Monday, October 31
Kailua Kona, Hawaii
All Day
Colorado
vs
First Round
Photo by: Tony Harman
October 31, 2022 | Women's Golf
KAILUA KONA, Hawai'i — The University of Colorado women's golf team is in ninth place after the first round of the 2022 Pac-12 Preview played at the Nanea Country Club on Monday.
Â
The Buffaloes shot 6-over, 298, on the 6,449-yard par 73 Nanea Course. Colorado is two strokes behind No. 19 USC at 4-over, 296. Six of the eight teams ahead of Colorado after the first round are ranked in top 28 in the nation.
Â
No. 22 Arizona State shot 17-under, 275, to lead after 18-holes, four strokes better than top-ranked Stanford and five over No. 13 Arizona.
Â
Colorado's top two golfers came from the No. 4 and No. 5 spots in the lineup. Freshman Morgan Miller and junior Hailey Schalk are tied for 22nd after shooting even, 73, just three strokes out of the top 10.
Â
Miller got off to a fantastic start. Beginning on No. 14 with the shotgun start, she birdied her first three holes – all par 4s to quickly get to 3-under. Miller had back-to-back bogeys at the par-5, No. 18 and par-4, No. 1 and fell out of the red with bogeys at No. 8 and No. 9. She rallied back to even with her fourth birdie of the round at the par-4, No. 12.
Â
Schalk, competing for the first time in four tournaments, started on No. 17, played even through the first three holes, then picked up birdies at the 342-yard, par-4, No. 2 and the 462-yard, par-5, No. 6, to get to 2-under. She had a double at No. 9, but held steady over the final five holes to finish at even.
Â
Sophomore Natalie Vo is tied for 36th after shooting 2-over, 75. Vo dropped to 3-over after just two holes, but settled in and played the rest of her round in the red including birdies at No. 4 and No. 7.
Â
Senior Issy Simpson is tied for 46th at 4-over, 77. Sophomore Lauren Gooding is in 59th at 8-over. Gooding ran into trouble early and found herself at 10-over before bouncing back with three birdies in a five-hole span down the stretch.
Â
"Overall tee to green our team did well," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said "We just couldn't seem to get the birdie putts to drop. We definitely need to convert a few more birdies and try to eliminate the bigger numbers."
Â
Arizona State has three individual golfers in the top six. Ashley Menne is the first-round co-leader with Arizona's Julie Misemer at 7-under, 66. Stanford's Rose Zhang and California's Cristina Ochoa are one shot back at 6-under, 67. Sun Devil teammates Beth Coulter and Grace Summerhays are tied for fifth at 5-under, 68.
Â
                 Colorado will pair with Washington, Washington State and Hawai'i in the second round, set for a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. MT. The four teams will begin between holes No. 11 and No. 15.
                Â
Â
Â
The Buffaloes shot 6-over, 298, on the 6,449-yard par 73 Nanea Course. Colorado is two strokes behind No. 19 USC at 4-over, 296. Six of the eight teams ahead of Colorado after the first round are ranked in top 28 in the nation.
Â
No. 22 Arizona State shot 17-under, 275, to lead after 18-holes, four strokes better than top-ranked Stanford and five over No. 13 Arizona.
Â
Colorado's top two golfers came from the No. 4 and No. 5 spots in the lineup. Freshman Morgan Miller and junior Hailey Schalk are tied for 22nd after shooting even, 73, just three strokes out of the top 10.
Â
Miller got off to a fantastic start. Beginning on No. 14 with the shotgun start, she birdied her first three holes – all par 4s to quickly get to 3-under. Miller had back-to-back bogeys at the par-5, No. 18 and par-4, No. 1 and fell out of the red with bogeys at No. 8 and No. 9. She rallied back to even with her fourth birdie of the round at the par-4, No. 12.
Â
Schalk, competing for the first time in four tournaments, started on No. 17, played even through the first three holes, then picked up birdies at the 342-yard, par-4, No. 2 and the 462-yard, par-5, No. 6, to get to 2-under. She had a double at No. 9, but held steady over the final five holes to finish at even.
Â
Sophomore Natalie Vo is tied for 36th after shooting 2-over, 75. Vo dropped to 3-over after just two holes, but settled in and played the rest of her round in the red including birdies at No. 4 and No. 7.
Â
Senior Issy Simpson is tied for 46th at 4-over, 77. Sophomore Lauren Gooding is in 59th at 8-over. Gooding ran into trouble early and found herself at 10-over before bouncing back with three birdies in a five-hole span down the stretch.
Â
"Overall tee to green our team did well," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said "We just couldn't seem to get the birdie putts to drop. We definitely need to convert a few more birdies and try to eliminate the bigger numbers."
Â
Arizona State has three individual golfers in the top six. Ashley Menne is the first-round co-leader with Arizona's Julie Misemer at 7-under, 66. Stanford's Rose Zhang and California's Cristina Ochoa are one shot back at 6-under, 67. Sun Devil teammates Beth Coulter and Grace Summerhays are tied for fifth at 5-under, 68.
Â
                 Colorado will pair with Washington, Washington State and Hawai'i in the second round, set for a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. MT. The four teams will begin between holes No. 11 and No. 15.
                Â
Â
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T22. | Morgan Miller | 73 (E) | ||
| T22. | Hailey Schalk | 73 (E) | ||
| T36. | Natalie Vo | 75 (+2) | ||
| T46. | Issy Simpson | 77 (+4) | ||
| 59. | Lauren Gooding | 81 (+8) | ||
| Â | Â | Â | ||
| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T1. | Julia Misemer, Arizona | 66 (-7) | ||
| T1. | Ashley Menne, Arizona State | 66 (-7) | ||
| T3. | Rose Zhang, Stanford | 67 (-6) | ||
| T3. | Christina Ochoa, California | 67 (-6) | ||
| T5. | Beth Coulter, Arizona State | 68 (-5) | ||
| T5. | Grace Summerhays, Arizona State | 68 (-5) | ||
| Â | Â | Â | ||
| TEAM SCORES | ||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||
| 1. | Arizona State | 275 (-17) | ||
| 2. | Stanford | 279 (-13) | ||
| 3. | Arizona | 280 (-12) | ||
| 4. | California | 283 (-9) | ||
| 5. | UCLA | 285 (-7) | ||
| 6. | Oregon | 288 (-4) | ||
| 7. | Oregon State | 291 (-1) | ||
| 8. | USC | 296 (+4) | ||
| 9. | Colorado | 298 (+6) | ||
| 10. | Hawai'i | 302 (+10) | ||
| 11. | Washington State | 305 (+13) | ||
| 12. | Washington | 307 (+15) | ||
Wednesday, May 21
Friday, April 11
Tuesday, December 12
Tuesday, December 12
