Olafia Kristinsdottir

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Reykjavik, Iceland

2012-13 Tournament Results

2013-14 (Senior)
Finished the season with a 76.81 scoring average in seven events ... 13.5 of her 21 rounds counted towards the team score ... Started the season with rounds of 75-76-75 (+10) at the Cougar Classic and finished in a tie for 50th ... Was 4-over par and tied for 27th at the Lady Tar Heel after posting scores of 73-74-73 ... Concluded the fall with scores of 76-75-76 (+11) at the Landfall Tradition and finished in a tie for 22nd, her best finish of the year ... Opened the spring with rounds of 78-81-75 (+18) at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and finished tied for 74th ... Finished in a tie for 84th at the Darius Rucker Invitational ... Had a second round 73 at the Bryan National Collegiate and finished in a tie for 42nd at 16-over par ... Also finished 16-over par in her final collegiate event at the NCAA West Regional after posting rounds of 79-76-77.

2012-13 (Junior)
Played in 11 events and finished second on the team with a 75.9 scoring average ... Qualified to the NCAA Championships as an individual ... Had a team-high tying four rounds at par or better and was second on the team with 25 of 28 rounds counting towards the team score ... Led the team in birdies made and had a pair of top-10 finishes ... Rebounded from a tough opening round at the Cougar Classic to post rounds of 74-75 and finish tied for 83rd ... Posted the second top-five finish of her career by finishing tied for fourth at the Mason Rudolph Challenge ... Opened the Mason Rudolph with a round of 1-under 71 ... Carded rounds of 74-76-80 at the Lady Tar Heel and finished tied for 52nd ... Shot a 2-over 74 at the rain-shortened Landfall Tradition ... Finished tied for 37th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge after rounds of 76-74-78 ... Had a tough week at the Darius Rucker Invitational, carding rounds of 77-84-78 ... Notched a final round 72 at the LSU Golf Classic and finished tied for 23rd ... Also finished tied for 23rd at the Bryan National Collegiate after rounds of 75-74-73 (+6) ... Shot rounds of 77-78-79 and finished tied for 25th at the ACC Championship ... Had a career-week at the NCAA Central Regional, firing rounds of 72-74-69 to finish at a career-best 1-under par and earn one of the two individual qualifying spots ... Final round 69 at the NCAA Regional tied a career-low 18-hole score to par ... Played in the NCAA Championship for the second time in her career and finished tied for 97th after rounds of 79-75-77-78.

Fall 2011-12 (Sophomore)
Enjoyed a tremendous sophomore season ... Was second on the team with a 75.1 scoring average which was four strokes lower than her average as a freshman ... Finished with the 14th-lowest scoring average in the ACC ... Was second on the team with over 90 percent of her rounds counting towards the team score and also had five rounds at par or better ... Either led or tied for the lowest score on the team at five different tournaments ... Tied for the team lead with three top-10 finishes ... Made a total of 56 birdies on the year, which was second most on the squad ... Finished runner-up at the ACC Championship ... Opened the year with an 80 in the first round of the Cougar Classic, which was her only round in the 80s all season ... Finished the tournament tied for 77th after posting back-to-back 75s ... Led the team at the Windy City Classic with three-straight rounds of 73 ... Finished tied for 7th at the Windy City Classic at 3-over par ... That was the first top-10 finish of her career ... Carded her first sub-70 round with a 3-under 69 in the opening round of the Lady Tar Heel Invitational ... Closed the fall with rounds of 78-77-75 to finish tied for 16 at the Landfall Tradition ... Shot rounds of 74-79-78 at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and finished tied for 46th ... Led the team at the rain-shortened Darius Rucker Intercollegiate after posting a pair of 75s and finishing in a tie for 20th ... Carded rounds of 76-77-76 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate ... Posted her second career top-10 with a tie for 7th finish at the Bryan National Collegiate after rounds of 71-72-77 ... Enjoyed perhaps her best tournament at the ACC Championship, finishing runner-up at 3-over par ... Opened the ACC Championship with rounds of 70-78 but closed with a spectacular round of 3-under 68 ... The 68 was the lowest round of her career and it was the lowest round of the entire tournament ... Finished the season with rounds of 77-78-75 at the NCAA East Regional to finish in a tie for 76th.

Summer 2011
Represented Iceland at the European Ladies Amateur Team Championship in Austria, shooting rounds of 75-71 and also recorded one and a half points for the team during match play ... Opened the Reykjavik Club Championship with rounds of 77-75 in tough windy conditions but pulled away from the field for a six-shot victory with rounds of 72-73 to finish ... The final round 73 included a hole-out for eagle from 110 yards ... Won the Icelandic National Championship in dominating fashion, lapping the field by nine shots ... Shot rounds of 72-70-74-80 to finish at 8-over par.

Spring 2011
Played in every event on the season ... Finished fourth on the team with a 79.0 stroke average ... 22 of 34 rounds counted towards the team score ... Shot a solid 77 in the first round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ... Finished the tournament tied for 52nd at 26-over ... Opened the LSU Invitational with another 77 but would finish with rounds of 80 and 83 to tie for 76th at 24-over ... Finished a season-best tied for 28th at the Bryan National Collegiate after firing rounds of 77-72-82 ... Opened the Liz Murphey Collegiate with a solid round of 77 but finished with rounds of 84-80 to tie for 101st at 25-over ... Played well in her first ACC Championship, posting with rounds of 78-79-81 to finish tied for 30th ... Helped the team advance through the NCAA Regionals with rounds of 80-81-81 to finish tied for 101st ... Shot a second round 75 at the NCAA Championships and would go on to finish tied for 121st. Fall 2010
Opened her career at the NCAA Fall Preview with rounds of 78-81-79 to finish tied for 84th ... Posted the first under-par round of her career at 1-under 71 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship ... Finished tied for 51st at 6-over par ... Sandwiched a tough round of 82 with a pair of 76s at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational to finish tied for 85th at 18-over par ... Finished the fall with rounds of 75-77-82 to finished tied for 58th at the Landfall Tradition.

Background
Full name is Olafia Thorunn Kristinsdottir ... Born on October 15, 1992, in Reykjavik, Iceland ... Parents are Kristinn Gislason and Elisabet Erlendsdottir ... Played golf at the Golf Club of Reykjavik for Brynjar Eldon ... Was named the Most Talented Icelandic Women Golfer in 2009 ... Won the Icelandic Junior Stroke Play Championship in 2007 and in 2008 and was also the Icelandic Junior Match Play Champion in 2008 as well ... Claimed the top spot in the 2007 Faldo Series Icelandic Championship and led her team to back-to-back Icelandic Junior Team Championships in 2008 and 2009 ... Was ranked the top junior Icelandic golfer in 2008 and 2009 ... Played in the European Ladies' Amateur Team Championship in 2009 and 2010 and also participated in the European Young Masters in France in 2008 ... Earned the Outstanding Achievement Award for Social Responsibility and Overall Excellence in 2006 as well as the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in both Science and Danish in 2008 ... Brother Alfred Kristinsson played collegiate golf for Presbyterian College from 2005-07.