Women's Golf Finishes Tied for Second at Golfweek Red Sky Classic

Wednesday, September 25

Wolcott, Colo.

Pepperdine University

Golfweek Red Sky Classic

Women's Golf Finishes Tied for Second at Golfweek Red Sky Classic

9/25/2024 4:16:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

VAIL, Colo. – After another successful day at the Red Sky Golf Club, the Pepperdine women's golf team rounded out the Golfweek Red Sky Classic with an 856 (284-291-281) to tie for second-place.

"Great start to the season for Lauren with a win and second place finish," said head coach Laurie Gibbs. "Everyone is playing well with a third and second-place finish for the team. We are looking forward to playing in two top collegiate tournaments at Medinah Country Club in Illinois and Stanford Golf Course to complete our Fall season."

Two Waves finished in the top-six, led for the second-consecutive tournament by Lauren Gomez who finished in second-place with a 9-under 207 (70-70-67). She shot under par in each round for the second-straight tournament as well, as she won the Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational earlier this month. With the addition of these three below-par rounds, she is currently tied for fifth in the program record books with 31 career below-par rounds. The program record stands at 38 below-par rounds, set by Pepperdine great Katherine Hull from 2000-03.

Gomez's 9-under also tied for eighth in the records for lowest 54-hole score and she has now begun her senior campaign with a first and second-place tournament respectively in the team's two tournaments played. Jeneath Wong also had a solid week, finishing in sixth-place for her ninth top-10 career finish and 16^th top-20 finish. In just the beginning of her third season, Wong is already tied for 10^th in the record books with 21 below-par rounds as well.

The tournament's individual winner came from Eastern Michigan, as Savannah de Bock shot a 12-under 204 to earn the top-spot. Kansas took home the team hardware with a 15-under 849 collectively, while Boise State tied for second alongside the Waves. Sacramento State was six-strokes behind for fourth, while Denver rounded out the top-five 11-shots back from Pepperdine.

PLAYER SCORES

Senior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) has finished in the top-10 14 times throughout her career and in the top-20 on 19 occasions. She started out the day with a pair of birdies on the front nine. She picked up three more on holes 11, 13 and 15 before posting her first and only bogey of the day on 16. Gomez rounded out the day with another birdie on hole 18, finishing with a 5-under 67 to tie her best round of the season. She led the tournament in par-five scoring with a 9-under 4.25 average through three rounds and amassed 11 birdies throughout.
Junior Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) finished in sixth-place with a 210 (68-69-73) after leading the Waves with 12 birdies this week. She split with a bogey, followed by a birdie on holes three and four before remaining flawless through her next 13-holes of the day, though ended with a bogey on 18. She finished second among all competitors in par-four scoring with a 5-under 3.83 through 54-holes.
Freshman Grace Anderson (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) shot a 218 (76-72-70) for her best collegiate finish to date, tying for 23^rd. She had a bogey to start the day, but rallied with four-consecutive birdies on holes five through eight to regain composure. She remained flawless on the back nine, but ended the round with a bogey for her career-best round, a 2-under 70. She finished with 10 birdies.
Junior Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) tied for 38^th after posting a 221 (76-71-74). She picked up two birdies on the front nine and finished with nine overall.
Freshman Nishna Patel (Mumbai, India) finished 76^th with a three-day total of 234 (82-76-76). She marked four birdies today, including three on the back nine, and produced six altogether.

NEXT UP
Pepperdine will travel to Medinah, Illinois next for the Illini Women's Invitational on October 7 and 8.

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Kansas 849; T2. Pepperdine 856; T2. Boise State 856; 4. Sacramento State 862; 5. Denver 867; 6. UC Irvine 870; 7. Little Rock 877; 8. Northern Arizona 879; 9. Mercer 880; 10. South Dakota State 882; 11. UNC Asheville 889; 12. Eastern Michigan 893; 13. Northern Colorado 895; 14. East Tennessee State 904; 15. Arkansas State 907; 16. Wichita State 909.

Individual Scores: 1. Savannah de Bock (Eastern Michigan) 204; 2. Lauren Gomez (Pepperdine) 207; 3. Caitlin Maurice (Sac State) 208; T4. Kathrine Vynne (Little Rock) 209; T4. Lily Hirst (Kansas) 209; 6. Jeneath Wong (Pepperdine) 210; 7. Alona Avery (UC Irvine) 211; T8. Johanna Ebner (Kansas) 212; T8. Logan Hale (Denver) 212.