UNLV junior Zi Yu Foong has been honored as the Mountain West Women’s Golfer of the Month, the conference announced Thursday. It is the first Mountain West weekly or monthly award of her career and the first earned by a Rebel this season.
From from Selangor, Malaysia, Foong had two top-2 finishes in September, with a scoring average of 70.4 over five rounds, with four rounds under par. She collected her first career victory at the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic and a runner-up tie at the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational.
At the Ram Classic, Foong recorded a career-best 36-hole total of 6-under 138 (67-71), highlighted by a personal-low round of 5-under 67, before the final round was canceled due to rain. She also tied for second at the Dick McGuire Invitational with a 2-under 214 (69-70-75).