3 Oregon women’s golfers earn All-American honors

Three Oregon women’s golfers were named All-Americans by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.

Kiara Romero was named a WGCA first team All-American, her second straight year received such distinction. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham was named to the second team and Karen Tsuru received honorable mention.

It is the second time in program history Oregon has had multiple All-Americans in the same season, joining the 2021-22 team. UO has nine players combine for 13 All-American honors, including seven players who combined for 10 selections since 2018-19 under coach Derek Radley.

Romero is the first two-time first team All-American in program history and just the fourth UO player to receive multiple All-American honors.

She broke her own Oregon single-season record for scoring average (69.91), the first UO athlete to average sub-70 in a season. Romero is the third Oregon golfer to win an individual conference championship. She also shot the lowest round in program history (10-under 62) at the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional, which she also won individually, and tied for eighth at the NCAA Championships.

The No. 2 player in the country and No. 3 amateur in the world, Vinijchaitham had a 71.46 season scoring average that ranks third in UO single-season history. She toed for 10th at the NCAA Championships, won the Alice & John Wallace Classic in the spring, and had eight top-10 finishes on the season.

Tsuru had a 72.62 scoring average in 26 rounds, won the Juli Inkster Invitational and had four top-10 finishes.