2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Todd Drexler
David Stluka
David Stluka
David Stluka

Michelle Cheung

  • Position Swings R
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hong Kong
  • Highschool South Island School

Biography

Honors and Awards: Two-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ... Academic All-Big Ten selection as a senior ... finished with the third-best career scoring average in school history at 75.89 ... tied sixth-best season scoring average in school history with 74.97 strokes per round in 2015-16

2016-17: Competed for Hong Kong at the World Amateur Team Championship ... played in each of the Badgers' final eight events ... averaged 76.33 over her 24 rounds ... shot a career low 143 over the first two rounds of the UCF Challenge on her way to a  share of 38th place ...was UW's third finisher at the Briar's Creek Invitational

2015-16: Awarded Big Ten Sportsmanship Award ... tied for 24th at East-West Match Play Challenge .. placed first among Wisconsin golfers at Windy City Collegiate Championship, gathering a career-low for 54 holes (216) ... earned best tournament placement of the year at UW-hosted Westbrook Spring Invitational, finishing in a tie for 18th ... at same tournament, picked up a 36-hole (143) career-best, while tying her previous career low for three rounds (216) ... had three top-25 finishes overall ... tied lowest 18-hole scorecard of career (69) at Big Ten Championship ... was one of three Badgers to record a round in the 60s ... earned the second-most sub-par rounds (four) ... ended with scoring average of 74.97 strokes per round which was the third-best on the team and a new career-low ... season scoring average ranks tied-for-sixth-best in school history

2014-15: Recorded a career-best tournament finish at the Silverado Showdown tied for 11th ... recorded 36 and 54-hole bests playing as an individual at the Westbrook Invitational, Feb. 22-23 (145, 218) ... competed in one meet in the fall for the Badgers individually at the Windy City Intercollegiate and had an 18-hole career best score of 69 ... was only one of three Badgers to break 70 this season ... averaged the third-best season average with a 75.61 ... was UW's third player at Big Ten Championship with 78-75-74=227 ... placed 77th at NCAA Regionals with 80-82-75=237

2013-14: Earned a career-best 33rd-place finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational (March 24-25), tallying a career 36-hole (150) and 54-hole best 74-76-78--228 ... played in four tournaments while competing as an individual

High School: Is just the fifth international athlete to play women's golf at Wisconsin ... member of the Hong Kong National team, coach Oehrlein saw her play several summer events in the United States ... in Feb. 2013, made the cut in the World Ladies Championship, a Ladies European Tour event being held in Hainan, China; shot 1-over par 72-73--145 ... won the 2013 Hong Kong Ladies' Close Championship (79-75-73--227) played in windy conditions at the Clear Water Bay Golf Club ... placed second at the Macau Ladies Championship shooting a 7-over 71-78--149 ... placed fourth in the 2012 Hong Kong Ladies Amateur Open, and was second in the Hong Kong Close Championship ... played in the 2010 and 2011 Callaway Junior World Championship, tying for 18th in 2010 ... was a member of Hong Kong team that participated in the 2010 Asian Amateur Games (Guangzhou) and in the World Amateur Team Championship (Argentina) ... is pursuing the International Bacclaureate (IB) diploma

Off The Course with Michelle Cheung
How old were you when you began playing golf? 8
Favorite sport other than golf: Basketball 
Favorite golf memory: Holing-out twice in the same tournament last year at the Silverado 
Favorite golf course: Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif.
Hardest golf course you've ever played: Sunrise Golf & Country Club in Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Biggest accomplishment in golf: Playing in the 2010 Asian Games for Hong Kong
Dream foursome: Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson 
Favorite athlete: Tiger Woods
Favorite food: Sushi or pasta 
My favorite music group/artist: Changes all the time
Dream job: Golf pro
Advice you would give to young golfers: Start with a whole bunch of sports and develop feel--that is so important in golf 
If you could change one thing about the game of golf, you would: Make the hole bigger
Why Wisconsin? Great campus town and the coaches are equally committed to making sure we succeed on the course and in the classroom, and I really like that balance

Stats

Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 36 Low 54
2013-14 11 855 77.72 74 150 228
2014-15 18 1361 75.61 69 145 218
2015-16 29 2174 74.97 69 143 216
2016-17 24 1832 76.33 79 143 219
Totals 82 6222 75.89 69 143 216

2013-14 Finishes

Oct. 12-13 Diane Thomason Invitational 81-81-75=237 / T47
Oct. 27-29 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown 81-77=158 / T78
Feb. 23-24 Westbrook Spring Invitational 79-74-79=232 / T73
March 24-25 Briar's Creek Invitational 74-76-78=228 / T33

2014-15 Finishes

Oct. 6-7 Windy City Invitational* 83-69-77=229 / T41
Feb. 22-23 Westbrook Spring Invitational* 70-75-73=218 / T22
March 16-17 Wildcat Invitational 70-73-76=228 / T53
April 13-14 Silverado Showdown 77-73-72=222 / T11
April 24-26 Big Ten Championship 78-75-74=227 / T36
May 7-9 NCAA Regionals 80-82-75=237 / 77

2015-16 Finishes

Sept. 13-15 Cougar Classic 75-79-77=231 / T70
Sept. 20-22 East-West Match Play Challenge 76-75=151 / T24
Oct. 5-6 Windy City Collegiate Championship 70-75-71=216 / T25
Oct. 19-20 Cardinal Cup 78-72-78=228 / T29
Oct. 25-26 Alamo Invitational 80-73-75=228 / T55
Feb. 7-9 UCF Challenge 80-72-83=235 / T72
Feb. 21-22 Westbrook Spring Invitational 71-72-73=216 / T18
March 21-22 Briar's Creek Invitational 76-73-73=222 / T38
April 3-5 Silverado Showdown 76-76-73=225 / T37
April 22-23 Big Ten Championship 78-75-69=222 / T39

2016-17 Finishes

Oct. 23-25 Cardinal Cup 84-73-79=236 / T51
Feb. 5-7 UCF Challenge 70-73-76=219 / T38
Feb. 26-27 Westbrook Spring Invitational 74-73-74=221 / T31
March 11-12 Suntrust Gator Invitational 79-76-75=230 / T53
March 20-21 Briar's Creek Invitational 74-73-76=223 / T43
April 2-4 Hawkeye El-Tigre Invitational 76-73-76=225 / T28
April 21-23 Big Ten Championships 77-86-73=236 / T49
May 8-10 NCAA Columbus Regional 82-77-83=242 / T76
*- competed as an individual

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Right
    5'8"

  • 2015-16Junior

    Swings R
    5'8"

  • 2016-17Senior

    Swings R
    5'8"