Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus ANNIKA Intercollegiate on September 8, 2025
Women's Golf
vs ANNIKA Intercollegiate
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Li, Katie
Katie Li
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Basking Ridge, N.J.
Bio
Career Honors:
All-ACC (2024)
WGCA All-American Scholar (2024)
All-ACC Academic Team (2024)
ACC Honor Roll (2024)
Career:
In two years, owns a 73.29 stroke average with 23 rounds of even or under par ... has collected eight rounds in the 60s ... has registered five eagles over her first two years.
Summer of 2025:
Competed in her second U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 77 and 76 for a 153 … after carding a 5-under, 67, in stroke-play qualifying to earn the top seed, advanced to the finals of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur Championship, before falling to Sarah Shao … with rounds of 75, 79, 76 and 72, tied for 25th at the Canadian Women’s Amateur with a 72-hole score of 302.
2024-25:
Appeared in all nine tournaments carding a 73.41 stroke average with two top five, three top 10 and four top-20 finishes ... her 10 rounds of even or under par and five scores in the 60s both ranked second on the Duke squad ... ranked second on the squad with 82 birdies on the year ... tied for first with three eagles ... tied for fourth at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 66, 75 and 70 for a 5-under, 211 ... tied for fifth at the Landfall Tradition with scores of 67, 70 and 77 for a 2-under, 214 ... tied for seventh at the PDI Intercollegiate with rounds of 68, 68 and 72 for an 8-under, 208 ... closed the ACC Championship with a 7-under, 65, which tied for the lowest score of the 2025 event ... registered a team-best 72.80 stroke average in the third round this season.
Summer of 2024:
Won the title at the New Jersey State Golf Association Women’s Amateur by totaling a 4&3 victory over Ami Gianchandani … was co-medalist in stroke play with a 1-over, 145, before winning four match play matches to win the championship … placed tied for 22nd with rounds of 73, 71 and 72 for an even-par, 216, at the LNGA Amateur Championship … competed in her first U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 77 for a 150 … after advancing to the match play round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, dropped a 4&3 match to Grace Jin.
2023-24:
All-ACC selection ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... turned in an impressive rookie season with the Blue Devils with a 73.19 stroke average with one victory and three top-20 finishes ... broke through in a big way at the Florida State Match Up with her first collegiate win as she carded rounds of 66, 66 and 72 for a 12-under, 204 ... became the first Duke freshman to register back-to-back rounds of 66 ... her 36-hole score of 132 was a school record ... the 54-hole score of 204 was tied for the third-lowest score in Duke history on a par-72 course and became the first Blue Devil freshman to win a tournament since Gina Kim in 2018-19 ... she was just the 16th freshman to win an event in Duke history ... posted 13 rounds of even or under par and four scores in the 60s ... with rounds of 72, 72 and 70 at the Landfall Tradition, turned in a tied for 19th finish with a 2-under, 214, and help Duke win the team title ... tied for 13th at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional ... closed the Moon Golf Invitational with a tied for team best round of 69 ... posted a team-best 5-under, 67, in the final round of the ACC Championship ... finished the season ranked No. 96 nationally ... named Duke Student-Athlete of the Week, after winning the Florida State Match Up ... her 13 rounds at par or better ranked tied for ninth on the Duke freshman records book, while her 73.19 stroke average ranked 10th.
Summer of 2023:
Opened her summer with a fourth-place ledger at the Mizuho Americas Open with rounds of 33, 34, 37 and 37 with a score of 141 (Stableford Scoring) … traveled to Japan for the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup with the United States and placed eighth individually with rounds of 73, 68, 71 and 67 for a 5-under, 279 … as a team, the United States finished second overall with a 32-under, 544 … won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic title with a 6&4 match play victory over Nikki Oh at Bethpage State Park Black Course … opened the North & South Women’s Amateur with a 5-under, 67, to lead after day one and went on to finish tied for 14th in stroke-play qualifying with a 145 … fell in the round of 32 of match play, 2&1, to Madelyn Gamble … advanced to the round of 32 of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship … at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, advanced to the first round of match play.
High School/Prep:
Owns six amateur victories at the 2023 Polo Golf Junior Classic, 2021 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom, 2019 & 2020 NJ Junior PGA Championship, 2019 NE Series at Flanders Valley and 2019 AJGA Junior at Southpointe … overall from 2019-23 as an amateur, posted six wins, 26 top-five finishes, 34 top-10 placements and 44 top-20 finishes … an AJGA All-America selection in 2022, 2021 and 2020, while earning Scholastic Junior All-American in 2022 … on the AJGA, collected three wins, 16 top-five finishes, 22 top-10 placements and 26 top-20 finishes … advanced to the U.S. Women's Amateur round of 16 in 2022 … competed on the Wyndham Cup East team in 2022 and Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2021 … advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
Personal:
Born Katie Li ... born December 21, 2004 in Red Bank, N.J. ... daughter of Xiangqun Li and Tong Wu ... has one brother, Jeffrey (22) ... National Honor Society selection … Academic Honor Roll each of her high school years ... majoring in mathematics.
Li By The Numbers
2024-25
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (66-75-70-211, T4, -5)
Windy City Collegiate (71-81-76=228, T40, +12)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (73-72-70=215, T11, +5)
Landfall Tradition (67-70-77=214, T5, -2)
PDI Intercollegiate (68-68-72=208, T7, -8)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (73-81-75=229, T67, +16)
Chattanooga Classic (76-77-76=229, T35, +13)
ACC Championship (78-80-65=223, T34, +7)
NCAA Norman Regional (77-74-74=225, T45, +9)
2023-24
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (76-73-76=225, 49, +9)
Windy City Collegiate (74-70-72=216, T41, E)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup (72-74-74=220, T29, +4)
Landfall Tradition (72-72-70=214, T19, -2)
Moon Golf Invitational (76-78-69=223, T44, +7)
Darius Rucker Invitational (71-71-79=221, T54, +8)
Florida State Match Up (66-66-72=204, 1, -12)
ACC Championship (76-78-67=221, T35, +5)
NCAA Cle Elum Regional (73-75-73=221, T13, +5)
NCAA Championship (73-75-79-77=304, T70, +16)
Professional
2024 U.S. Women’s Open (73-77=150, MC)
All-ACC (2024)
WGCA All-American Scholar (2024)
All-ACC Academic Team (2024)
ACC Honor Roll (2024)
Career:
In two years, owns a 73.29 stroke average with 23 rounds of even or under par ... has collected eight rounds in the 60s ... has registered five eagles over her first two years.
Summer of 2025:
Competed in her second U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 77 and 76 for a 153 … after carding a 5-under, 67, in stroke-play qualifying to earn the top seed, advanced to the finals of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur Championship, before falling to Sarah Shao … with rounds of 75, 79, 76 and 72, tied for 25th at the Canadian Women’s Amateur with a 72-hole score of 302.
2024-25:
Appeared in all nine tournaments carding a 73.41 stroke average with two top five, three top 10 and four top-20 finishes ... her 10 rounds of even or under par and five scores in the 60s both ranked second on the Duke squad ... ranked second on the squad with 82 birdies on the year ... tied for first with three eagles ... tied for fourth at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 66, 75 and 70 for a 5-under, 211 ... tied for fifth at the Landfall Tradition with scores of 67, 70 and 77 for a 2-under, 214 ... tied for seventh at the PDI Intercollegiate with rounds of 68, 68 and 72 for an 8-under, 208 ... closed the ACC Championship with a 7-under, 65, which tied for the lowest score of the 2025 event ... registered a team-best 72.80 stroke average in the third round this season.
Summer of 2024:
Won the title at the New Jersey State Golf Association Women’s Amateur by totaling a 4&3 victory over Ami Gianchandani … was co-medalist in stroke play with a 1-over, 145, before winning four match play matches to win the championship … placed tied for 22nd with rounds of 73, 71 and 72 for an even-par, 216, at the LNGA Amateur Championship … competed in her first U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 77 for a 150 … after advancing to the match play round of 64 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, dropped a 4&3 match to Grace Jin.
2023-24:
All-ACC selection ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... turned in an impressive rookie season with the Blue Devils with a 73.19 stroke average with one victory and three top-20 finishes ... broke through in a big way at the Florida State Match Up with her first collegiate win as she carded rounds of 66, 66 and 72 for a 12-under, 204 ... became the first Duke freshman to register back-to-back rounds of 66 ... her 36-hole score of 132 was a school record ... the 54-hole score of 204 was tied for the third-lowest score in Duke history on a par-72 course and became the first Blue Devil freshman to win a tournament since Gina Kim in 2018-19 ... she was just the 16th freshman to win an event in Duke history ... posted 13 rounds of even or under par and four scores in the 60s ... with rounds of 72, 72 and 70 at the Landfall Tradition, turned in a tied for 19th finish with a 2-under, 214, and help Duke win the team title ... tied for 13th at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional ... closed the Moon Golf Invitational with a tied for team best round of 69 ... posted a team-best 5-under, 67, in the final round of the ACC Championship ... finished the season ranked No. 96 nationally ... named Duke Student-Athlete of the Week, after winning the Florida State Match Up ... her 13 rounds at par or better ranked tied for ninth on the Duke freshman records book, while her 73.19 stroke average ranked 10th.
Summer of 2023:
Opened her summer with a fourth-place ledger at the Mizuho Americas Open with rounds of 33, 34, 37 and 37 with a score of 141 (Stableford Scoring) … traveled to Japan for the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup with the United States and placed eighth individually with rounds of 73, 68, 71 and 67 for a 5-under, 279 … as a team, the United States finished second overall with a 32-under, 544 … won the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic title with a 6&4 match play victory over Nikki Oh at Bethpage State Park Black Course … opened the North & South Women’s Amateur with a 5-under, 67, to lead after day one and went on to finish tied for 14th in stroke-play qualifying with a 145 … fell in the round of 32 of match play, 2&1, to Madelyn Gamble … advanced to the round of 32 of the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship … at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, advanced to the first round of match play.
High School/Prep:
Owns six amateur victories at the 2023 Polo Golf Junior Classic, 2021 K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom, 2019 & 2020 NJ Junior PGA Championship, 2019 NE Series at Flanders Valley and 2019 AJGA Junior at Southpointe … overall from 2019-23 as an amateur, posted six wins, 26 top-five finishes, 34 top-10 placements and 44 top-20 finishes … an AJGA All-America selection in 2022, 2021 and 2020, while earning Scholastic Junior All-American in 2022 … on the AJGA, collected three wins, 16 top-five finishes, 22 top-10 placements and 26 top-20 finishes … advanced to the U.S. Women's Amateur round of 16 in 2022 … competed on the Wyndham Cup East team in 2022 and Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2021 … advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship.
Personal:
Born Katie Li ... born December 21, 2004 in Red Bank, N.J. ... daughter of Xiangqun Li and Tong Wu ... has one brother, Jeffrey (22) ... National Honor Society selection … Academic Honor Roll each of her high school years ... majoring in mathematics.
Li By The Numbers
2024-25
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (66-75-70-211, T4, -5)
Windy City Collegiate (71-81-76=228, T40, +12)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (73-72-70=215, T11, +5)
Landfall Tradition (67-70-77=214, T5, -2)
PDI Intercollegiate (68-68-72=208, T7, -8)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (73-81-75=229, T67, +16)
Chattanooga Classic (76-77-76=229, T35, +13)
ACC Championship (78-80-65=223, T34, +7)
NCAA Norman Regional (77-74-74=225, T45, +9)
2023-24
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (76-73-76=225, 49, +9)
Windy City Collegiate (74-70-72=216, T41, E)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup (72-74-74=220, T29, +4)
Landfall Tradition (72-72-70=214, T19, -2)
Moon Golf Invitational (76-78-69=223, T44, +7)
Darius Rucker Invitational (71-71-79=221, T54, +8)
Florida State Match Up (66-66-72=204, 1, -12)
ACC Championship (76-78-67=221, T35, +5)
NCAA Cle Elum Regional (73-75-73=221, T13, +5)
NCAA Championship (73-75-79-77=304, T70, +16)
Professional
2024 U.S. Women’s Open (73-77=150, MC)
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