Pepperdine University
Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational
Women's Golf Heads North for Juli Inkster
3/4/2023 8:57:00 PM | Women's Golf
MALIBU, Calif. — After a good start to the spring season, the #23 Pepperdine women's golf team will head up north for the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational.
EVENT INFO — The tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,157-yard Meadow Club located in Fairfax, Calif. It's a two-day event (March 6-7) with 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 holes on Tuesday. San Jose State and San Francisco are the tournament hosts.
SCORING & TEE TIMES — Live scoring will be available on Golfstat with links found on www.PepperdineWaves.com. Tee times are set for a shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. on Monday and 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
SPECTATORS — Spectators are welcome to come and watch the golfers compete at no admission charge.
FIELD — In additional to Pepperdine, the 13-team field also includes #1 Stanford, #5 San Jose State, #11 USC, #30 Texas Tech, #40 Cal, Oregon State, Washington, BYU, Colorado, San Diego State, Washington State and San Francisco.
PEPPERDINE LINEUP — The Waves' lineup consists of juniors Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) and Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Calif.), sophomore Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) and freshmen Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) and Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China).
EVENT HISTORY — The tournament was renamed the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational in 2019. This is the ninth year of its existence, which has also been called Meadow Club Women's Collegiate and Bay Area Collegiate.
Pepperdine has attended five times, with the best finishes being sixth-place in 2019 and 2020. Most recently in 2021, the Waves finished 11th.
RANKINGS — Golfstat has the Waves ranked #23 this week, while Golfweek has the Waves at #31 on the publication's rankings list. Jeneath Wong ranks #54 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, while Lion Higo, Wong, Lauren Gomez and Kaleiya Romero currently rank #35 and #81 respectively on the individual Golfstat rankings. On the Golfweek individual rankings, Higo and Wong rank #59 and #70 respectively.
SPRING HIGHLIGHTS — Two weeks ago, the Waves put in an impressive performance at The Show at Spanish Trail, finishing second after posting better second and third rounds than any other teams. Jeneath Wong posted her best finish as a Wave, placing fourth with two rounds of 68 for a 5-under. Lion Higo also had a stellar performance, tying for fifth after shotting a 3-under and posting her second top-20 finish in as many tournaments. Yingzhi Zhu finished tied for 10th as well - her second time in the top-20 this season. To begin the season, the Waves golfed at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, finishing 9th among 16 teams, and besting #12 UCLA by four strokes. Higo led the Waves, finishing strong in the final round after posting four birdies and ending the round 2-under par. She tied for 17th overall with a 3-over 216.
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