Eila Galitsky

AWARDS/HONORS

• WGCA All-American (First Team – 2025)
• Golfweek All-American (Second Team – 2025)
• First Team All-SEC (2025)
• WGCA All-Freshman Team (2025)
• SEC Co-Freshman of the Year (2025)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2025)
• Moon Golf Invitational Champion (2025)
• Asia-Pacific Amateur Champion (2023)
• Arnold Palmer Cup – Team International (2025)
• Augusta National Women’s Amateur (2023, 2024, 2025)
• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/19/25 ; 4/9/25)

2024-25

• Highly touted freshman mid-year enrollee who delivered on and off the golf course in a major way putting together one of the best freshman campaigns in school history
• Helped the team to a No. 5 final ranking via Clippd and finished No. 18 in the final Clippd Player Rankings
• Led the team to three wins including the program’s second all-time SEC Championship and sixth all-time NCAA Regional Championship
• Earned WGCA First Team and Golfweek Second Team All-America honors ; ninth different player in program history to be a First Team All-American and one of three freshman to earn First Team All-America status
• One of five freshman to be named to the WGCA All-Freshman Team
• SEC Co-Freshman of the Year with LSU’s Rocío Tejedo ; First Team All-SEC and also a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team
• Had four top-five finishes in six stroke play starts in the spring leading the team with a 70.95 scoring average, the lowest scoring average by a freshman in program history and the second-lowest single-season scoring average in program history behind only former All-American Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (70.76 in 2020-21)
• T-5^th at the NCAA Championship (May 16-19) to lead the team ; second individual top-five finish in program history at NCAA Finals (Katie Burnett finished 5^th in 2012) and first freshman to finish top-five ; logged a 72-hole total of 282 (-6) with scores of 71-68-75-68 ; helped the team to a T-10^th finish
• T-4^th at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional (May 5-7) with 54-hole total of 213 (E) and scores of 69-72-72 ; helped the team to its first NCAA Regional Title since 2017 and its fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Championship
• T-5^that the SEC Championship (April 14-16) with a 54-hole score of 206 (-4) to lead the team ; fired scores of 65-68-73 in helping the Gamecocks earn the No. 1 seed for match play ; her 65 (-5) in round one was a new career-low mark ; went 3-0 in match play helping Carolina to its first SEC Title since 2002 ; Gamecocks made history as the first No. 1 seed to win the SEC Championship since the new match play format was instituted in 2018
• Made her third appearance in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (April 2-5) ; finished T-4^th at 8-under with a 54-hole score of 208 ; her final round 66 (-6) at Augusta National Club tied the tournament final round scoring record ; she turned in front nine 31 (-5) that featured a stretch on holes six thru eight that went birdie-birdie-eagle ; her front nine 31 was the first ever 5-under, nine-hole score at Augusta National Golf Club in the six-year history of the tournament ; her 208 total was the lowest by a Gamecock at the event ; joined Pauline Roussin-Bouchard as the only players in program history to record a top-five finish at the ANWA ; performance earned her SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time
• Went 3-0 in matches at the Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay (Match 17-18) helping the team to a runner-up finish
• T-11^th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 3-5) helping the team T-1^st ; shot 217 (+4) with scores of 74-69-64 in her debut at Long Cove Golf Cub
• In just her second collegiate start, won the Moon Golf Invitational (Feb. 16-18) defeating WAGR No. 1 Lottie Woad in a playoff ; sunk a 35-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to win the title ; shot 211 (-5) with scores of 72-70-69 ; became first freshman since Pauline Roussin Bouchard in 2019-20 to win a tournament ; earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the first time for the standout performance
• Finished T-34^th at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4) in her Gamecock debut ; shot 219 (+6) with scores of 69-78-72

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

• Stepped on campus in January of 2025 ranked No. 24 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
• Helped Team Asia-Pacific to the Patsy Hankins Trophy ; defeated WAGR No. 1 Lottie Woad 2-up in singles at Al Hamra Golf Club
• Won the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
• Member of the Thai National Team
• Played in four events on the Thai LPGA circuit with four top-five finishes, including a win at the SINGHA – NSDF in September of 2024
• Had 13 top-10 finishes and four wins total in WAGR counting events
• Made two appearances in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, finishing T-8^th in 2024

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Gary and Wasana Galitsky – has a younger brother, Benjamin
• Chose South Carolina because it felt like home
• Started playing golf when she was 8-years-old and fell in love with the game with daily trips to the driving range to practice
• Also was a standout basketball player, playing on the top team in Chiang Mai
• Enjoys thrift shopping and going to cafes in her free time off the golf course
• Favorite food is a Greek salad
• List Harry Potter as her favorite movie and Grey’s Anatomy as her favorite TV show