STANFORD, Calif. – The UCLA women’s golf team finished at +1, 285 in the first round of the Stanford Intercollegiate at Stanford Golf Club on Friday afternoon. They currently sit in fourth place in the 19-team field, 10 of which are top 25 ranked opponents.
Stanford, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation and tournament host, leads the field by six strokes at -13. Only two other teams, No. 3 Oregon and Arizona, were able to finish the first round under par.
Sophomore Maye Huang (-1; 70) shot a steady one under par round with a bogey-free, -2 front nine. Huang carded three birdies and one bogey. She double bogeyed the 10th hole, which played the most difficult for the field with a scoring average of 0.6 strokes over par.
Senior Meghan Royal (-1; 70) shot -3 over her final eight holes to finish as the only other Bruin to card an under-par round. Royal’s -2, 34 on the back nine tied the scoring lead for all individuals in that stretch.
Huang and Royal are two of only 22 individuals in the 100-player field to card an under-par round on Friday. They currently sit at T-15th on the individual leaderboard.
After starting with a double bogey on the first hole, freshman Kacey Ly (+1; 72) battled back to finish -2 over her final 11 holes. Ly recorded five birdies in her first round, the most of any Bruin.
Sophomore Angela Liu (+2; 73) had a bogey-free, -1 front nine. Liu was one of the three UCLA players to start the day strong with a birdie on the par-5 first hole. Liu had 15 pars in her opening round to card a +2, 73 on the day.
Sophomore transfer Jenny Lee (+5; 76) carded three birdies over her final eight holes to finish +5 on the day.
UCLA Day One Individual Leaderboard
T-15. Huang (-1; 70)
T-15. Royal (-1; 70)
32. Ly (+1; 72)
48. Liu (+2; 73)
78. Lee (+5; 76)
Next Up
UCLA returns to action tomorrow for round two of the 2025 Stanford Intercollegiate. The Bruins are sitting in fourth place and are currently in second place among the five Big Ten Conference teams in the event, leading No. 6 USC (+4; 288), No. 9 Northwestern (+5; 289) and Washington (+15; 299).
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