MISHIMA, Japan – The No. 25-ranked UCLA women’s golf team owns a five-stroke lead after shooting -8, 276 in round one of the Pan Pacific University Golf Super League Tournament at Grand Fields Country Club on Wednesday.
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The Bruins, who are playing in a field of 12 teams from across the globe, lead the two other programs from the United States. Hawai’i in in a tie for third (E, 284) while SMU is in eighth (+10, 294).
Maye Huang opened her sophomore campaign with a career-low -5, 66, besting her previous low mark by four strokes. Huang is in a three-way tie for third and leads all competitors from NCAA programs. She trails clubhouse leaders Aodhagan Brady (Maynooth University) and Nagi Kuramochi (Nihon University) by one stroke.
Three Bruins made their collegiate debuts: GaEun Athena Yoo (T-14th), Kacey Ly (T-29th) and Zoe Sprecher (T-97th [IND]). After bogeying her first four holes, Yoo settled in down the stretch by finishing -5 on her final six and close the back nine with a bogey-free 3. Yoo recorded UCLA’s first eagle of the season on the par-4 16th.
Sophomore Angela Liu, UCLA’s scoring average leader from last season, is tied for 24th after shooting -1, 70.
Jenny Lee, a sophomore transfer from Baylor, completed her first round in a Bruin uniform with a score of +2, 73. Aside from back-to-back triple bogeys on the par-4 12th and 13th holes, Lee was under par for the day.
UCLA Individual Leaderboard
T-3. Huang (-5; 66)
T-14. Yoo (-2; 69)
T-24. Liu (-1; 70)
T-29. Ly (E; 71)
T-29. Seo* (E; 71)
T-35. Royal (+1; 72)
T-39. Lee* (+2, 73)
T-97. Sprecher* (+7; 78)
* denotes competed as individual
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