Monday, September 24
Wolcott, Colo.
All Day
Pepperdine University
at
Golfweek Conference Challenge
Hannah Haythorne
Photo by: Jeff Golden
Women's Golf Heads to Golfweek Event
9/21/2018 9:21:00 AM | Women's Golf
MALIBU, California – After an excellent showing in the season opener, the Pepperdine women's golf team returns to action next week at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, a tournament the Waves have won four times.
EVENT INFO – The Golfweek Conference Challenge will be held at the par-72, 6,247-yard Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott, Colorado. There will be a single round each day between Monday and Wednesday (Sept. 24-26). Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
FIELD – The Golfweek Conference Challenge features schools from 18 different conferences. In addition to Pepperdine, the field also includes Campbell, Central Arkansas, Delaware, Denver, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Jacksonville, Nebraska, Sacramento State, San Diego State, SMU, Southern Mississippi, TCU, Troy, UCLA, UC Riverside and Virginia Tech.
PEPPERDINE LINEUP – The Waves' lineup consists of senior Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia), junior Momoka Kobori (Rangiora, New Zealand), senior Patricia Wong (Walnut, Calif.), senior Hannah Haythorne (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and freshman Kathrine Chan (Richmond, B.C., Canada).
EVENT HISTORY – Pepperdine won the inaugural Golfweek Conference Challenge in 2009 and again in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The Waves were second last season. Grace Na and Marissa Chow were back-to-back medalists in 2013 and 2014. This is the 10th annual event and Pepperdine has competed in all of them.
ROSTER – Pepperdine has four veterans (three seniors and one junior) joined by two freshmen. Hira Naveed (2016, 2017, 2018), Momoka Kobori (2018) and Patricia Wong (2016) have all earned All-WCC honors in their careers, and the three were named to the preseason All-WCC team this year. Naveed was an individual qualifier to the 2018 NCAA Championships.
LAST TIME OUT – At the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational in New Mexico, Hira Naveed won her first college title with a 7-under 209, while the Waves took second place as a team. Naveed won by one stroke after beginning the final round four shots back.
PEPPERDINE GOLF – Under the direction of Laurie Gibbs, who is now in her 26th season as head coach, Pepperdine has earned a place as one of the nation's top golf programs. Gibbs has been honored 12 times as the WCC's Coach of the Year, was tabbed the West Region Coach of the Year on two occasions and was selected the 2004-05 National Coach of the Year by Golfweek magazine. Gibbs was inducted into the WGCA Coaches Hall of Fame in December 2015. Under her leadership, the Waves have appeared in the NCAA Championships 12 times in the last 20 years, and have recorded eight top-10 finishes and four top-five showings, including a program-best second-place result in 2003. The Waves have won West Coast Conference championships in 17 of the last 21 years, including a streak of 14 titles that ran from 2002 to 2015.
ONLINE — Follow the Pepperdine women's golf team on Twitter (@WavesGolf), Facebook (/WavesGolf) and Instagram (pepperdinewomensgolf).
ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports — one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #46 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
EVENT INFO – The Golfweek Conference Challenge will be held at the par-72, 6,247-yard Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott, Colorado. There will be a single round each day between Monday and Wednesday (Sept. 24-26). Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
FIELD – The Golfweek Conference Challenge features schools from 18 different conferences. In addition to Pepperdine, the field also includes Campbell, Central Arkansas, Delaware, Denver, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Jacksonville, Nebraska, Sacramento State, San Diego State, SMU, Southern Mississippi, TCU, Troy, UCLA, UC Riverside and Virginia Tech.
PEPPERDINE LINEUP – The Waves' lineup consists of senior Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia), junior Momoka Kobori (Rangiora, New Zealand), senior Patricia Wong (Walnut, Calif.), senior Hannah Haythorne (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and freshman Kathrine Chan (Richmond, B.C., Canada).
EVENT HISTORY – Pepperdine won the inaugural Golfweek Conference Challenge in 2009 and again in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The Waves were second last season. Grace Na and Marissa Chow were back-to-back medalists in 2013 and 2014. This is the 10th annual event and Pepperdine has competed in all of them.
ROSTER – Pepperdine has four veterans (three seniors and one junior) joined by two freshmen. Hira Naveed (2016, 2017, 2018), Momoka Kobori (2018) and Patricia Wong (2016) have all earned All-WCC honors in their careers, and the three were named to the preseason All-WCC team this year. Naveed was an individual qualifier to the 2018 NCAA Championships.
LAST TIME OUT – At the season-opening Dick McGuire Invitational in New Mexico, Hira Naveed won her first college title with a 7-under 209, while the Waves took second place as a team. Naveed won by one stroke after beginning the final round four shots back.
PEPPERDINE GOLF – Under the direction of Laurie Gibbs, who is now in her 26th season as head coach, Pepperdine has earned a place as one of the nation's top golf programs. Gibbs has been honored 12 times as the WCC's Coach of the Year, was tabbed the West Region Coach of the Year on two occasions and was selected the 2004-05 National Coach of the Year by Golfweek magazine. Gibbs was inducted into the WGCA Coaches Hall of Fame in December 2015. Under her leadership, the Waves have appeared in the NCAA Championships 12 times in the last 20 years, and have recorded eight top-10 finishes and four top-five showings, including a program-best second-place result in 2003. The Waves have won West Coast Conference championships in 17 of the last 21 years, including a streak of 14 titles that ran from 2002 to 2015.
ONLINE — Follow the Pepperdine women's golf team on Twitter (@WavesGolf), Facebook (/WavesGolf) and Instagram (pepperdinewomensgolf).
ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports — one of just 18 schools to have accomplished this feat — and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affiliated with a "major" conference. The Waves have won a total of 25 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #46 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.
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