SACRAMENTO — Battling the weather for the third consecutive tournament to start the spring, the UC Davis women's golf team battled through the conditions to stand fourth following the first 36 holes at its own second annual Gunrock Invitational on Monday at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento.
The Aggies, who held a two-shot lead after the first round, finished with a two-round total of 619 to trail day one leader California by 18 shots heading into Tuesday's final round. Defending champion Sacramento State is second, eight shots back of the Golden Bears, while Wisconsin is third, just five shots ahead of UC Davis.
California's Katherine Zhu and Stanford's Brooke Seay share the individual lead after Monday's play, each shooting a 3-over 147 on day one for a one-shot advantage.
With gusty winds blowing throughout the day, the Aggies placed three players in the top 25 following day one, led by freshman
Jackie Lucena, who was six shots better in her second round on Monday to finish with a 2-over 74 and 10-over for the day, good for a tie for 13th.
Senior
Yoonhee Kim is in a tie for 17th following her first day of play, just one shot back of her teammate at 11-over. The San Ramon, Calif., native shot an opening round 71 thanks to three birdies on the back nine and tying the second-lowest round of the day.
Junior
Madison Wood rounded out the top-25 ground in a tie for 24th at 13-over for the day, and was followed by senior
Christine Danielsson in a tie for 31st at 15-over, and senior
Rei Nakatani in a tie for 52nd at 21-over.
On the individual leaderboard, junior
Skyler Wood stands in a tie for 20th following a second-round 75 that including a 3-under performance on the back nine. Junior
Hannah Sun is in a tie for 46th at 20-over, while sophomore
Andrea Gomez Lloret is tied for 56th at 22-over, to round out the Aggie group.
Play concludes with the final 18 holes on Tuesday morning (March 3) at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
GUNROCK INVITATIONAL
Del Paso Country Club (Sacramento, Calif.)
Par 72 • 5,950 Yards
TEAM SCORES (Through 36 holes)
1. California, 306-295—601 (+25)
2. Sacramento State, 308-301—609 (+33)
3. Wisconsin, 305-309—614 (+38)
4. UC DAVIS, 303-316—619 (+43)
5. Cal Poly, 312-309—621 (+45)
6. UC Irvine, 315-314—629 (+53)
7. Nevada, 321-313—634 (+58)
8. New Mexico, 320-323—643 (+67)
9. UC Riverside, 318-326—644 (+68)
10. Northern Colorado, 324-329—653 (+77)
11. South Dakota, 324-337—661 (+85)
12. University of British Columbia, 328-334—662 (+86)
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
(Leader plus UC Davis scores)
t1. Katherine Zhu, California, 74-73—147 (+3)
t1. Brooke Seay, Stanford, 73-74—147 (+3)
t13.
Jackie Lucena, UC Davis, 80-74—154 (+10)
t17.
Yoonhee Kim, UC Davis, 71-84—155 (+11)
t20.
Skyler Wood, UC Davis, 81-75—156 (+12)*
t24.
Madison Wood, UC Davis, 76-81—157 (+13)
t31.
Christine Danielsson, UC Davis, 76-83—159 (+15)
t46.
Hannah Sun, UC Davis, 83-81—164 (+20)*
t52.
Rei Nakatani, UC Davis, 87-78–165 (+21)
t56.
Andrea Gomez Lloret, UC Davis, 82-84—166 (+22)*
* Competed as an individual
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