Fresh Meadows Native Linda Wang Wins Boston College Invitational

On Tuesday, September 24th, 2019, Fresh Meadows (Bayside HS) native and St. John’s University Senior, Linda Wang, captured the 2019 Boston College Intercollegiate at Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Massachusetts. Wang fired a final round one-under 71 to earn medalist honors and add yet another title to her stellar collegiate career.

In May, Wang successfully defended her title by capturing the Women’s Independent Division in the 33rd PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Wang shot 72-214 and won by seven shots over Ana Ferreyra Heit of Bethune-Cookman University. As a two-time winner of the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship, Wang has been an integral participant in the most culturally important championship in collegiate golf created to help student-athletes find a career in the sport.

The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship is unlike any event as it provides a top-level championship in concert with its PGA WORKS Career Expo. The Expo is designed to cultivate the next generation of golf industry and business leaders, as participating student-athletes are exposed to internships and employment opportunities supported by leading golf companies.

While many of the participating teams represent historically black colleges and universities, the individual competition is open to all minority men and women student-athletes playing collegiate golf at the Division I, Division II or NAIA levels, or participants who are enrolled in one of the PGA of America’s PGA Golf Management University Programs.

The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship originated at a meeting in 1986, following the Jackson State University Golf Tournament. The goal was to elevate the game at minority colleges and universities by providing student-athletes the opportunity to compete on a championship stage during an era when they were excluded from playing in many collegiate golf events. The inaugural Championship was conducted in the spring of 1987 at Highland Park Golf Course in Cleveland.

For more information visit www.pgaminoritychamp.com/2019-pga-works-collegiate-championship/