2022-23 Women's Golf Roster
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Chacon, Briana
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Briana Chacon
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- La Serna HS
- Hometown:
- Whittier, Calif.
Bio
NOTABLE
» Will enter fifth and final season at No. 8 in Oregon history with 270 career birdies.
» Career scoring average of 73.04 through 2022-23 season would rank second in program history.
» First Duck in program history to win an NCAA Regional individual title (2022 NCAA Albuquerque Regional).
» Ranks second in UO single-season history in par-3 scoring (3.03, 2021-22) and par-5 scoring (4.73, 2019-20).
» No. 5 in Oregon single-season history for scoring average (72.73, 2020-21).
» One of just three players in program history to earn multiple WGCA all-America honors in a career.
2022-23 | SENIOR
» All-Pac-12 honorable mention
» 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
Second among Ducks with a 73.04 scoring average while playing in nine tournaments (25 rounds) … Led Oregon with 13 rounds or par-or-better, including six straight and eight of 12 to close the season … Carded 61 birdies to move into the top-10 all-time at Oregon, finishing season at No. 8 in program history with 270 career birdies … Recorded five top-20 finishes, including a pair of top-10 showings … An all-Pac-12 honorable mention selection for the second year in a row after earning first-team honors in 2020-21 … Made the cut for the final round at the prestigious Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship, tying for 26th overall (71-74-78, +7) … Spring: Notched three of five top-20 finishes during the spring, including two straight to end the season … Shot 5 over (72-72-74) at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge to tie for 20th overall and help lead Oregon to its seventh tournament win since the spring of 2021 … Helped Oregon finish as the runners-up at the Pac-12 Championships, tying for 11th overall at 1-under par (71-72-72) … Carded three straight 1-under 71s at the NCAA Westfield Regional to tie for 17th overall at 3-under par, extending streak of par-or-better rounds to six to close the season … Tied for 40th (75-75-71, +8) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, 30th (71-72-78, +5) at the PING/ASU Invitational and 53rd (80-75-76, +15) at the Silverado Showdown … Fall: Competed in three of Oregon’s four fall tournaments, maintaining a strong 72.71 scoring average through seven rounds of stroke play … Shot 6 over (72-76-74) to tie for 35th at the Annika Intercollegiate in fall debut … Fired an even-par 72 in the lone round of stroke play at the East Lake Cup, tying for second overall … Continued to be a dominant force in match play at the East Lake Cup, defeating Auburn’s Rachel Gourley, 6&4, in the semifinals and UCLA’s Annabel Wilson, 5&4, in the consolation match … Closed the fall with a 4-under par (75-70-70) showing at the Pac-12 Preview, tying for seventh place overall.
2021-22 | JUNIOR
» WGCA All-America honorable mention
» Golfweek All-America honorable mention
» NCAA Albuquerque Regional individual champion
» All-Pac-12 honorable mention
» 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
One of just three two-time WGCA all-Americans in program history, earning honorable mention in 2021-22 following a second-team selection in 2020-21 ... The first Duck ever to win an NCAA Regional individual title, shooting 9-under par to claim medalist honors by four strokes at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional ... An all-Pac-12 honorable mention selection after earning first-team honors in 2020-21 ... Helped lead Oregon to its first team Pac-12 championship in program history ... Five top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments, including a run of three straight during the spring and her first career win at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … Seven top-25 showings …. 73.09 scoring average in 34 rounds of stroke play, 11th-best in UO single-season history … Thirteen rounds of par or better with four rounds in the 60s, headlined by a 7-under 65 in the opening round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … Spring: Went 3-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships to help Oregon finish as the national runner-up, winning 4&3 in the quarterfinals vs. San Jose State, 2&1 in the semifinals vs. Texas A&M and 1 up in the championship match vs. Stanford … Got up and down from the greenside bunker at the 18th hole to win her match vs. Stanford … Tied for 52nd overall in stroke play at the NCAA Championships, shooting 11 over … Became the first Oregon player ever to win an NCAA Regional title, shooting 9-under par to win at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … 10-under par through the first two rounds of the Albuquerque Regional, opening with a 7-under 65 and following with a 3-under 69 … Career-best 7-under 65 tied for third-best in UO individual history and set a new UNM Championship Course record for an NCAA Regional or NCAA Championships … Tied for 13th at the Pac-12 Championships (75-73-73, +5), helping the Ducks win the conference team title for the first time in program history … Tied for fifth overall for her best finish of the regular season at the PING/ASU Invitational, shooting 5-under par (69-72-70) … Helped Oregon win both the Florida State Match Up and the Northrop Grumman Challenge, tying for seventh (76-70-73) and sixth (70-74-70) place, respectively … Fall: Helped lead the Ducks to a dominant and historic victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship to kick off the 2021-22 season, tying for 10th place individually at 4-under par with a 69-72-71 performance ... 3-under 69 in the opening round of the fall was her fifth sub-70 round of her collegiate career ... Oregon won the Mason Rudolph Championship with an astounding 26-under 838, shattering the previous 54-hold program records for both total score and score vs. par ... Tied for 36th at the Stanford Intercollegiate, shooting 6 over with a 1-under 70 in the final round ... Closed the fall with a 4-over par showing at the Pac-12 Preview, tying for 17th overall.
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America second team
» Golfweek All-America second team
» All-Pac-12 first team
Put together one of the best spring seasons in program history, leading Oregon with a 72.73 scoring average in seven tournaments ... Became Oregon's fourth-ever WGCA all-American, earning second-team recognition ... Earned all-Pac-12 honors along with teammate Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu, giving Oregon multiple first-team all-conference selections in the same seasons for the first time in program history ... 72.73 scoring average is good for No. 3 in UO single-season history ... Led the Ducks with five top-10 finishes in seven outings, including the best finish of her career (T-2nd) at the PING/ASU Invitational ... Shot par or better 12 times in 22 rounds to lead the team, scoring in the 60s three times ... Finished par or better in six consecutive rounds from the final round of the Silverado Showdown through the second round of the NCAA Championships ... Spring: Earned her first top-10 finish of the season at the Bruin Wave Invitational while competing as an individual, tying for ninth (+15) overall ... Shot 4-under par to tie for sixth place at the Wildcat Invitational, shooting 72-71-69 ... Led Oregon to its first tournament win since 2016 at the PING/ASU Invitational, recording the best finish of her career in a tie for second overall at 4 under after closing with a 4-under 68 ... Placed seventh at the Silverado Showdown for her fourth consecutive top-10 showing, shooting a 2-under 70 in the final round to finish at 1-over par ... Tied for fifth place individually at the Pac-12 Championships, the best conference showing by a Duck since 2015 ... Closed the Pac-12 Championships with a 3-under 68 to finish at 3-under par ... Opened the NCAA Championships with a 1-under 71 and an even-par 72 to extend her streak of consecutive par-or-better rounds to six in a row and 11 in a span of 14 rounds ... Finished 7 over at the NCAA Championships to tie for 44th as the Ducks placed 11th overall, just two strokes shy of reaching match play ... Fall: No fall season in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 | FRESHMAN
Impressed during a true freshman season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak ... Third among Ducks with a 73.22 scoring average while playing 18 rounds across six events ... Two top-five finishes, the most on the team ... Led Oregon in par-5 scoring at 4.73 ... Spring: Put together a stellar week at the Bruin Wave Invitational, shooting 1 under across three rounds to finish fourth overall, the best individual showing by a Duck in 2019-20 ... Tied the Bruin Wave Invitational tournament record with a 5-under 67 in the final round ... 67 is tied for the eighth-best score in Oregon single-round history, and 5-below par is tied for No. 7 ... Tied for 36th (+8) at the Northrop Grumman Challenge and 29th (+8) at the Wildcat Invitational ... Fall: Shot 2 over to tie for 27th at the WSU Cougar Cup in collegiate debut ... Tied for fifth at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, finishing 3-over par ... 8-over par at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked No. 28 overall in the nation by the American Junior Golf Association and 14th in the 2019 class, Chacon signed her NLI with the Ducks one day after tying for fourth place at the CIF girls high school golf championships at the Victoria Club. Chacon shot a 1-under 71 to tie with two others for fourth. At the ACDS Junior Championship in July, Chacon shot a final round 65 to win the event (72-71-65). In nine AJGA events over the last two years, Chacon posted four top-10 finishes.
HEAD COACH DEREK RADLEY
"Briana is a special young woman. She has had a tremendous junior career. Her fierce competitiveness and drive proves she has what it takes to be successful at the highest levels collegiately. The sky is the limit with Briana and I'm really excited to have her at Oregon."
» Will enter fifth and final season at No. 8 in Oregon history with 270 career birdies.
» Career scoring average of 73.04 through 2022-23 season would rank second in program history.
» First Duck in program history to win an NCAA Regional individual title (2022 NCAA Albuquerque Regional).
» Ranks second in UO single-season history in par-3 scoring (3.03, 2021-22) and par-5 scoring (4.73, 2019-20).
» No. 5 in Oregon single-season history for scoring average (72.73, 2020-21).
» One of just three players in program history to earn multiple WGCA all-America honors in a career.
2022-23 | SENIOR
» All-Pac-12 honorable mention
» 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
Second among Ducks with a 73.04 scoring average while playing in nine tournaments (25 rounds) … Led Oregon with 13 rounds or par-or-better, including six straight and eight of 12 to close the season … Carded 61 birdies to move into the top-10 all-time at Oregon, finishing season at No. 8 in program history with 270 career birdies … Recorded five top-20 finishes, including a pair of top-10 showings … An all-Pac-12 honorable mention selection for the second year in a row after earning first-team honors in 2020-21 … Made the cut for the final round at the prestigious Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship, tying for 26th overall (71-74-78, +7) … Spring: Notched three of five top-20 finishes during the spring, including two straight to end the season … Shot 5 over (72-72-74) at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge to tie for 20th overall and help lead Oregon to its seventh tournament win since the spring of 2021 … Helped Oregon finish as the runners-up at the Pac-12 Championships, tying for 11th overall at 1-under par (71-72-72) … Carded three straight 1-under 71s at the NCAA Westfield Regional to tie for 17th overall at 3-under par, extending streak of par-or-better rounds to six to close the season … Tied for 40th (75-75-71, +8) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, 30th (71-72-78, +5) at the PING/ASU Invitational and 53rd (80-75-76, +15) at the Silverado Showdown … Fall: Competed in three of Oregon’s four fall tournaments, maintaining a strong 72.71 scoring average through seven rounds of stroke play … Shot 6 over (72-76-74) to tie for 35th at the Annika Intercollegiate in fall debut … Fired an even-par 72 in the lone round of stroke play at the East Lake Cup, tying for second overall … Continued to be a dominant force in match play at the East Lake Cup, defeating Auburn’s Rachel Gourley, 6&4, in the semifinals and UCLA’s Annabel Wilson, 5&4, in the consolation match … Closed the fall with a 4-under par (75-70-70) showing at the Pac-12 Preview, tying for seventh place overall.
2021-22 | JUNIOR
» WGCA All-America honorable mention
» Golfweek All-America honorable mention
» NCAA Albuquerque Regional individual champion
» All-Pac-12 honorable mention
» 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship participant
One of just three two-time WGCA all-Americans in program history, earning honorable mention in 2021-22 following a second-team selection in 2020-21 ... The first Duck ever to win an NCAA Regional individual title, shooting 9-under par to claim medalist honors by four strokes at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional ... An all-Pac-12 honorable mention selection after earning first-team honors in 2020-21 ... Helped lead Oregon to its first team Pac-12 championship in program history ... Five top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments, including a run of three straight during the spring and her first career win at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … Seven top-25 showings …. 73.09 scoring average in 34 rounds of stroke play, 11th-best in UO single-season history … Thirteen rounds of par or better with four rounds in the 60s, headlined by a 7-under 65 in the opening round of the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … Spring: Went 3-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships to help Oregon finish as the national runner-up, winning 4&3 in the quarterfinals vs. San Jose State, 2&1 in the semifinals vs. Texas A&M and 1 up in the championship match vs. Stanford … Got up and down from the greenside bunker at the 18th hole to win her match vs. Stanford … Tied for 52nd overall in stroke play at the NCAA Championships, shooting 11 over … Became the first Oregon player ever to win an NCAA Regional title, shooting 9-under par to win at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional … 10-under par through the first two rounds of the Albuquerque Regional, opening with a 7-under 65 and following with a 3-under 69 … Career-best 7-under 65 tied for third-best in UO individual history and set a new UNM Championship Course record for an NCAA Regional or NCAA Championships … Tied for 13th at the Pac-12 Championships (75-73-73, +5), helping the Ducks win the conference team title for the first time in program history … Tied for fifth overall for her best finish of the regular season at the PING/ASU Invitational, shooting 5-under par (69-72-70) … Helped Oregon win both the Florida State Match Up and the Northrop Grumman Challenge, tying for seventh (76-70-73) and sixth (70-74-70) place, respectively … Fall: Helped lead the Ducks to a dominant and historic victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship to kick off the 2021-22 season, tying for 10th place individually at 4-under par with a 69-72-71 performance ... 3-under 69 in the opening round of the fall was her fifth sub-70 round of her collegiate career ... Oregon won the Mason Rudolph Championship with an astounding 26-under 838, shattering the previous 54-hold program records for both total score and score vs. par ... Tied for 36th at the Stanford Intercollegiate, shooting 6 over with a 1-under 70 in the final round ... Closed the fall with a 4-over par showing at the Pac-12 Preview, tying for 17th overall.
2020-21 | SOPHOMORE
» WGCA All-America second team
» Golfweek All-America second team
» All-Pac-12 first team
Put together one of the best spring seasons in program history, leading Oregon with a 72.73 scoring average in seven tournaments ... Became Oregon's fourth-ever WGCA all-American, earning second-team recognition ... Earned all-Pac-12 honors along with teammate Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu, giving Oregon multiple first-team all-conference selections in the same seasons for the first time in program history ... 72.73 scoring average is good for No. 3 in UO single-season history ... Led the Ducks with five top-10 finishes in seven outings, including the best finish of her career (T-2nd) at the PING/ASU Invitational ... Shot par or better 12 times in 22 rounds to lead the team, scoring in the 60s three times ... Finished par or better in six consecutive rounds from the final round of the Silverado Showdown through the second round of the NCAA Championships ... Spring: Earned her first top-10 finish of the season at the Bruin Wave Invitational while competing as an individual, tying for ninth (+15) overall ... Shot 4-under par to tie for sixth place at the Wildcat Invitational, shooting 72-71-69 ... Led Oregon to its first tournament win since 2016 at the PING/ASU Invitational, recording the best finish of her career in a tie for second overall at 4 under after closing with a 4-under 68 ... Placed seventh at the Silverado Showdown for her fourth consecutive top-10 showing, shooting a 2-under 70 in the final round to finish at 1-over par ... Tied for fifth place individually at the Pac-12 Championships, the best conference showing by a Duck since 2015 ... Closed the Pac-12 Championships with a 3-under 68 to finish at 3-under par ... Opened the NCAA Championships with a 1-under 71 and an even-par 72 to extend her streak of consecutive par-or-better rounds to six in a row and 11 in a span of 14 rounds ... Finished 7 over at the NCAA Championships to tie for 44th as the Ducks placed 11th overall, just two strokes shy of reaching match play ... Fall: No fall season in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 | FRESHMAN
Impressed during a true freshman season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak ... Third among Ducks with a 73.22 scoring average while playing 18 rounds across six events ... Two top-five finishes, the most on the team ... Led Oregon in par-5 scoring at 4.73 ... Spring: Put together a stellar week at the Bruin Wave Invitational, shooting 1 under across three rounds to finish fourth overall, the best individual showing by a Duck in 2019-20 ... Tied the Bruin Wave Invitational tournament record with a 5-under 67 in the final round ... 67 is tied for the eighth-best score in Oregon single-round history, and 5-below par is tied for No. 7 ... Tied for 36th (+8) at the Northrop Grumman Challenge and 29th (+8) at the Wildcat Invitational ... Fall: Shot 2 over to tie for 27th at the WSU Cougar Cup in collegiate debut ... Tied for fifth at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, finishing 3-over par ... 8-over par at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked No. 28 overall in the nation by the American Junior Golf Association and 14th in the 2019 class, Chacon signed her NLI with the Ducks one day after tying for fourth place at the CIF girls high school golf championships at the Victoria Club. Chacon shot a 1-under 71 to tie with two others for fourth. At the ACDS Junior Championship in July, Chacon shot a final round 65 to win the event (72-71-65). In nine AJGA events over the last two years, Chacon posted four top-10 finishes.
HEAD COACH DEREK RADLEY
"Briana is a special young woman. She has had a tremendous junior career. Her fierce competitiveness and drive proves she has what it takes to be successful at the highest levels collegiately. The sky is the limit with Briana and I'm really excited to have her at Oregon."
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