Honors and Awards
2017-18 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore (2018-19): Played in nine tournaments and posted a 77.00 scoring average • Finished in the top-30 three consecutive times in the spring and placed in the top-15 twice • Took seventh at The Strutter April 1, her best finish of the season • Shot a 72 in the first and second rounds of the UNF Collegiate in March on her way to a tie for 12th.
Freshman (2017-18): Played in all 11 tournaments and tied for the team lead with 32 rounds • Posted three top-20 finishes and five top-30 outings • Ranked third on the team with a 77.12 scoring average • Shot 71-73=144 to tie for second at the Terrier Intercollegiate • 71 was her lowest round of the season • Tied for 18th at the Jacksonville Classic.
Prep highlights: First place at 2016 Carolina Golf Association (CGA) Jimmy Anderson Invitational • 2016 North Carolina Junior Golf Rankings top-10 and 2015 North Carolina Junior Golf Rankings top-20 • Carolinas/Virginia Match Play Team member • Two-time North Carolina Qualifier for Optimist International • Two-time High Point Junior Open Champion • Two-time Tar Heel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) Championship Runner-up • Second place at 2016 Arnold Palmer Long Drive contest • Second place at 2014 Big I National Championship long drive contest • Two-time selection to NCHSAA all-state team, three-time member of NCHCAA all-regional team and four-time honoree on NCHSAA all-conference Team.
Golf stuff:
- What is your lowest 18 hole score? 66 non tournament, 67 tournament
- Describe the best shot of your life. At regionals, I was the last group out. After my friends from my team and other teams had finished, they came out to watch me finish up on 17 and 18. I bomb my drive and now I have about 170 in on a 425 par 5. I pull my 6 iron a little bit and I lay in the rough beside the green. My friends jokingly say “hey you got this, just chip in!” Surely, I step up, give it a good read and knock it in for an eagle. Everyone went nuts and there must’ve been about 30 people watching me.
- What is the strongest part of your game? Fairways and greens in regulation
- When did you start playing your golf? What was your inspiration? I started playing golf at age 10 and my inspiration was trying to beat my two older brothers one day.
- What would be your dream golf course to play? Pebble Beach!
- What would be your ideal foursome? Jordan Spieth, Smiley Kaufmann, and Justin Thomas
Random thoughts:
- Best advice you ever received. “Don’t worry about being different, they’ll all be jealous when you’re on tour.”
- If you had to live off one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Mac and cheese
- What celebrity do you get mistaken for? When I was little, it was Michelle from Full House, but now probably a cross between Susanne PETTERSEN and NATALIE Gulbis.
- What would you name the autobiography of your life? Progress
Think fast:
- Favorite vacation place. Myrtle Beach, NC
- Favorite food. Mac and Cheese
- Favorite book. Dear John
- Favorite restaurant. Cracker Barrel and SportsZone (local)
- Favorite holiday. Christmas
- Favorite type of music. Country
Personal: Born Natalie Margaret Petersen March 31, 1999, in Amherst, New Hampshire • The daughter of Meg and Cris Petersen • Has two older brothers, Ben and Sam.
Major: Sport management.
| Career Snapshot |
| Year |
Starts |
Rds |
Strk |
Avg. |
Low Rd. |
Low 54 |
Top Finish |
Top-5 |
Top-10 |
Top-20 |
| 2017-18 |
11 |
32 |
2468 |
77.12 |
71 (Terrier) |
228 (+12) |
T2-Terrier |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 2018-19 |
9 |
26 |
2002 |
77.00 |
72 (twice) |
220 (+4) |
7-Strutter |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Totals |
20 |
58 |
4470 |
77.06 |
71 (Terrier) |
220 (+4) |
T2-Terrier |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Career Scorecard |
| 2017-18 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Marilynn Smith Invite |
79-77-79=235 |
+19 |
T34 |
| Lady Paladin Intercollegiate |
77-80-80=237 |
+21 |
76 |
| Jacksonville Classic |
79-74-75=228 |
+12 |
T18 |
| Terrier Intercollegiate |
71-73=144 |
E |
T2 |
| Idle Hour Collegiate |
77-78-77=232 |
+16 |
T20 |
| Texas State Invitational |
75-80-80=235 |
+22 |
T52 |
| Kiawah Island Classic |
75-73-81=229 |
+13 |
T79 |
| Spring Break Shootout |
72-81-79=232 |
+16 |
T28 |
| Hennsler Intercollegiate |
79-77-77=233 |
+17 |
36 |
| Charleston Invitational |
74-78-79=231 |
+15 |
T52 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
74-84-74=232 |
+19 |
T26 |
|
|
|
|
| 2018-19 |
|
|
|
| Tournament |
Scores |
Par |
Finish |
| Lady Paladin Invitational |
80-76-70=226 |
+10 |
T48 |
| Jacksonville Classic |
75-73-79=227 |
+11 |
T32 |
| Terrier Intercollegiate |
80-81=161 |
+17 |
T49 |
| Amelia Island Collegiate |
79-78-78=235 |
+19 |
T45 |
| Kiawah Island Classic |
76-77-77=230 |
+14 |
T113 |
| UNF Collegiate |
72-72-76=220 |
+4 |
T12 |
| Auenue Spring Break Classic |
76-81-79=236 |
+20 |
T26 |
| The Strutter |
80-74-77=231 |
+15 |
7 |
| Sun Belt Championship |
86-77-73=236 |
+20 |
T42 |
