Ranked No. 15 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (as of 4/24/2024)
SCOREBOARD BY CLIPPD RANKING: No. 4 (as of 4/24/2024)
HONORS
ANNIKA Award Spring Watchlist | 2024
SEC Golfer of the Week | March 20, 2024
3X SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week | Sept. 6, 2023, Oct. 11, 2023, Feb. 13, 2024
Augusta National Women’s Amateur invitee, made cut | 2023, 2024
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 66, Round 2 at the MountainView Collegiate (3/16/24)
Low Tournament: 205 (67-70-68), at the Carmel Cup (9/1-3/23)
Best Finish: 1, at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/2-4/23)
RECORD BOOK
(as of 4/18/24)
Season
2: Scoring Average (70.70)
T9: Par or Better Rounds (17)
T13: Wins (1)
Tournament
Low 36 Hole Total: T4, 134 at Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/2-4/23)
Low 54 Hole Total: T6, -11 at Carmel Cup (9/1-3/23)
Low 36 Hole Total: T12, 137 at Carmel Cup (9/1-2/23)
Low Round vs. Par: T11, -6, at MountainView Collegiate (3/15-17/24)
Low Round: T12, 66 at MountainView Collegiate (3/15-17/24)
Low Round vs. Par: T23, -5 (Round 1) at Carmel Cup (9/1/23)
Low Round: T25, 67 (Round 1) at Carmel Cup (9/1/23)
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS
Successful amateur player, ranked No. 33 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and was No. 22 in the Rolex American Junior Golf Association Ranking (at the time of her signing) … Became the first Latin American at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur to make the cut to play at the prestigious Augusta National … Also one of 72 amateur golfers in the world to receive an invite to play at ANWA … 2022 USGA Girls Junior Championship semifinalist … Won the 2023 Mexican Women’s Amateur by four strokes … Named the 2021 and 2022 South American Girls Junior champion …. Her nine-stroke win at the 2022 South American Girls Junior Championship was one of her 11 World Amateur Golf Ranking wins that year … Was victorious at the Girls Junior Orange Bowl in Miami in 2022 … Earned the individual gold medal in the South American Games … Won the XII Juegos Suramericanos Paraguay in a tournament played with professionals from 15 different countries … Placed second at the 2022 World Junior Girls Championship in Ontario, Canada … A part of the winning Colombian team at the South America Amateur Team Championship … Represented Colombia at the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships in France … Won three of her four World Amateur Ranking starts.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Lorena Negrete and Jose Marin … Has a younger brother named Emilio … Plans to study accounting.
COACH TAYLOR ON MARIA
“Maria comes to the University of Arkansas with a very decorated junior and amateur golf resume. She has competed all over the world and has a complete game. She is one of the hardest working junior golfers I have ever met, and it shows when she competes. She leaves no stone unturned in her preparation and she loves to win. Maria understands her strengths and is lasered-focused on executing a plan that plays to her strengths in every round she plays. She will bring an intensity to what we do, and I look forward to helping Maria on her journey to the U.S. to play collegiate golf.”
