Aleks Golde

Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Pace Academy

Career Through Fall 2021: Played in four tournaments with a stroke average of 76.67 • Low round of 73.

Fall 2021: Played in three events • Made her first career start in the Cougar Classic • Shot career-best 73 in the second round at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Intercollegiate • Averaged 75.78 over nine rounds.

2019-20: Competed in the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational.

Amateur/Prep: Member of the 2018 Georgia 3A All-State golf team • Four-year letterwinner and three-time captain • Played for Coach Tim Walsh • Earned earned back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Georgia state tournament • Winner of two HJGT tournaments • Finished in the top three in six different junior tournaments • Also played volleyball • Named the 2018 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Comeback Athlete of the Year after overcoming knee injuries to return to golf • American Junior Golf Association Links Member • Helped raise more than $4,000 through Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for the Andrew P. Stewart Center • Member of the National Honor Society • 2018 AP Scholar • Graduated with honors • Recipient of the Pace Academy’s Lance and Shield award as both a junior and senior for leadership and excellence in athletics and academics.

Personal: Aleksandra Paris Golde is the daughter of Evia and Andris Golde • Born February 16, 2001, in Atlanta, Ga. • Has an older brother, Kal • Has dual US-Canadian citizenship • Enjoys running and skiing and playing tennis and volleyball • Also make ceramics and likes spinning and traveling • Favorite food is sushi • Best food she makes is banana bread • Favorite vacation spot is Jackson Hole, Wyo. • Plays the piano, guitar and clarinet • Favorite non-golf athlete is tennis player Matteo Berrettini.

Greatest golf achievement is making a 40-foot birdie putt to win her first junior tournament on the third playoff hole • Best career round is a 69 on the Capital City Crabapple Course in the Georgia Ladies Open • Favorite course is TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • Favorite golfer is Jordan Spieth • Best friend on another team is Wofford’s Emma King • Says she has to chew gum during the round (“I swear it helps me focus”) • Credits former Tar Heel teammate Ava Bergner with the best golf advice she ever received – “At the end of the day when you’re standing over the shot and you know you’ve done everything in your power to hit the best shot possible, you have to trust that’s enough no matter what the outcome is” • Go-to club is her 9 iron • Best shot was a 200-yarder from a fairway bunker that she hit to two feet for birdie in her first-ever under-par round • Dream golf foursome includes Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele • Worked hardest in the offseason on her short game, specifically putts inside eight feet.