Linus Yip

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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sydney, Australia
Prev School:
Univ. of Arkansas - Little Rock

CAREER / SEASON STATISTICS

2017-18: Academic Merit Award recipient… Competed in all 11 tournaments… Finished fourth on the team and 25th in the BIG EAST Conference with a 75.66 stroke average for the 2017-18 academic year… Fired six sub-par rounds as a senior, including a 7-under-par, 65, in the third round of the Loyola Invitational to tie for the lowest single-round par-72 score in Pirate history… Shot a 21-over-par, 81-75-81-237, at the 2018 BIG EAST Championship… Fired a 16-over-par, 76-74-79-229, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate… Shot a 14-over-par, 76-80-156, at the Princeton Invitational… Had a 15-over-par, 76-76-73-225, at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate… Fired a career-best 5-under-par, 71-75-65-211, at the Loyola Invitational… Opened the spring season with a 2-under-par, 75-69-70-214, at the UNCG/Martin Downs Collegiate… Shot a 20-over-par, 72-80-84-236, at the Little Rock Intercollegiate… Tallied a 19-over-par, 80-75-77-232, at the Georgetown Intercollegiate… Shot an 18-over-par, 76-79-79-234, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate… Shot a 2-over-par, 72-71-75-218, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational… Opened the fall season with a 13-over-par, 71-79-79-229, at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial.

2016-17: Named a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar... Competed in 10 of 11 tournaments…Finished fifth on the team with a 75.71 stroke average in the 2016-17 academic year…Finished fifth on the team with a 75.14 stroke average in the fall season…Posted a 76.29 stroke average in the spring season…Fired three subpar rounds…Tied for 26th with a 21-over-par, 75-81-81-237, at the BIG EAST Championship…Tied for 27th with a 10-over-par, 74-74-75-223, at the Rutherford Intercollegiate…Tied for 88th with a 17-over-par, 81-80-161, at the Towson Spring Invitational…Tied for 35th with a 14-over-par, 79-74-77-230, at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate…Fired a 1-over-par, 72-72-73-217, to finish tied for 37th at the Loyola Intercollegiate…Tied for 52nd with a 9-over-par, 75-80-70-225, at the Price’s Give’Em Five Invite…Finished 78th overall with a 31-over-par, 83-78-86-247, at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate…Fired a 3-over-par, 72-72-69, to finish tied for 20th at the Marquette Intercollegiate…Tied for 85th with a 12-over-par, 74-82-156, at the Hartford Hawks Invitational…Tied for 15th with a 1-over-par, 72-68-71-211, at The Doc Gimmler… BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015-16 (at UALR): Competed in two events in 2015-16 ... Averaged 78.83 strokes over 6.0 rounds ... Boasted a score vs. par average of +7.33 ... Tied for 56th place at the Little Rock First Tee Classic (March 28-29), finishing at 20-over 236.

2014-15 (at UALR): Competed in five tournaments in 2014-15 ... Averaged 75.29 strokes over 14.0 rounds of golf ... Boasted a score vs. par average of +3.29 ... Posted three top-25 finishes, including one top-five finish ... Tied for 19th at the ASU Fall Beach Classic (Nov. 3-4), finishing at 13-over 229 (77-77-75) ... Helped UALR to a win by placing third at the ULM/Wallace Jones Invitational (Feb. 23-24) in Delhi, La., finishing at 6-under 210 (73-68-69) ... His second-round score of 4-under 68 was his low round of the season ... Tied for 23rd at the 36-hole Reveille Challenge (April 12) in Bryan, Texas, ending the event at 7-over 151 (75-76)...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the 2014-15 academic year.

High School/Personal: Yip played for head coach Christian Small at Barker College in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia ... Is coming off an undefeated 2014 season on the NSW Eric Apperly Shield ... Put together an undefeated Srixon Golf NSW Major Pennant season in 2013 ... Competed for the NSW Combined Independent Schools team in 2013 and was the NSW CIS Cup Champion in 2012 ... Was the Subaru NSW State Age Championship runner-up in 2011... Born n Singapore ... Parents are Simon and Tammy Yip ... Has one brother, Nick Yip ... Plans to major in finance and accounting... Born June 30, 1995.