Walnut Grove鈥檚 Chloe Tran opened both the season and her collegiate career by being named GNAC (Great Northwest Athletic Conference, ) women鈥檚 golf player of the week at Canada鈥檚 only NCAA golf event.

Tran placed fourth at the Simon Fraser University Red Leafs鈥� True North Classic on Monday, Sept. 12 and Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the Richmond Country Club, with a two-round score of seven-over-par 151.

She shot a 73 over the first 18 holes, tying for the second-lowest round in the tournament.

鈥淥ne of the goals heading into this event was to keep my emotions level, not letting them get too high or too low,鈥� said Tran. 鈥淚 think I did a good job of that over the last two days.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 play super well in qualifying leading up to this event. With nerves, it was a bit overwhelming for the first little bit, so being able to compete as an individual to get used to the college golf setting was good for me and my confidence. It was very exciting to place as the team鈥檚 top finisher.鈥�

It marked the return of Canada鈥檚 only NCAA golf event which launched in 2019, and then

Because she competed at the event as an individual, her scores didn鈥檛 count towards the SFU team score (The team placed second).

The other 91原创 golfer on the SFU roster, Sueah Park, did not compete in the event.

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Tran鈥檚 signing was announced last November.

At the time, head coach Matt Steinbach viewed her as 鈥渁n amazing well-rounded student-athlete who embodies all of our program values. She has a great foundation in all four components of golf and is very mature in her on course approach. I鈥檓 thrilled to have Chloe joining our program and I know she will have an immediate impact on and off the course.鈥�

Tran played for the Walnut Grove school team and belongs to the GreenTee Country Club 91原创 near Fort 91原创.

In 2019, Tran led Walnut Grove to the Fraser Valley Junior Championship and the senior team to third place. At the B.C. championships that same year, Walnut Grove placed fourth.

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