2025-26 Women's Golf Roster

Charlie Parent
Tom Lynn
Jessica Burda Leslie
Tom Lynn
Taylor Smith
Taylor Wolfram

Kate Brody

  • Class Junior
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Grand Blanc, Mich.
  • Major Consumer Behavior & Marketplace Studies
  • High School Grand Blanc

Biography

Awards & Honors

Runner-up at the 2025 Big Ten Championships ... 2024-25 Big Ten All-Academic honoree

Year-By-Year

2024-25: Runner-up at the 2025 Big Ten Championships (Apr. 18-20), finishing -4 across three rounds ... Tied for 53rd at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (Apr. 12-13), shooting +26 ... Finished 43rd at the Chattanooga Classic (Mar. 28-30) at +14 ... Placed T67th at the Mountain View Collegiate (Mar. 2-4), shooting +21 ... Tied for 51st at the Westbrook Invitational (Feb. 23-24), posting a +6 ... T66th at the Ally (Oct. 21-23) with a +18 finish ... Finished 56th at the Diane Thomason Invitational (Sept. 30-1), shooting +26 ... Tied for 49th at the Schooner Fall Classic (Sept. 21-23) witg a +5 through two rounds ... Competed individually at the Badger Invitational (Sept. 8-10), finishing T11th at +5 

2023-24: Competed in all 10 tournaments for the Badgers as a member of the travel roster ... earned her first collegiate start at the Cougar Classic finishing +5 to place T62 ... paced UW at the Badger Invitational as the team's top finisher placing sixth overall at 215 (-1) and also earned her top 54-hole tournament finish of the 2023-24 season ... T51 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate with a +7 ... finished in 55th at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at +11 ... placed second among Wisconsin golfers at the FAU Paradise Invitational with a +6, good for a 32nd-place finish ... enjoyed a strong showing at the Westbrook Invitational where she placed 11th at -10 to help Badgers finish third as a team ... carded a career-low 18-hole score (67) and career-low 54-hole score (206) at the Westbrook Invitational ... T58 at the Briar's Creek Invitational with a +12 ... finished T48 at +17 as the Badgers finished third at The Bruzzy ... carded a +12 at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational to T29 ... competed in the Big Ten Championship, finishing T47 at +10 ... one of the strongest UW freshman in recents years, Brody finished season with 73.90 average (2,217 strokes / 30 rounds) and season/career lows of 67-139-206.

Amateur: Competed in Island Resort Championship just missing cut with 8-over 152 in first professional tournament (playing as an amateur on sponsor's exemption) ... qualified for and competed in 2023 USGA Women's Amateur at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, California, shooting 11-over 151 (76-75) in the opening two rounds of stroke play.

High School: Two-time Michigan Miss Golf Award in 2022 and 2023 ... two-time Michigan State Champion in 2020 and 2022 ... four-time high school league champion and Most Valuable Player ... two-time Regional Champion ... 2022 GAM Junior Invitational Champion ... top-five finishes at Tallahassee Jr. tied 4th (2020), UHY Forest Lake Detroit Jr. tied 2nd (2020) and 2nd (2022), Dana Inc. Junior tied 1st (2021) ... Rolex Ranking 219 ... member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Parents are Douglas and Jennifer ... sibling Tyler ... mom golfed at Michigan State (1992-1996) ... major is Consumer Behavior and Marketplace Studies.

Stats

Year Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 36 Low 54
2023-24 30 2,217 73.90 67 139 206
2024-25 26 1,985 76.35 69 143 212
Total / Career: 56 4,202 75.04 67 139 206

Finishes

2024-25

Dates Tournament (Par) Finish, Scores (Par)
Sept. 8-10 Badger Invitational (72)* T11th, 75-74-72=221 (+5)
Sept. 21-23 Schooner Fall Classic (70) T49th, 71-74=145^ (+5)
Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Diane Thomason Invitational (72) T56th, 79-81-82=242 (+26)
Oct. 21-23     The Ally (72) T66th, 83-72-79=234  (+18)
Feb. 23-24 Westbrook Invitational (72) T51st, 75-72-75=222 (+6)
March 2-4 Mountain View Collegiate (72) T67th, 75-81-81=237 (+21)
March 28-30 Chattanooga Classic (72) 43rd, 70-81-79=230 (+14)
April 12-13 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (72) T53, 82-84-76=242 (+26)
April 18-20 Big Ten Championships (72) T2, 70-73-69=212 (-4)

* Competed as an Individual
^ Second round scores thrown out due to weather on first day

2023-24

Dates Tournament (Par) Finish, Scores (Par)
Sept. 11-12 Cougar Classic (71) T62, 73-71-74=218 (+5)
Sept. 17-19 Badger Invitational (72) 6, 70-75-70=215 (-1)
Oct. 6-8 Ron Moore Intercollegiate (72) T51, 70-75-78=223 (+7)
Oct. 15-17 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (71) 55, 78-72-74=224 (+11)
Feb. 5-6 FAU Paradise Invitational (72) 32, 77-72-73=222 (+6)
Feb. 25-26 Westbrook Invitational (72) 11, 71-68-67=206 (-10)
March 11-12 Briar's Creek Invitational (72) T58, 79-75-74=228 (+12)
March 30-31 The Bruzzy (70) T48, 75-75-77=227 (+17)
April 15-16 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational (72) T29, 74-76-78=228 (+12)
April 19-21 Big Ten Championship (72) T47, 77-76-73=226 (+10)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'6"