Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus FIU Pat Bradley Invite on September 29, 2025
Women's Golf
vs. FIU Pat Bradley Invite
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Women's Golf
Neff, Aimee
Aimee Neff
- Title:
- Head Women's Golf Coach
- Email:
- neffa@fau.edu
Aimee Neff joined Florida Atlantic University as its Head Golf Coach in July 2018 and served in that role until June of 2020. Before FAU, Neff earned five years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, spent three years as a professional golfer and four stellar seasons as a collegiate athlete. She played and worked in the Big Ten Conference and coached in both the SEC and ACC.
FAU women’s golf has consistently improved during Neff’s three years at the helm.
In 2021, Neff’s squad posted two of its lowest rounds ever in the Low Country Intercollegiate (287) and the River Landing Classic (289), those scores ranking fourth and fifth, respectively in program history. For a third straight year, Neff led FAU to program records in Par 3 (3.1936), Par 4 (4.2678), Par 5 (5.0699) and overall stroke average (299.06). Neff won her second tournament (the Low Country Intercollegiate) as FAU’s coach and helped Justine Fournand earn two medalist honors, first-team All-Conference USA honors and a spot in the NCAA Regionals. The team also broke into Golfstat and Golfweek’s top-100 rankings for the first time ever.
Neff led the Owls to an 18.73 versus-par scoring average in 2018-19, then second in program history, only to shave that number to 13.71 in 2019-20 and rank a then-first. The Owls’ team scoring averages in 2019-20 and 2018-19 rank second and third in program history, respectively. In 2019-20, Neff helped the Owls score four of the lowest eight rounds in FAU history, including two top-three performances.
Under Neff’s direction FAU improved its national ranking from 156 in 2019 to 114 in ‘20. Her 2019-20 squad shot two par-or-better rounds, the most in a single season in FAU history. The Owls set a program record for eagles with four and finished fourth in birdies with 197. They also set then-program bests in Par 3 (3.2417), Par 4 (4.3323) and Par 5 (5.1172) scoring.
Neff’s strong player-development skills were evident in 2019-20, as freshmen Justine Fournand and Kim Egozi both finished the campaign with top-six stroke averages in FAU history. Fournand ranked first with a 72.90 and Egozi finished sixth with a 75.71. Under Neff’s direction, Fournand earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year and second-team All-Conference honors.
In her first season at FAU, Neff set a foundation for progress and milestones. The team's average score for the 2018-19 season was 306.73, then the second lowest in program history. The squad also record three of the top-15 54-hole scores in school history. At the FAU Fall Invite, the Owls' recorded the second lowest 54-hole total in school history with an 879.
Under Neff, the Owls had their lowest score in the Conference USA Championship since joining the league in 2013 with a 906 through three rounds, knocking off 33 strokes from the season before. Neff’s team posted a 299 in round two, the Owls' lowest single-round C-USA Championship score ever. The Owls improved 33 spots in the national Golfstat.com rankings, reaching 156th by season end. FAU's improved stroke average was 5.03 strokes better per round than 2017-18.
In 2018-19, three different individuals recorded four 54-hole scores that rank in the top-15 all-time at FAU. Two of those came from junior Amanda Leslie, who won a tournament in 2018 and improved her average score by nearly two full strokes from the previous season.
Neff is developing players both on and off the course. Her squad earned FAU’s highest team GPA for seven straight semesters as of spring 2020. It posted a 3.870 team GPA. in spring 2020, the best in FAU women’s golf history. This spring, Neff coached six Women’s Golf Coaches Association Academic All-Americans: Fournand, Egozi, Leslie, Taylor Morgan, Arielle Keating and Rosa Barnak.
After the 2018-19 season Neff’s team claimed the Owl Cup at the annual FAU Athletics award ceremony, the Owlspys. The Owl Cup is determined based on points earned through academic achievement, community service, Red/Blue game attendance, Life Skills attendance and utilizing priority registration. The team completed over 180 hours of community service and participated in several life skills workshops.
Leslie, Morgan, Keating and Tai Barber all earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors in 2018-19. The WGCA also recognized the Owls for having a top-25 team grade point average nationally. That team GPA was also the highest by any team at FAU for the 2018-19 athletic season.
In the community, Neff and the Owls raised $15,000 to build a well in rural Zambia through the Golf Fore Africa program.
Prior to FAU the Carmel, Indiana native served as an assistant coach at Michigan State (2013-16) and Vanderbilt (2016-17). At Michigan State Neff helped the Spartans win a Big Ten Championship and reach an NCAA Championship, and one of her Vanderbilt players made an NCAA Athens Regional. Neff became North Carolina’s associate head coach in 2017 and led the Tarheels to a 2018 San Francisco Regional, leaving for FAU in 2018.
As a student-athlete, Neff competed at Michigan State and is one of only three Spartans to earn All-Big Ten honors four times, including first-team honors as a senior in 2011. She also helped Michigan State win the Tar Heel Invitational in 2009 and its ninth Big Ten Championship in 2011. She ended her collegiate career ranked fifth all-time in Spartan history in career scoring average. She also recorded 13 top-10 finishes in her career and was awarded the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor as a senior in 2011.
At Michigan State, Neff not only excelled on the golf course, but also in the classroom. She was named to the NGCA All-Scholar Team and Academic All-Big Ten Team in 2009, 2010, and 2011 and graduated with a 3.66 GPA.
Professionally, Neff played on the Symetra Tour from 2011-14, where she competed in the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, had two top-five finishes in 2012, was the Illinois Women's Open champion in 2008 and 2009 and was the Indiana Women's Open champion in 2009 and 2010. Neff also played on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour in the winter of 2013.
Along with her life-long training in the sport of golf, Neff holds a Titleist Performance Institute Certification in both Level I and II. Neff began serving on the WGCA Board as the Division I representative on July 1, 2019. She is AimPoint Express and Trackman University certified. She has participated as the Women’s Golf Team liaison for the Dicky Baddour Leadership Academy at the University of North Carolina and has attended the Alliance of Women’s Coaches Academy.
Neff earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Michigan State University in May 2011
FAU women’s golf has consistently improved during Neff’s three years at the helm.
In 2021, Neff’s squad posted two of its lowest rounds ever in the Low Country Intercollegiate (287) and the River Landing Classic (289), those scores ranking fourth and fifth, respectively in program history. For a third straight year, Neff led FAU to program records in Par 3 (3.1936), Par 4 (4.2678), Par 5 (5.0699) and overall stroke average (299.06). Neff won her second tournament (the Low Country Intercollegiate) as FAU’s coach and helped Justine Fournand earn two medalist honors, first-team All-Conference USA honors and a spot in the NCAA Regionals. The team also broke into Golfstat and Golfweek’s top-100 rankings for the first time ever.
Neff led the Owls to an 18.73 versus-par scoring average in 2018-19, then second in program history, only to shave that number to 13.71 in 2019-20 and rank a then-first. The Owls’ team scoring averages in 2019-20 and 2018-19 rank second and third in program history, respectively. In 2019-20, Neff helped the Owls score four of the lowest eight rounds in FAU history, including two top-three performances.
Under Neff’s direction FAU improved its national ranking from 156 in 2019 to 114 in ‘20. Her 2019-20 squad shot two par-or-better rounds, the most in a single season in FAU history. The Owls set a program record for eagles with four and finished fourth in birdies with 197. They also set then-program bests in Par 3 (3.2417), Par 4 (4.3323) and Par 5 (5.1172) scoring.
Neff’s strong player-development skills were evident in 2019-20, as freshmen Justine Fournand and Kim Egozi both finished the campaign with top-six stroke averages in FAU history. Fournand ranked first with a 72.90 and Egozi finished sixth with a 75.71. Under Neff’s direction, Fournand earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year and second-team All-Conference honors.
In her first season at FAU, Neff set a foundation for progress and milestones. The team's average score for the 2018-19 season was 306.73, then the second lowest in program history. The squad also record three of the top-15 54-hole scores in school history. At the FAU Fall Invite, the Owls' recorded the second lowest 54-hole total in school history with an 879.
Under Neff, the Owls had their lowest score in the Conference USA Championship since joining the league in 2013 with a 906 through three rounds, knocking off 33 strokes from the season before. Neff’s team posted a 299 in round two, the Owls' lowest single-round C-USA Championship score ever. The Owls improved 33 spots in the national Golfstat.com rankings, reaching 156th by season end. FAU's improved stroke average was 5.03 strokes better per round than 2017-18.
In 2018-19, three different individuals recorded four 54-hole scores that rank in the top-15 all-time at FAU. Two of those came from junior Amanda Leslie, who won a tournament in 2018 and improved her average score by nearly two full strokes from the previous season.
Neff is developing players both on and off the course. Her squad earned FAU’s highest team GPA for seven straight semesters as of spring 2020. It posted a 3.870 team GPA. in spring 2020, the best in FAU women’s golf history. This spring, Neff coached six Women’s Golf Coaches Association Academic All-Americans: Fournand, Egozi, Leslie, Taylor Morgan, Arielle Keating and Rosa Barnak.
After the 2018-19 season Neff’s team claimed the Owl Cup at the annual FAU Athletics award ceremony, the Owlspys. The Owl Cup is determined based on points earned through academic achievement, community service, Red/Blue game attendance, Life Skills attendance and utilizing priority registration. The team completed over 180 hours of community service and participated in several life skills workshops.
Leslie, Morgan, Keating and Tai Barber all earned WGCA All-American Scholar honors in 2018-19. The WGCA also recognized the Owls for having a top-25 team grade point average nationally. That team GPA was also the highest by any team at FAU for the 2018-19 athletic season.
In the community, Neff and the Owls raised $15,000 to build a well in rural Zambia through the Golf Fore Africa program.
Prior to FAU the Carmel, Indiana native served as an assistant coach at Michigan State (2013-16) and Vanderbilt (2016-17). At Michigan State Neff helped the Spartans win a Big Ten Championship and reach an NCAA Championship, and one of her Vanderbilt players made an NCAA Athens Regional. Neff became North Carolina’s associate head coach in 2017 and led the Tarheels to a 2018 San Francisco Regional, leaving for FAU in 2018.
As a student-athlete, Neff competed at Michigan State and is one of only three Spartans to earn All-Big Ten honors four times, including first-team honors as a senior in 2011. She also helped Michigan State win the Tar Heel Invitational in 2009 and its ninth Big Ten Championship in 2011. She ended her collegiate career ranked fifth all-time in Spartan history in career scoring average. She also recorded 13 top-10 finishes in her career and was awarded the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor as a senior in 2011.
At Michigan State, Neff not only excelled on the golf course, but also in the classroom. She was named to the NGCA All-Scholar Team and Academic All-Big Ten Team in 2009, 2010, and 2011 and graduated with a 3.66 GPA.
Professionally, Neff played on the Symetra Tour from 2011-14, where she competed in the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, had two top-five finishes in 2012, was the Illinois Women's Open champion in 2008 and 2009 and was the Indiana Women's Open champion in 2009 and 2010. Neff also played on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour in the winter of 2013.
Along with her life-long training in the sport of golf, Neff holds a Titleist Performance Institute Certification in both Level I and II. Neff began serving on the WGCA Board as the Division I representative on July 1, 2019. She is AimPoint Express and Trackman University certified. She has participated as the Women’s Golf Team liaison for the Dicky Baddour Leadership Academy at the University of North Carolina and has attended the Alliance of Women’s Coaches Academy.
Neff earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Michigan State University in May 2011
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