Dominant Begin to Intercollegiate – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — No. 3 Stanford girls’s golf started the Stanford Intercollegiate hosted by Dr. Condoleezza Rice on Friday afternoon and reminded the sphere why they’ve gained the occasion three of the final 4 years. The workforce put collectively its best-ever spherical on its dwelling course, pacing the sphere by 5 strokes heading into the second spherical.

Every 12 months, Stanford places collectively a spherical that appears to interrupt a document, and Friday’s was no exception. The Cardinal shot 13-under as a workforce, this system document at Stanford Golf Course. It is the fourth time within the final calendar 12 months that Stanford has posted a spherical of -13 or higher. For comparability, final 12 months’s profitable workforce rating on the Stanford intercollegiate was -18 (Stanford and USC).

Friday’s star was Paula Martín Sampedro, who posted the bottom spherical of the day for Stanford with a 5-under 66, tying the fewest strokes she’s had in a spherical in her collegiate profession. Her scorecard was practically clear, with a lone bogey on two after she made her flip. She secured the outright lead with a robust end, pulling down birdie putts on seven and 9 to shut out the 66. It’s already the 20^th spherical she has scored within the 60s in her profession, needing simply 60 rounds to get there.

Just behind Martín Sampedro is Meja Örtengren, who additionally completed in a stellar trend to rocket up the leaderboard. Her solely bogey was on 14, however she was comparatively clear till her last three holes. That’s when the whole lot began to fall for the sophomore from Sweden, who recorded birdies on her last three holes to shut out a 4-under 67. She holds a tie for second heading into Saturday morning.

Both Megha Ganne and Andrea Revuelta shot 2-under 69s on Friday. After bogeying on her first gap of the day, Ganne was clear the remainder of the best way, with three birdies unfold out over her remaining 17 holes. Like her teammates talked about above, she additionally birdied her last gap on 9 to interrupt into the 60s. In a outstanding begin to the season, all 4 countable rounds for Ganne have been 69s. Revuelta had three birdies on her final 9, together with consecutive birdies on one and two after the flip.

All 4 Stanford golfers not within the lineup are competing as people, and Anna Song shone brightest in her collegiate debut. A freshman from Los Angeles shot a 2-under 69 in her collegiate debut. She birdied proper out of the gates on one and added 4 extra earlier than the spherical was completed. One of her birdies got here on seven, a gap on which seven of 9 Stanford golfers recorded a birdie.

Stanford holds a six-stroke lead over No. 4 Oregon, which galvanized with a workforce spherical of 7-under. Arizona holds onto third at 6-under, closing out the groups underneath par by 18 holes. No. 25 UCLA is subsequent closest to that group of groups, at 1-over after Friday.

The second spherical of the Stanford Intercollegiate begins with the morning wave. Stanford is off the primary tee at 7:30 a.m. with the 5 within the lineup, whereas the people are on the tenth tee. Sunday’s last spherical begins at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun begin.

This 12 months’s event is being devoted to Northwestern’s head coach, Emily Fletcher, who was identified with breast most cancers in 2010 and accomplished remedy in 2011. She is a 15-year survivor and a nationwide champion, after her Huskies beat Stanford within the match play finals of the NCAA Championship. Funds raised in honor of Coach Fletcher can be given to Stanford oncologist Dr. Jennifer Caswell-Jin to assist her distinctive efforts in creating a breast most cancers vaccine. Consider supporting and be taught extra in regards to the trigger HERE.

Stanford Intercollegiate (Stanford Golf Course, par 71)