The Oregon women’s golf team won’t forget its latest trip to the desert.
The Ducks ran away from the field at the Alice & John Wallace Classic at Monterey Country Club in Palm Springs, California, winning by 23 shots over second-place USC. They broke multiple records in the process, too. Oregon broke the program record for total score and total score vs. par in a 54-hole tournament, finishing at 34-under 818. The Ducks closed in 18-under 266 on Monday, six strokes better than the previous program record for the lowest team score in a round, which was set earlier this month in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.
Freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham won the individual title after a stellar 7-under 64 in the final round. Her 12-under 201 total is the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history, while sophomore Kiara Romero (203) tied for the third-lowest and Karen Tsuru (204) tied for fifth-lowest. Vinijchaitham’s 7-under 64 tied the second-lowest individual round in program history, matching a 7-under 64 she signed for in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge. The 7-under 64 also set a new course record at Monterey Country Club, matched on Monday by USC’s Catherine Park.
Romero tied for second at 10 under for the Ducks, and Tsusu placed fourth at 9 under.
The win was the ninth for the Ducks under coach Derek Radley and 39th in program history.
Pepperdine, CSU-Fullerton and Washington rounded out the top-five teams, though Oregon and USC were the only ones to shoot under par. USC freshman Jasmine Koo, who had three wins in the fall, tied for sixth at 3 under for the tournament.