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Momo Sugiyama

  • Award
    Golfer of the Month
  • Week Of
    4/8/2022
  • Sport
    Women's Golf
  • School
    Hawai'i
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
  • High School
    All Saints Anglican School

  • Hawai’i freshman Momo Sugiyama tied for sixth place at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic to close the regular-season and earn Big West Women’s Golfer of the Month for April.  

  • The Australia native carded rounds of 74-72-73 for a 3-over 219 total, finishing six strokes behind medalist Claire Choi of Santa Clara. She tied UC Riverside's Tiffany Le as the low Big West golfer in the 117-woman field. 

  • Sugiyama averaged 3.93 strokes per hole on the par 4s, second in the field, rolling in 40 total pars in the event. She has posted seven Top 5 finishes in 10 tournaments played this season heading into the 2022 Big West Women’s Golf Championships in San Luis Obispo, Calif.   

  • This marks Sugiyama’s third Golfer of the Month distinction of her freshman campaign. She is the first Big West woman to claim three or more awards in a season since Cal State Fullerton’s Martina Edberg picked up all five distinctions in the 2016-17 season.