Elle Higgins - 2026-27 Women's Golf Roster
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Elle Higgins
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Centennial, CO
- Prev School:
- Montana
- High School:
- Valor Christian High School
2026-27 (senior): Higgins opened the season with a 14th-place finish at the Utah Valley Invitational. She shot a 73 in the final round and finished +6 over three rounds to help the Cowgirls finish as the runner-up in the event for the second consecutive season. ... Higgins finished tied for 50th at the Ram Classic at +10 with low rounds of 74 in the first and final rounds. She helped UW finish 10th in the competitive 13-team field. ... Finished 38th at 8-over (224) in the 54-hole Ron Moore Intercollegiate to lead the Cowgirls to fourth place in the 15-team event. It was UW’s highest ever finish in the nationally competitive tournament hosted by Denver. ... Finished tied for 53rd individually in a field of 114 golfers at 5-over par to help the Cowgirls to a fourth-place finish at the 20-team Diamante Invitational in Hot Springs Village, Ark. She helped the team finish with a score of 863, the second lowest team event score in program history. UW shot 286 and a 287 in the final two rounds, which ranked as the fourth and fifth lowest team rounds in program history.
2025-26 (junior): In her first tournament with the Cowgirls, Higgins set the program record for individual low round with a 67 (-5) in the opening round of the Utah Valley Wolverine Invitational. The Montana transfer finished the 54-hole event second on the individual leaderboard at -7 (209) for the lowest tournament score (209, -7) in program history. Her record was broken later in the season by teammate Kiley Reisner (207, -9) at the Cowgirl Classic. Higgins finished 76th in the event hosted by UW. ... Higgins won her final match at the Mountain Classic Matchplay in Palm Desert, Calif., to help the Cowgirls win the consolation bracket. ... She finished 8th at the GCU Invitational in Phoenix with a three-round score of 224 (+8) and 13th at the Southern Utah Thunderbird Invitational in St. George, Utah, with an identical 224 (+8) score. ... Higgins closed the spring schedule strong finishing 23rd at the Bobcat Desert Classic shooting 223 (+7) and 17th at the Mountain West Championships shooting 223 (+7) to help the Cowgirls finish fourth in the 10-team conference tournament, the highest finish in program history. ... Higgins was instrumental in UW winning the National Golf Invitational. She finished tied for fourth with a 54-hole score of 217 (+1) to help the Cowgirls win the 10-team event in the program's first postseason appearance.
Before Wyoming: Higgins spent the previous two seasons playing at Montana. As a sophomore, she posted a third-place finish at the Tri-State Invitational hosted by Eastern Washington and finished 21st at the Big Sky Conference Championship. ... Higgins' 75.85 stroke average last season was second on the Grizzlies. She was an academic all-Big Sky selection as a freshman and carded a first-round 68 at the conference championship. ... During her prep career in Centennial, Colo., Higgins finished fifth in the state as a senior and third as a junior to help lead Valor Christian High School to back-to-back Class 5A state titles. She won the 2023 Colorado Golf Association stroke play title at the State Junior Championship, opening with a round of 66.
2025-26 (junior): In her first tournament with the Cowgirls, Higgins set the program record for individual low round with a 67 (-5) in the opening round of the Utah Valley Wolverine Invitational. The Montana transfer finished the 54-hole event second on the individual leaderboard at -7 (209) for the lowest tournament score (209, -7) in program history. Her record was broken later in the season by teammate Kiley Reisner (207, -9) at the Cowgirl Classic. Higgins finished 76th in the event hosted by UW. ... Higgins won her final match at the Mountain Classic Matchplay in Palm Desert, Calif., to help the Cowgirls win the consolation bracket. ... She finished 8th at the GCU Invitational in Phoenix with a three-round score of 224 (+8) and 13th at the Southern Utah Thunderbird Invitational in St. George, Utah, with an identical 224 (+8) score. ... Higgins closed the spring schedule strong finishing 23rd at the Bobcat Desert Classic shooting 223 (+7) and 17th at the Mountain West Championships shooting 223 (+7) to help the Cowgirls finish fourth in the 10-team conference tournament, the highest finish in program history. ... Higgins was instrumental in UW winning the National Golf Invitational. She finished tied for fourth with a 54-hole score of 217 (+1) to help the Cowgirls win the 10-team event in the program's first postseason appearance.
Before Wyoming: Higgins spent the previous two seasons playing at Montana. As a sophomore, she posted a third-place finish at the Tri-State Invitational hosted by Eastern Washington and finished 21st at the Big Sky Conference Championship. ... Higgins' 75.85 stroke average last season was second on the Grizzlies. She was an academic all-Big Sky selection as a freshman and carded a first-round 68 at the conference championship. ... During her prep career in Centennial, Colo., Higgins finished fifth in the state as a senior and third as a junior to help lead Valor Christian High School to back-to-back Class 5A state titles. She won the 2023 Colorado Golf Association stroke play title at the State Junior Championship, opening with a round of 66.
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