Scoring
No. 64 Princeton finished 7th out of a field of 10 teams at the Yale Invitational held at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. as the Tigers posted a 54-hole team score of 894 (+30). Pepperdine, the No. 10 in the country, were team champions with a score of 849 (-15).
The Tigers were slotted in the No. 7 spot on the team leaderboard after all three rounds, opening with a +12 before following with a +8 in the Second Round and a +XX to close the tournament on Tuesday.
Thanana Kotchasanmanee was the low finisher for the Tigers at (+4) while Sarah Lim was right behind at (+5)
After opening with a 73 (+1), Kotchasanmanee found trouble in the second round with a triple-bogey 7 on the 9th hole and a double-bogey 7 on the 11th. Birdies on 7 and 10 helped mitigate the damage in the middle round and allowed to her rebound with a 72 (E) in the final round to move up four spots into T19th.
Lim also opened with a 73 (+1) that included four birdies and then followed with an even-par 72 in the second round. In the Final Round, she carded a 76 (+4).
Olivia Duan was +11 after two rounds, but she found her form in the Final Round to the tune of an even-par 72 to move up seven spots and finish T30 overall.
Princeton’s Results At The Yale Invitational
T19. Thanana Kotchasanmanee — 73-75-72; 220 (+4)
T23. Sarah Lim — 73-72-76; 221 (+5)
T30. Olivia Duan — 77-78-72; 227 (+11)
T33. Abra Richmond — 79-71-78; 228 (+12)
T42. Luna Lu — 77-78-79; 234 (+18)
T53. Caiyi Flora Zhang — 80-79-83; 242 (+26)*
* Competed as an individual