Florida Gators

Beth Wu enters her second season as an assistant coach after joining the program prior to the 2022-23 season.

In the 2023-24 season, the Gators highlighted the beginning of the season with three consecutive tournaments victories to end the fall season. Florida started the stretch off with a six-shot win at the Glass City Invitational, eight-shot victory in the Tar Heel Invitational and capped off by an 11-shot win in the fall finale, The Ally. 

The three wins brought it to 31 tournament wins all-time under head coach Glaser; 32nd total as she was an assistant coach for a season in 2011-12. Florida last won three events in a season in 2015-16 and is the fifth occurrence under Glaser. It marks the most team titles since the 2019-20 season when the Gators last won by double-digits at the Allstate Sugar Bowl by 13.

As a team, the Gators placed top-7 in all nine regular-season tournaments with three wins, seven top-5 and six top-3 finishes. UF also ended with a 2-1 match play record with ranked victories over No. 20 Pepperdine (4-1) and No. 4 UCLA (3-2) at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.

Maisie Filler headlined the season with three medalist honors and an undefeated record of 3-0 in match play. Her three straight stroke play tournaments victories marked the eighth Gator all-time to win three events in a season and in a row since Sierra Brooks in 2018. Filler was an All-SEC First-Team selection and a four-time conference golfer of the week. Her play also earned her a spot on the ANNIKA Award Watch List. She shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 at the Tar Heel Invitational, setting the second-lowest round in program history, breaking her previous record of 65. Also at the Tar Heel Invitational, Filler had a tournament score of 13-under 203, which tied the second-lowest individual tournament score in program history for the second time in her career.

Outside of collegiate competition, she finished T8 in her second appearance at the Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) marking the highest finish by a Gator all-time. Her play also continued the streak of a Gator earning an invitation since the inception of the event. Filler was also tabbed to Team USA Arnold Palmer Cup becoming the second only UF women's golfer to be chosen.

The 2023-24 group also featured three-freshman (Inès Archer, Paula Francisco and Sophie Stevens), who all earned SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week honors as Archer earned a spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team. Florida's freshman trio totaled 23 (out of 55) appearances in the lineup, including both postseason events (SEC Championship & NCAA Regionals) where the group combined for 15 rounds played with Archer posting a team-best finish of T20 at SECs. They also totaled seven top-10s and 13 top-25s finishes.

Florida defended its home tournament for the eighth straight and for the 26th time overall at the 52nd Gators Invitational in the 2022-23 season. The Gators also qualified for the NCAA Regionals for the 11th straight season after making match play in back-to-back seasons at the SEC Championship and fourth time in program history since the format was added in 2018. 

Wu worked with Annabell Fuller, who earned her third straight All-SEC selection and first Golfweek All-American honor in addition to a third All-American Scholar accolade. 

Outside of the season competition, Maisie Filler was invited to the Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) for the first time in her career. It marked the fifth player under Glaser to play in the prestigious event as she has had a selection since the inception of the tournament in 2019. 
 
Wu begins her coaching career after spending the last three years (2020-22) on the Epson Tour. She posted four top-10 finishes, including two runner-up outings in 2021 at the Garden City Charity Classic and the Donald Ross Classic.  In 2021 she finished 11th on the Epson Tour money list. Earlier this year, Wu competed at the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles.
 
Highlights of her amateur golf career include representing Team USA at the 2016 Curtis Cup and a semifinalist performance at the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur.
 
A native of Diamond Bar, Calif., Wu was a four-year member of the UCLA women's golf team from 2015-19. She began her collegiate career being named a Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Honorable Mention. She collected her second All-American nod in her senior season in addition to being a four-time All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention. Wu notched two collegiate wins in her senior season, including the prestigious PING/ASU Invitational. 
 
Wu earned her degree in Asian American Studies in 2019 at UCLA.

Quotable: 

• "Thank you Coach Glaser and the University Athletic Association (UAA) for the opportunity to begin my coaching career in Gainesville. I look forward to using my professional, competitive experience to help the team continue to succeed. Everyone at the University of Florida and the city of Gainesville have been very welcoming, and I can't wait to be a part of the community. Go Gators." - Beth Wu, Florida women's golf assistant coach

 

• "I'm thrilled to welcome Beth to our Gator family. I've known of Beth for some time for being an outstanding junior and amateur golfer. But what became evident during the hiring process was her high golf acumen and most importantly her desire to help people succeed. Those things coupled her with her golf experience are going to make her a huge asset to Florida and an outstanding collegiate coach." - Emily Glaser, Florida head women's golf coach

 

• "We are excited to have another Bruin entering college golf coaching. Beth Wu will bring a ton of knowledge as a top-level player and be able to draw upon her experience as a standout student-athlete in a top program. This is a great hire for Florida, and I am sure that Coach Glaser and the players will enjoy working with Beth." -Carrie Forsyth, UCLA head women's golf coach