Chris Yeom

/ Men's Golf

Photo by: Stephen B. Morton for the BIG EA

Chris Yeom

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Flushing, N.Y.
High School:
New Hyde Park

CAREER / SEASON STATISTICS

** 2019 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2018 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2018 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER-UP **
** 2017 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **

2018-19: Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team… Named to the PING All-Region Team… Academic Merit Award recipient... Twice named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week… Finishes his career at Seton Hall ranked second all-time with a 73.58 career stroke average, third in total rounds (119), third in sub-par rounds (25), fourth in sub-par tournaments (seven) and tied for fifth in top-10 finishes (15)... Competed in 10 tournaments… Led the Pirates and ranked third in the BIG EAST Conference with a 72.72 stroke average for the year, which is the sixth-lowest single-year average in Pirate history… Recorded three top-10 finishes and one top-5 finish… Had five sub-par rounds and one sub-par tournament… Led Seton Hall and tied for eighth with a 5-over-par, 76-70-75-221, at the 2019 BIG EAST Championship... Led Seton Hall and tied for 16th with a 4-over-par, 73-71-73-217, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate... Shot a 5-over-par, 73-72-73-218, at the Princeton Invitational... Notched a 6-over-par, 74-71-74-219, at the Redhawk Invitational... Led Seton Hall with a 4-over-par, 74-74-72-220, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate to open the spring season... Tied for 11th with a 3-over-par, 72-72-72-216, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate... Led the Pirates with a 9-over-par, 78-70-77-225, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate... Led Seton Hall and tied for 10th with a 5-over-par, 73-70-75-218, at the Villanova Invitational... Set a Seton Hall record for a par-72, two-round tournament with a n 8-under-par, 67-69-136, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational, tying for second place overall... Opened the year with a 3-over-par, 75-72-72-219, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2017-18: Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team… Named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team… 2018 BIG EAST Championship Runner Up… Named to the PING All-Region Team… Named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar...Named Seton Hall’s Junior Male Co-Athlete of the Year… Named BIG EAST Golfer of the Week three times… Competed in all 11 tournaments… Led the Pirates and the BIG EAST Conference with a career-best 71.66 stroke average for the year, which broke Seton Hall’s single-season record for a junior – it’s also the second-lowest single-year stroke average ever for a Pirate… Recorded eight top-10 finishes and four top-5 finishes… Had 14 sub-par rounds and five sub-par tournaments… Tied for second at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship with an even-par, 74-71-71-216… Tied for third with a 2-under-par, 69-69-73-211 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate… Led Seton Hall with a 1-over-par, 68-75-143 at the Princeton Invitational… Tied for 10th with a 7-over-par, 76-70-71-217 at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate… Broke Seton Hall’s par-72 record for low tournament score with a 13-under-par, 66-69-68-203, at the Loyola Invitational – his 13-under-par also tied Seton Hall’s record for most strokes under par for any tournament of any par… Tied for eighth with a 4-under-par, 70-70-72-212, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate to open the spring season… Led the Pirates with an 8-over-par, 73-71-80-224, at the Little Rock Intercollegiate to close the fall season… Placed eighth at the Georgetown Intercollegiate with an 8-over-par, 74-72-75-221… Tied for third with a 3-under-par, 73-70-70-213, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate… Fired a 2-under-par, 72-72-70-214, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational… Led the Pirates and tied for fifth with a 3-over-par, 73-72-74-219, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial to open the fall season.… BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016-17: Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team… Competed in all 11 tournaments as a sophomore…Posted the third-best stroke average on the team with a 73.90 average for the 2016-17 academic year…Finished third on the team with a 73.64 stroke average in the fall…Finished third on the team with a 74.12 stroke average in the spring season…Recorded three top-10 finishes…Fired four rounds under-par and finished one tournament subpar…Tied for 19th with a 15-over-par, 81-76-74-231, at the BIG EAST Championship…Finished seventh with a 3-over-par, 73-72-71-216, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate…Fired a 3-over-par, 74-73-69-216, to tie for eighth at the Princeton Invitational…Tied for 25th at the Towson Spring Invitational with a 6-over-par, 77-73-150…Tied for 26th with a 12-over-par, 75-76-77-228, at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate…Finished tied for 51st with a 3-over-par, 70-73-76-219, at the Loyola Intercollegiate…Fired a 6-over-par, 73-75-74-222, to finish 43rd overall at the Prices Give-Em Five Invite…Tied for 56th with a 14-over-par, 81-74-75-230, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate…Tied for 45th with a 14-over-par, 78-73-73-224, at the Marquette Intercollegiate…Tied for 34th with a 3-over-par, 73-74-147, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational…Finished first career tournament under-par with a 2-under-par, 74-66-68-208, at The Doc Gimmler… BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015-16: Competed in 10 of 12 tournaments... Finished fourth on the team with a 76.41 stroke average for the 2015-16 academic year... Finished fifth on the team with a 77.43 fall season stroke average... Finished fourth on the team with a 76.05 spring season stroke average... Recorded one top-10 finish... Had two sub-par rounds... Shot a 19-over-par, 79-77-79-235, at the 2016 BIG EAST Championship... Fired a 13-over-par, 74-74-78-226, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate... Fired a 3-over-par, 75-70-145, at the Princeton Invitational... Shot a 30-over-par, 82-81-79-242, at the Seatlle University RedHawk Invitational... Shot a 20-over-par, 78-78-74-230, at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate... Fired a career-best 1-over-par, 72-71-74-217, at the Loyola Invtational... Had a 10-over-par, 75-77-74-226, at the Carlton Oaks WIU Invitational... Shot a 17-over-par, 82-77-159, at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate... Fired a 10-over-par, 74-73-79-226, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational... Shot a 15-over-par, 74-83-157, at the Navy Fall Classic... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School / Personal: Attended New Hyde Park Memorial High School in New Hyde Park, N.Y.... Played golf all four years in high school and was a team captain... Four-time All-New York State, All-County and All-Conference selection... Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in 2013... Qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in 2014... First golfer in New Hyde Park High School history to qualify for the state tournament in all four years... Has registered four American Junior Golf Association Top-10 finishes, including a third place finish at The ALGA at Killington... Twice led his team to second place finishes (2014 & 2015)... Lowest round ever was a bogey-free, 66... Member of the Honor Roll... Full name is Christopher Hyungsub Yeom... Born Jan. 22, 1997.