STANFORD, Calif. – The UCLA women’s golf team finished at +1, 285 in the first round of the Stanford Intercollegiate on Friday afternoon. They currently sit in 4th place in the 19-team field, 10 of which are top 25 ranked opponents.
The No. 1-ranked team in the nation and host, Stanford, 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 3 birdies and one bogey, along with one double bogey on the 10th hole, playing the most difficult for the field with a scoring average of 0.6 strokes over-par.
Senior Meghan Royal (-1; 70) was able to shoot -3 in her final eight holes on the round, including three birdies in her final six holes, to be the 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 today. They currently sit at T-15 on the individual leaderboard.
After starting with a double bogey on the first hole, freshman Kacey Ly (+1; 72) battled back to finish -2 in her final 11 holes. Ly recorded 5 birdies in her first round, the most of any Bruin.
Sophomore Angela Liu (+2; 73) had a bogey-free, -1 front nine after being one of the three UCLA players to start off the day strong with a birdie on the par-5 first hole. Liu had 15 pars in her opening round to card a two-over 73 on the day.
Sophomore transfer Jenny Lee (+5; 76) carded three birdies in her final eight holes to finish five-over on the day. Aside from a stretch on the final five holes of the front nine, Lee was -1 on the day and was one of two Bruins to finish under-par on the back.
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 4th place overall and are currently in 2nd place of the five Big Ten teams in the event, leading No. 6 USC (+4; 288), No. 9 Northwestern (+5; 289), and Washington (+15; 299), and trailing only No. 3 Oregon (-7; 277).
