-0-71—147 | NA |
| Mar. 9-10, 2020 | Arizona Wildcat Invite (72) | 72-75-74—221 | t-19th |
| 2020-21 | |||
| Date | Event (Par) | Score | Finish |
| Feb. 8-9, 2021 | Lamkin Invite (72) | 72-79-78—229 | t-18th |
| Feb. 15-17, 2021 | ASU Winter Classic (72) | 73-72-73—218 | 10th |
| Mar. 8-9, 2021 | Arizona Wildcat Invite (72) | 79-77-72—228 | t-53rd |
| Mar. 12-14, 2021 | The Clover Cup (72) | 75-76-68—219 | t-21st |
| Mar. 27-29, 2021 | The Bruzzy (72) | 75-73-71—219 | t-22nd |
| Apr. 5-7, 2021 | SILVERADO SHOWDOWN (72) | 80-77-79—236 | t-59th |
| Apr. 23-25, 2021 | Pac-12 Championships (72) | 74-78-73—225 | t-27th |
| Overall | Spring | Fall | ||||||||||||||||
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | SCIRP | S-Avg. | Lo | Hi | Rds | Strokes | Avg. | SCIRP | S-Avg. | Rds | Strokes | Avg | SCIRP | S-Avg. |
| 16-17 | 10 | 28 | 2075 | 74.11 | 57 | 2.04 | 69 | 81 | 17 | 1276 | 75.06 | 51 | 3.0 | 11 | 799 | 72.63 | 6 | 0.55 |
| 17-18 | 14 | 38 | 2802 | 73.74 | 70 | 1.84 | 65 | 82 | 24 | 1795 | 74.79 | 70 | 2.92 | 14 | 1007 | 71.93 | 0 | 0 |
| 18-19 | 12 | 36 | 2663 | 73.97 | 74 | 2.06 | 69 | 79 | 21 | 1568 | 74.67 | 62 | 2.95 | 15 | 1095 | 73 | 12 | 0.8 |
| 19-20 | 7 | 20 | 1462 | 73.1 | 20 | 1.00 | 67 | 78 | 5 | 367 | 73.40 | 8 | 1.60 | 15 | 1095 | 73 | 12 | 0.8 |
| 20-21 | 7 | 21 | 1574 | 74.96 | 65 | 3.10 | 68 | 80 | 21 | 1574 | 74.96 | 65 | 3.09 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 50 | 143 | 10576 | 73.96 | 286 | 2.00 | 65 | 82 | 88 | 6580 | 74.77 | 256 | 2.91 | 55 | 3996 | 72.65 | 30 | 0.55 |
| Season | Wins | T5 | T10 | t20 | 60s | 70s | Under Par | Even Par | Rds/Tm | Eagles | Birdies | Par |
| 16-17 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 25/28 | 0 | 56 | 334 |
| 17-18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 35/38 | 1 | 100 | 431 |
| 18-19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 32/33 | 1 | 85 | 419 |
| 19-20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 20/21 | 1 | 68 | 211 |
| 20-21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 19/21 | 0 | 44 | 244 |
| Totals | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 124 | 34 | 13 | 131/143 | 3 | 353 | 1,639 |
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