CORINTH, Texas – The Kansas State ladies’s golf group was in a position to regain the momentum it had within the first spherical because the Wildcats improved two spots to tie for fourth place throughout the remaining spherical of the Sam Golden Invitational on Tuesday on the par-72, 6,343-yard Oakmont Country Club.
Ok-State, which recorded a final-round tally of 9-under par 279, tied with Texas Tech for fourth place with a 54-hole rating of 22-under par 842. It was the third-best 54-hole rating at school historical past and tops for a season opener, 14 photographs higher than the earlier report of 856 within the 2023 opener, the Schooner Fall Classic. Additionally, the rating of 279 on Tuesday tied for the Tenth-lowest group spherical in program historical past.
“It was great seeing the ladies compete again and bounce back with a good final round,” stated head coach
Stew Burke. “I know this team is very capable of low scores, but seeing them respond with one today was reassuring. I was impressed by our underclassmen and how they played. They are a fun group to coach – we’ve got a nice blend of youth and experience on our roster, so competition for spots on the travel team is fierce. However, the support they have for one another in practice and competition is what will make the difference as the season progresses.”
The Wildcats and Red Raiders completed two photographs forward of sixth-place Louisville, whereas they had been two photographs behind home-standing North Texas. Ok-State tied for first within the 13-team subject with a pair of eagles, whereas the Wildcats had been second in par-5 scoring at 23-under par, only one shot behind Texas Tech.
Ok-State was led throughout the occasion by sophomore switch
Kelsey Chen, who improved 4 spots throughout the remaining spherical to tie for eighth place at 7-under par 209. Her bounce up the standings was due to a final-round complete of 3-under par 69, which was one shot shy of her collegiate-low spherical of 68 throughout the remaining spherical of the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional whereas taking part in for Georgia Southern. A local of Dalian, China, Chen had an eagle on the par-5 fifteenth gap on Tuesday along with three birdies.
One shot again of Chen in a tie for twelfth place was senior
Noa van Beek and sophomore
Nanami Nakashima. van Beek recorded a career-low 54-hole rating of 6-under par 210, three photographs higher than the 213 she produced as soon as in every of her first three seasons at Ok-State. She was in a position to keep her 36-hole place on the leaderboard with a final-round complete of 2-under par 70, which included an eagle on her fifteenth gap of the day, the par-5 third.
Nakashima rose 16 spots on the day due to a final-round complete of 4-under par 68, which was one stroke shy of her career-low spherical of 67 produced throughout the remaining spherical of the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional. A product of Kani, Japan, Nakashima tallied six birdies throughout the remaining spherical.
A pair of Ok-State freshmen earned top-30 finishes of their first collegiate occasion as
Keen Visavapattamawan tied for nineteenth place at 5-under par 211, and
Stalee Fields tied for thirtieth with a three-round complete of 3-under par 213. Visavapattamawan, who was taking part in as a person, improved 9 spots on the leaderboard on Tuesday with a spherical of 3-under par 69, which included birdies on her remaining two holes of the day. After going 4-under par after which 1-over par within the first two rounds, Fields recorded a rating of even-par 72 to shut out the occasion.
Junior
Alenka Navarro tied for 61st place at 5-over par 221, shaving two photographs off her second-round rating with a 2-over par 74 tally throughout the remaining spherical.
Missouri earned a 16-shot victory at 40-under par 824, and the Tigers additionally had the person winner in Ebba Liljeberg at 19-under par 197.
The Wildcats are again in motion September 20-22 once they compete within the Schooner Fall Classic held at Belmar GC in Norman, Oklahoma.