Natalie Armbruester

Thursday, May 14

Thursday, May 08

Wednesday, January 10

Marie Madsen lines up for tee off at NCAA Regional

Madsen Named Unanimous All-American for Second Straight Season

Wednesday, June 10

Marie Eline Madsen swings the golf club at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

Madsen Tabbed WGCA Second Team All-American

Tuesday, June 02

Vania Simont tees off at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

Women’s Golf Season Ends at NCAA Chapel Hill Regional in Playoff

Wednesday, May 13

Lindsay McGrath of the NC State women's golf team tees off at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

Wolfpack Move to Fourth After Two Rounds at NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

Tuesday, May 12

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Zurich, Switzerland
High School:
Sotogrande International School
Major:
Business Administration

CAREER TOURNAMENT RECORD

CAREER HONORS:
2020 WGCA Scholar All-American
2021 WGCA Scholar All-American
2022 WGCA Scholar All-American
2023 WGCA Scholar All-American
2023 NCAA Elite 90 Award winner
2023 All-ACC Academic Team

SENIOR (2022-23):

Competed in all 11 tournaments in her final season with the Wolfpack, one of four players on the team to do so
Compiled a 74.03 stroke average in 31 rounds played during the 2022-23 campaign; ranked tied for 10th in the Wolfpack’s single-season stroke average records
Only player on the team to have all 31 of her rounds counted towards the team tournament score
Finished Wolfpack career with overall stroke average of 76.40 in 91 rounds to rank 14th in program history
Secured a pair of top-20 tournament finishes with a seven-over 223 at the Landfall Tradition (T13th) and a one-over 217 at the NCAA Raleigh Regional (T14th)
Opened senior campaign with career-low round of 68 (-3) in the second round of the Cougar Challenge; performance came after she fired a 69 (-2) in the opening round
Also shot a 69 and a 68 in the opening two rounds of the ICON Invitational from Feb. 27-28; scores helped the Pack team set 18-hole and 54-hole tournament records
Had total of eight even par or under par rounds during her senior campaign
Earned a match play win at the Ivy Intercollegiate with a 3&2 defeat of Penn’s Natalie Cao
Finished T125th in her NCAA Championships debut with a score of 231 (74-77-80)
Won Elite 90 Award for the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship for having the highest cumulative GPA of any player participating at the finals site

JUNIOR (2021-22):

Played in all 10 tournaments in the 2021-22 season, and was one of three players to do so
Closed out the season with a 75.04 scoring average over 27 rounds
Collected top-20 finishes at the Bryan National Collegiate on Sept. 26-28 (20th) and the Briars Creek Invitational on March 14-15 (T18th), the first ones of her career
Fired a career-low two-under 70 in the final round of the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational on Oct. 15-17 and turned in a combined five rounds at even or under par throughout the season
22 of her 27 rounds counted towards the team tournament total
Earned a 20-hole thriller match over Florida State’s Cecile Finne-Ipen at the Wolfpack Match Play on April 3 to help the Wolfpack defeat the Seminoles, 3-2, and move on to the winner’s bracket of the semifinals

SOPHOMORE (2021):

Played in all seven events in the 2021 season
Compiled a 78.40 stroke average in the five stroke play tournaments
Her best finish of the season was at the UCF Challenge where she finished T39th with a 223 (75-76-72), which was also her best 54-hole score of the year
Her 72 in the final round of the UCF Challenge matched her career low for 18 holes
12 of her 15 rounds of stroke play counted toward the team’s tournament total
Won her match against UNC’s Nicole Adam (20 holes) at the Cavalier Match Play event and was a part of the team’s match play lineup in the Big Four Challenge at Lonnie Poole

FRESHMAN (2019-20):

Played in six of the team’s seven tournaments, and turned in a 75.72 stroke average to lead all freshmen in the category
Fired a career-low 72 on five separate occasions
Shot a four-over 220 at the UCF Challenge for the lowest 54-hole score of her career
Her best finish of the season was T30th out of 84 players at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
Also led all freshmen with six even/under par rounds
14 of her 18 rounds competed in counted towards the team’s tournament total

PERSONAL/PREP:

Owns dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland; born in Norwalk, Conn., and moved to Zurich when she was five years old
Member of the Swiss National Junior Team from 2013-16
Member of Swiss National Women's Team since 2017
Was anked as high as No. 485 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
Won the U14 Swiss National Championship and 2018 Swiss Central Championships
Earned several top-10 and top-20 finishes at major international women competitions such as Italian, German and Finish championships
Finished as runner up at the 2018 Belgian International Amateur Championship and fourth at the 2017 Doral Junior Golf Classic
Participant in 2017 and 2018 European Team and Individual Championships