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Women's Golf To Open Fall Season at ANNIKA Intercollegiate

MALIBU, Calif — Pepperdine women's golf is set to begin the fall 2025 season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota from Sept. 8-10.

The tournament features 18 holes of stroke play each day at the par-72 course. Streaming for round two and the final round will be available on YouTube.

Round 1 (Sept. 8) — Live Results
Round 2 (Sept. 9) — Watch | Live Results
Round 3 (Sept. 10) — Watch | Live Results 

The tournament offers one of the most challenging fields in the country with five of the top-six teams in the nation set to compete and nine of the top-25 according to the preseason Golf Channel rankings.

The full field includes:
No. 2 Texas
No. 3 Oregon
No. 4 USC
No. 5 Arizona State
No. 6 Duke
No. 11 South Carolina
No. 12 Wake Forest
No. 13 Northwestern
No. 25 Cal
Pepperdine
Minnesota
San Jose State

"The team is excited to play in the Annika Intercollegiate this week," said head coach Laurie Gibbs. "With the start of school complete, the players have been working hard for our trip to Minneapolis. Go Waves!"

The Waves lineup will consist of three returners and a pair of freshmen making their collegiate debuts.
1. Jeneath Wong (Sr.) 
2. Eunseo Choi (So.)
3. Kylee Choi (Fr.)
4. Irene Kim (Fr.)
5. Grace Anderson (So.)

Jeneath Wong and Eunseo Choi were each named to the All-WCC Team following the spring 2025 season, with Choi also being named the conference's Freshman of the Year. The accolades continued to roll in for Choi ahead of this season, as she was named to the ANNIKA Award Watch List and as a Golfweek Preseason All-American in August. Choi and Anderson were each named WGCA All-American Scholars following their freshmen campaigns.

The trio is joined by Kylee Choi (Murrieta, Calif.) and Irene Kim (Columbia, Md.) who comprise the Waves' Class of 2029 after standout junior golf careers on opposite sides of the country.

Anderson will be first to tee off on Monday for the Waves at 6:35 a.m. PT followed by Kim (6:45 a.m. PT), Kylee Choi (6:55 a.m. PT), Eunseo Choi (7:05 a.m. PT) and Wong (7:15 a.m. PT).

The Waves are coming off a 2024-25 campaign which saw the program reach its 26th-straight NCAA regional after a second place finish at the WCC Championships. Pepperdine held a final national ranking of No. 41 in the spring of 2025.

Following the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Pepperdine will ready for the Golfweek Red Sky Classic from Sept. 22-24 in Wolcott, Colo.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S GOLF
Pepperdine women's golf has consistently been one of the top collegiate programs in the country under head coach Laurie Gibbs, exemplified by the current streak of 26 straight seasons with an NCAA Regional appearance. Having advanced to the NCAA Championships on 14 of those occasions, the Waves also boast 21 WCC Championships since 1998. Since the year 2000, 15 athletes have garnered All-American honors with a total of 31 selections.

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Players Mentioned

Grace Anderson

Grace Anderson

Sophomore
1V
Eunseo  Choi

Eunseo Choi

Sophomore
1V
Jeneath Wong

Jeneath Wong

Senior
3V
Kylee Choi

Kylee Choi

Freshman
HS
Irene Kim

Irene Kim

Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Grace Anderson

Grace Anderson

Sophomore
1V
Eunseo  Choi

Eunseo Choi

Sophomore
1V
Jeneath Wong

Jeneath Wong

Senior
3V
Kylee Choi

Kylee Choi

Freshman
HS
Irene Kim

Irene Kim

Freshman
HS