SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly will defend the title and serve as host when the 2022 Major West Conference Women’s Golf Championship commences a 3-working day run Sunday at the San Luis Obispo Nation Club.
Coach Sofie Aagaard‘s Mustangs claimed their second Massive West crown a year back at the Yorba Linda Nation Club, edging runner-up UC Davis by two strokes. Lengthy Beach Point out was 3rd, another two photographs back again.
“We will have some excellent opposition to obstacle us in our attempt to preserve the trophy in San Luis Obispo,” claimed Aagaard. “Hawai’i has experienced a terrific spring time, winning most not long ago three months in the past in Fresno. UC Irvine has fireplace energy, as observed in Fresno as well with below par rounds. There is a very good opportunity it will be a battle all the way to the past hole on working day 3, the way a terrific championship need to be!”
Amid the 9 teams in the field for the a few-day celebration, Cal Poly has the best Golfstat.com ranking at No. 68, adopted by Hawai’i at No. 80, UC Riverside at 118th and Lengthy Beach State at 126th.
1st tee time for all a few times of the championship is set for 7:30 a.m. from the to start with tee. The top rated 3 seeded teams will tee off first.
Cal Poly is internet hosting the Huge West Championship for the to start with time since 2009. The class underwent important renovations in 2020-21, including new shapes, rolled turf edges and drastically bettering drainage less than the route of golf class architect Todd Eckenrode. The site characteristics picturesque sights, pure and undulating greens, white sand bunkers and laser-leveled tee boxes for a memorable golf expertise.
In addition to the 2021 title and a berth in the NCAA Stanford Regional, Cal Poly also claimed the Large West crown in 2017, edging UC Riverside by just one stroke, on its way to the NCAA Albuquerque Regional.
The Mustangs have been idle given that inserting fifth in the Fresno State Invitational on March 22 at the Belmont Region Club. Cal Poly received back-to-back tournaments in Highlands Ranch (Ron Moore Intercollegiate) and Fort Collins (Ptarmigan Ram Basic), each in Colorado in Oct.
“In practice, we have been focusing extra on inexperienced looking at and program management/approach execution with solution shots to put the ball in the great places on the greens,” stated Aagaard. “There have been plenty of aggressive drills in apply to hold the power going and to display up on April 10 with assurance and a winner’s perspective.”
Final year’s specific title went to Prolonged Seaside State’s Holland Shourds by one stroke around Cal Poly’s Caroline Cantlay and UC Irvine’s Megan Yang. Shourds carded rounds of 70, 73 and 71 for a 214 full, creating her the third straight Lengthy Beach front State golfer to acquire top medalist honors.
Shourds has graduated, but Cantlay and Yang the two return for the championship alongside with Angelina Kim of Long Beach Point out, Vanessa Betancourt of UC Riverside and Andrea Gomez Lloret of UC Davis, all of whom shared fourth area in the 2021 celebration.
In addition to Cantlay, a senior, Cal Poly will be represented by senior Elizabeth Scholtes, junior Jensen Jalufka and freshmen Kamille Dimayuga and Kaylyn Noh. Senior Vanessa Wang is an alternate.
Noh is Cal Poly’s No. 1 golfer in scoring with a 73.5 typical above 21 rounds with 5 leading-20 finishes and eight rounds of par or greater, together with five rounds in the 60s. Noh finished next in both equally Colorado occasions and was fourth in the Hobble Creek Slide Traditional.
Scholtes and Cantlay both equally are averaging 74. strokes for each spherical. Scholtes, who did not enjoy in the drop, won the spring opener, the Valley Invitational in Bakersfield, although Cantlay’s ideal end was a tie for sixth put in the Ptarmigan Ram Classic.
Dimayuga sporting activities a 74.6 scoring ordinary with a pair of top-10 finishes although Jalufka averages 74.7 strokes per round with 4 prime-20 finishes in her past 5 tournaments.
The 45 gamers will enjoy a follow spherical Saturday with a 1 p.m. shotgun start out adopted by a welcome supper in the main dining home at the program.
Reside scoring will be accessible, with a hyperlink at the prime of the website page.