Victoria Chandra Signed To University Of Kansas Women's Golf Team

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Coming off a solid fall that had two runner-up and five top-five finishes, Kansas women's golf coach Erin O'Neil continued her momentum by signing what she believes could be her best class with Ariadna Fonesca, Victoria Chandra and Laine Evans inking National Letters of Intent to play at KU.

"As a group, they are very talented, love golf and are all-around good people," said O'Neil, who is in her 11th season at Kansas. "It's probably the strongest recruiting class we have had from top to bottom."

Chandra, from Bali, tied for 22nd at the 2014 Callaway Junior World Golf Championships, July 15-18, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California, shooting a 294 (+5), which included a 1-under 71 in her second round. The previous week she tied for 18th at the Future Champions Golf (FCG) International Championship at Willow Glen in San Diego, California, with a three-round 227 (+12). In January 2014, she won the Faldo Series Indonesia Girls U-21 Division at Damai Indah's BSD Course in Indonesia.

In 2013 she finished eighth at the Thailand Amateur Open carding two rounds under par and was runner-up at the Optimist International Junior Championships at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Also in 2013, Chandra competed in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Naypyidaw, Burma, finishing 11th and placed 12th at the True Vision International Junior Golf Championship in Bangkok, Thailand.

"We found Victoria by looking for the top golfers in the world, using the World Amateur Golf Rankings," O'Neil said. "She played in a tournament in San Diego this summer and we were able to go watch her there. She's a strong-ball striker and has a tremendous amount of potential. She also has a lot of international experience which will help her be competitive at the collegiate level."