Pepperdine is out in front at the Albuquerque Regional
5/8/2017 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for NCAA Women's Norman Regional, Jimmie Austin Golf Club
Leading the way in the medalist chase is Laura Kowohl of NC State
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (May 8, 2017) - Pepperdine is the only team under-par and they are leading the Albuquerque Regional by three-strokes. Currently 1-under-par the Waves were led by Tatiana Wijaya who is in second place after one round of play at the UNM South Championship Course.
Tatiana Wijaya turned in a 2-under-par round and she will begin the second day one shot off the medalist pace. Wijaya started her round birdie, bogey and after a run of pars she birdied Nos. 10 and 11 back-to-back before parring to the house.
Two other members of the Pepperdine lineup --Hira Naveed and Patricia Wong-- are tied for fourth after even-par 72's while Momoka Kobori is tied for 14th at 1-over.
Leading the way in the medalist chase is Laura Kowohl of NC State. Kowohl had a seesaw round with seven birdies and four bogeys. She started her round with consecutive birdies before giving a pair of shots back with bogeys on each of the next two holes.
Three birdie from Nos. 6-9 followed to push Kowohl into the red for good.
Behind Kowohl comes Wijaya in second place, Albane Valenzuela (Stanford) is in third at 1-under while 10 others are sharing fourth at even-par.
From each regional six teams will advance to the NCAA Championships.
Outside of Pepperdine the top-six currently includes Stanford (+2) in second place, USC (+7), California (+7) and Washington (+7) are tied for third while Campbell (+9) and Duke (+9) are sharing sixth.
Results: NCAA Women's Norman Regional
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | , Switzerland | 1000 | 71-69-70=210 | |
| T2 | , Indonesia | 700 | 70-72-71=213 | |
| T2 | , Sweden | 700 | 73-68-72=213 | |
| T4 | , Slovenia | 500 | 73-71-70=214 | |
| T4 | , Philippines | 500 | 73-69-72=214 |
About the NCAA Women's Norman Regional
54 hole women's NCAA Regional from which the low teams advance to the NCAA Championship.
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