WOLCOTT, Colorado – The Pepperdine women's golf team earned its second straight second-place result to start the 2018-19 season as the Waves, led by
Hira Naveed's fourth-place finish, wrapped up play at the Golfweek Conference Challenge on Wednesday.
The Waves have won this event four times in its 10-year history and this was their third straight second-place result. The Waves shot a 1-over 865 (287-287-291) at the par-72 Red Sky Golf Club. UCLA ran away with the event, shooting a 32-under 832.
PLAYER SCORES
- Senior Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia), who was coming off a win at the season-opening McGuire Invitational, had another terrific showing with a fourth-place result. She had a 6-under 210 (71-70-69). All six of her rounds this season have been below par. Her final round 3-under included eight birdies. She had 16 for the tournament, tied for second most. Naveed was the top player in the field on the par-5s, scoring a combined 8-under.
- Senior Hannah Haythorne (Honolulu, Hawai'i/IMG Academy) ended with a 1-under 71 to move up to a tie for 13th with a 1-over 217 (72-74-71). She started her round with two birdies and finished with three.
- Junior Momoka Kobori (Rangiora, New Zealand) also tied for 13th with a 1-over 217 (70-74-73). She had an eagle on the par-5 15th hole and five birdies today.
- Senior Patricia Wong (Walnut, Calif./Walnut HS) took 31st at 223 (74-71-78). She had three birdies on Wednesday.
- Freshman Kathrine Chan (Richmond, B.C./Canada) tied for 52nd at 229 (78-72-79). She had four birdies in her final round.
QUOTABLE
Pepperdine Coach
Laurie Gibbs said: "We are happy to start the season with two second-place finishes against a strong group of teams from across the country. We'll continue to work on eliminating a few bad holes, and prepare the team for more success at Washington and Stanford. Hira is playing well and has all parts of her game ready for a great season."
UP NEXT
The Waves' third of four fall tournaments will be at Washington's Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational on October 9-10.
THE NUMBERS
Team Standings: 1. UCLA 277-284-271=832;
2. Pepperdine 287-287-291=865; 3. Denver 293-295-285=873; 4. Campbell 286-293-297=876; 5. SMU 299-297-282=878; 6. Virginia Tech 297-309-276=882; 7. Georgia 298-296-290=884; 8. TCU 294-303-291=888; 9. East Tennessee State 296-298-298=892; 10. San Diego State 306-295-294=895; 11. Nebraska 303-311-285=899; 12. Sacramento State 302-302-299=903; 13. Central Arkansas 316-309-286=911; 14. UC Riverside 308-295-309=912; T15. Delaware 312-303-303=918; T15. Troy 304-317-297=918; 17. Southern Miss 317-304-308=929; 18. Jacksonville 306-317-308=931.
Individual Leaders: 1. Mariel Galdiano (UCLA) 70-68-65=203; 2. Patty Tavatanakit (UCLA) 68-70-67=205; 3. Mary Weinstein (Denver) 68-74-64=206;
4. Hira Naveed (Pepperdine) 71-70-69=210; T5. Hee Ying Loy (East Tennessee State) 70-72-70=212; T5. Lilia Vu (UCLA) 72-73-67=212.
