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No. 19 CU Women Show Promise at Bruin Wave Invitational
Three Lady Buffs earn top-25 finishes in San Luis Obispo.
By Drew Kort
The University of Colorado lady golfers got an early look at their conference championship competition this week at the Bruin Wave Invitational. They teed it up alongside five Pac-12 rivals in San Luis Obispo, California, all of which are ranked in the top 50 in the country, per Golfstat.
At at 6,323 yards, the par-72 course at San Luis Obispo Country Club proved to be a challenging test for the 16-team field; the winning score was a 32-over-par 896 posted by the women from USC.
CU’s dynamic Australian duo of Robyn Choi and Kirsty Hodgkins set the pace for the Buffs early with a pair of 1-over-par 73s. But, their charges came to a grinding halt on their second loops when they carded a 9-over-par 81 and a 10-over-par 82 respectively.
Senior Brittany Fan (Pearl City, Hawaii) shot a solid 3-over-par 75 to open things up followed by a respectable 5-over-par 77 to end day one. She was T10 with one loop left and led the way for the Buffaloes going into the final round.
A bounce-back 77 for Choi on her closing 18 earned her a T21 spot on the individual leaderboard. Hodgkins played a balanced final round in which she made 15 pars, a birdie and two bogeys for a 73. This moved her up to T11. Fan got around the course in 78 strokes in her final round, and she landed in a tie for 18th. Neither Hodgkins nor Fan have finished outside the top-20 in any event during the season.
The group shot an aggregate 64-over-par 928 (304-315-309) to finish alone in sixth and 32 strokes behind the tournament champions USC. The final leaderboard should serve as a reminder to the Buffs that earning a spot in Regionals come April won’t come easy. Four of the top five finishers in the field were Pac-12 foes in No.10 USC, No. 1 UCLA, No. 4 Stanford and No. 18 Washington.
To prove how competitive the conference is, last year, all but two teams from the PAC-12—Utah and Washington State—qualified for Regionals, including the eventual champion, the University of Arizona.
UCLA’s Lilla Vu outlasted the field on the individual side. She posted a 3-round total of 1 under par and was the only player in red numbers. She won by two shots.
The team will be in competition again March 5-6 at the Meadow Club Women’s Collegiate in San Rafael, California.
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