Natasha Andrea Oon (born 10 September 2001) is a Malaysian

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who competes on the Epson Tour.

Amateur career

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. She represented Malaysia at the

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and the

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, 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. She was named All-American and

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Freshman of the Year. 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,

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finalist, and received the Inkster Senior Award, an award given to the highest-ranked women's senior collegiate golfer. Oon was invited to the 2022 Chevron Championship, narrowly missing the cut after rounds of 73 and 74. She was selected for the international team at the

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but turned professional before the event. She reached a career high of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Professional career

Oon turned professional in 2022 and joined the 2023 Epson Tour. In her rookie season, she was runner-up at the IOA Championship,

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, Island Resort Championship and Twin Bridges Championship. A year ahead of the

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, Oon sat 57th in the qualification rankings, on course to represent Malaysia alongside

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Amateur wins

*2016 Sabah International Junior Masters *2017 Selangor Amateur Open, Perak Amateur Open *2018 Kelantan Amateur Open, Minnesota Invitational *2019 The Gold Rush, Malaysian Women's Amateur *2022 Mountain West Conference Championship, NCAA Ann Arbor Regional Source:

Professional wins (1)

Epson Tour wins (1)

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Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oon, Natasha Malaysian female golfers San Jose State Spartans women's golfers Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Golfers at the 2018 Asian Games SEA Games medalists in golf SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games 2001 births Living people