Aztecs Head to Kauai for Rainbow Wahine Invitational

SAN DIEGO – Just 5 days after ending the Golf Iconic Classic in New Mexico, the San Diego State girls’s golf staff will play within the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Kaua’i starting Monday. The three-day event might be performed at The Ocean Course in Lihu’e. Monday and Tuesday will start with a 12:30 p.m. PT shotgun begin whereas Wednesday’s remaining spherical will start at midday.

The event will encompass 19 groups: Baylor, Boise State, BYU, Eastern Michigan, Grand Canyon, Idaho, Kansas, Kennesaw State, Long Beach State, Missouri, Nevada, Osaka Gakuin (Japan), Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Tulane, Washington State, Wyoming and the host faculty Hawai’i.

The Aztecs’ seven-over-par 871 at NMSU’s Golf Iconic Classic was this system’s finest in two years, and so they acquired career-low 54-hole scores from Kylie Phi and Emma Delwes.

SDSU’s lineup might be Kylie Phi, Ema Narita, Emma Delwes, Stephanie Barbaglia and Kylie Warner.

Phi’s four-under-par 212 final week was the most effective by an Aztec since Ema Narita shot a 211 nearly precisely two years in the past at The Clash at Boulder Creek (Oct. 22-24, 2023). Phi’s 212 (68-71-73) was good for a tie for sixth place and beat her earlier finest 54-hole rating by seven strokes.

Narita (Tokyo, Japan) has completed within the high 25 in three tournaments this fall and twice within the high 15. She is one stroke behind Phi for the staff lead in stroke common.

Delwes (Verden, Germany) shot a career-best five-over-par 221 final week which included a career-low one-under-par 71 within the opening spherical.

Barbaglia (Johannesburg, South Africa) is coming off her finest exhibiting of the 12 months (223, +7). She has began each event for the Aztecs because the starting of 2023-24 season.

Warner (Palmdale, Calif.) might be making her SDSU debut. She spent the final two years on the University of North Dakota the place she began each event and was the Hawks’ high finisher in six of their eight tournaments final 12 months.

The Rainbow Wahine Invitational has been performed for 27 years with a hiatus in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ocean Course at Hokuala Lihu‘e, Kaua‘i has the longest continuous stretch of oceanfront golf in Hawai’i. It is a par 72 and performs 6,039 yards.