Natasha Andrea Oon | |
Birth Date: | 10 September 2001 |
Birth Place: | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
Residence: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
College: | San Jose State University |
Yearpro: | 2022 |
Tour: | Epson Tour |
Prowins: | 1 |
Futwins: | 1 |
Anainspiration: | CUT: 2022 |
Lpga: | DNP |
Wusopen: | DNP |
Wbritopen: | DNP |
Evian: | DNP |
Award1: | Mountain West Freshman of the Year |
Year1: | 2019 |
Award2: | Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Year |
Year2: | 2020 |
Award3: | Mountain West Player of the Year |
Year3: | 2022 |
Award4: | Juli Inkster Award |
Year4: | 2022 |
Award5: | Honda Sports Award finalist |
Year5: | 2022 |
Natasha Andrea Oon (born 10 September 2001) is a Malaysian professional golfer who competes on the Epson Tour.
Oon, born 2001, is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When she was just 12 years old, she won a brand new Volvo XC60 after making a hole-in-one at the 40th RSGC Ladies Amateur Open Championship. She played in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in 2016 and 2017, and made the cut to finish 74th and 67th respectively.[1]
She represented Malaysia at the 2018 Asian Games and the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, securing a silver medal in the team event at the latter together with Ashley Lau Jen Wen.
Oon enrolled at San Jose State University in 2018 and played with the San Jose State Spartans women's golf team until 2022. She won her debut tournament, the Minnesota Invitational at Prestwick Golf Club in Woodbury, on her 17th birthday.[2] She was named All-American and Mountain West Freshman of the Year.[3]
Sidelined her junior year due to a fractured metatarsal, Oon had a phenomenal senior year winning the Mountain West Conference Championship, the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, and finished runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Division I women's golf championship behind Rose Zhang. She was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, Honda Sports Award finalist, and received the Inkster Senior Award, an award given to the highest-ranked women's senior collegiate golfer.[4]
Oon was invited to the 2022 Chevron Championship, narrowly missing the cut after rounds of 73 and 74.[5] She was selected for the international team at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup but turned professional before the event. She reached a career high of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Oon turned professional in 2022 and joined the 2023 Epson Tour. In her rookie season, she was runner-up at the IOA Championship, Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, Island Resort Championship and Twin Bridges Championship.[6] [7]
A year ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Oon sat 57th in the qualification rankings, on course to represent Malaysia alongside Kelly Tan.[8]
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Tournament | 2022 | |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | |
Women's PGA Championship | ||
U.S. Women's Open | ||
The Evian Championship | ||