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Tze Huang Choo
Tze Huang Choo

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Singapore, Singapore

High School:
Braddell Westlake Secondary

Height:
5-10

Experience:
4V

Tze Huang Photo Gallery

Washington & Amateur Notes
• Four-year Husky letterwinner
• Spent fall of 2010 in Asia representing Singapore in the Asia Games.
• Named as an 2009 All Pac-10 Honorable Mention
• Played for Singapore in the 2008 World Amateur Team Classic in Adelaide, Australia
• Won the 2008 Singapore National Amateur Championship at Kranji Sanctuary Golf Course
• As a true freshman, was squad's third-best finisher at both the 2008 NCAA Championships and the 2008 NCAA West Regional, and was team's No. 2 player at the 2008 Pac-10 Championships
• Helped squad to seventh-place team finish at 2008 NCAA Championships
• Top-ranked player in Singapore since 2004
• Tied for 12th in stroke-play portion of the 2006 U.S. Public Links Tournament
• 2005 Singapore Amateur Champion
• 2004 Singapore Junior Champion
• Two-time Asian Junior Champion (2003, 2004)
• Finished third at 2004 Junior World Championships

2010-11 (Senior)
• Took fall off from the UW to represent Singapore in the Asian Games and play in other events as an amateur.
• Led UW at NCAA Regional at Tucson Omni National, finishing 7th after firing 4-under 209.
• Competed in eight spring events for UW with a season-best 7th place at NCAA Regionals.
• Singapore's top ranked player since 2004.
• Stroke average of 73.96 ranks third on the team.
• Shot a season-best 4-under 68 in the second round of the Amer Ari Invitational.

2010-11 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

Date Score Tournament Overall Place Place On Team
Feb. 2-4 75-68-75-218 (+2) Amer Ari Invitational T59th of 114 3rd of 5
Feb. 13-15 73-71-75-219 (+9) Battle at the Beach T35th of 82 5th of 6
March 10-12 73-73-83-229 (+13) Bandon Dunes Championship T33rd of 86 4th of 5
March 21-22 73-74--78-225 (+9) Oregon Duck Invitational T46th of 88 Individual
April 2-3 75-79-73-227 (+11) Insperity Augusta St. Invitational T67th of 93 3rd of 5
April 16-17 70-80-84-234 (+24) Western Intercollegiate T82nd of 92 5th of 6
April 29-May 1 76-68-71-73-288 (+8) Pac-10 Championships T25th of 60 3rd of 6
May 19-21 69-70-70-209 (-4) NCAA Regionals T7th of 73 1st of 5

2009-10 (Junior)
• Competed in four events during the season, three of which were in the fall
• Top finish was a tie for 14th at The Prestige at PGA West
• Low round of 71 was in the second round of the Waikoloa Invitational

2009-2010 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

Date Score Tournament Overall Place Place On Team
Sept. 8-10 73-74-73-220 (+4) Topy Cup T16th of 60 5th of 5
Oct. 11-13 74-72-72-218 (+2) The Prestige at PGA West T14th of 80 3rd of 5
Oct. 25-27 75-75-80-230 (+14) Isleworth Collegiate Invitational T43rd of 75 T2nd of 5
Feb. 3-5 80-71-76-227 (-3) Waikoloa Invitational T54th of 120 5th of 5

2008-09 (Sophomore)
• UW's No. 3 finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, finishing 8th (1-under 287)
• UW's No. 3 finisher at the US Intercollegiate in Palo Alto, Calif, finishing 3rd (10-under 200)
• UW's No. 5 finisher at the Oregon Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore., finishing 20th (6-over 222)
• UW's No. 1 finisher at the USC Collegiate, finishing 13th (1-over 214)
• Finished tied for 44th overall at the US Collegiate in Alpharetta, Ga., shooting a 13-over 228.
• Honorable mention All-Pac 10

2008-2009 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

Date Score Tournament Overall Place Place On Team
Sept. 12-14 72-74-72-223 Gopher Invitational T20th of 65 3rd of 5
Sept. 29-30 80-73-70-223 Husky Invitational T20th of 66 T5th of 10
Nov. 3-578-76-75-229 CordeValle Collegiate T45th of 76 5th of 6
Feb. 4-6 73-84-77-234 Hawai'i-Hilo Intercollegiate T77th of 100 5th of 5
Feb. 23-24 69-72-73-214 USC Collegiate Invite T13th of 79 1st of 6
March 23-24 72-75-75-222 Oregon Duck Invite T20th of 78 5th of 8
April 5-7 69-77-82-228United States Collegiate T44th of 77 T3rd of 5
April 18-19 65-65-70-200 U.S. Intercollegiate 3rd of 87 3rd of 6
April 27-29 73-74-68-72-287 Pac-10 Championship 8th of 60 3rd of 6
May 14-16 75-73-75-223 NCAA Central Regional T27th of 75 4th of 5
May 27-29 76-71-69-216 NCAA Championship T120th of 156 5th of 5

2007-08 (Freshman)
• Played in 12 of 14 tournaments, notching two Top-20 finishes
• Finished fourth on the squad with a 75.32 stroke average
• Carded one round in the 60's and five rounds under par
• UW's No. 3 finisher at the NCAA Championships, tying for 55th (22-over 310)
• UW's No. 3 finisher at the NCAA West Regional, tying for 30th (5-over 221)
• UW's No. 2 finisher at Pac-10 Championships, tying for 18th (5-over 289); led the conference field after two rounds
• Fired career-low 4-under 67 in the first round of Pac-10 Championships (April 28)
• Tallied career-best 15th place finish at the Oregon Duck Invitational; was UW's second-place finisher at 6-over 222
• Tied for 39th playing as an individual at the Husky Invitational (10-over 154)
• Finished 9-over 222 at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational, tying for 70th

2007-2008 RESULTS BY TOURNAMENT

Date Score Tournament Overall Place Place On Team
Oct. 1-2 73-81-154 Husky Invitational T39th NA
Oct. 8-9 70-78-74-222 Alister MacKenzie Invitational T70th T5th
Jan. 28-29 70-82-72-224 PING Arizona Intercollegiate T53rd 4th
Feb. 6-8 73-73-70-216 UH-Hilo Invitational T57th T4th
Feb. 17-18 71-79-79-229 GADO North Texas Classic T48th 4th
March 3-4 81-77-82-240 USC Collegiate Invitational 70th 5th
March 24-25 74-71-77-222 Oregon Duck Invitational T15th 2nd
April 7-8 81-74-76-231 Mizzou Tiger Classic T36th T2nd
April 19-20 76-76-77-22 U.S Intercollegiate T62nd 4th
April 28-30 67-71-73-78-289 Pac-10 Championships T18th 2nd
May 15-17 74-72-75-221 NCAA West Regional T30th 3rd
May 28-31 84-72-76-78-310 NCAA Championships T55th 3rd

Junior Golf and Personal
• Top-ranked amateur player in Singapore since 2004
• 2005 Singapore Amateur Champion
• 2004 Singapore Junior Champion
• 2003 and 2004 Asian Junior Champion
• Finished third at the 2004 Junior World Championships
• 2005 Southeast Asia Games bronze medalist
• Placed third at the 2006 Asian Games and the 2006 Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Championships
• Tied for 12th in the stroke-play portion of the 2006 U.S. Public Links Tournament
• Parents are Jenny Choo and Choo Kok Chung
• Has a sister Choo Kit Ching

TZE HUANG CHOO'S CAREER STATISTICS

YEARROUNDSSTROKESAVGLOW
2007-0837278775.3267
2008-09372735753.9165
2009-1012895754.5871
2010-1125184973.9668
CAREER111826674.4765

Career Best Finish: 3rd, U.S. Intercollegiate, April 18-19, 2009
Career Top-10 Finishes: 2
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 200, U.S. Intercollegiate, April 18-19, 2009
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 65, twice, first and second round of U.S. Intercollegiate, April 18-19, 2009

Go Huskies!