Park Paces Ducks On Day One In South Carolina

Monday, February 27

Hilton Head, SC

All Day

University of Oregon

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Photo by: Michael Wade Photography

02/27/23 | Women's Golf

Live Scoring

By: Nate Krueger

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Junior Ashleigh Park led the Oregon women's golf team with a 1-under 70 on Monday in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club.

The No. 3 Ducks sit in a tie for seventh place after 18 holes at 11 over, competing against a loaded field that features five more top-10 teams and 11 other top-25 programs. Host and No. 4 South Carolina is tied for the team lead after round one with No. 6 LSU at 1-under par.

How it Happened: Park posted her team-leading ninth round of par-or-better this season, and is tied for sixth on the individual leaderboard at 1 under. Auburn's Megan Schofill is the 18-hole leader at 4-under par.

Park started hot with back-to-back birdies on holes 2-3, before making the turn at even par. She opened the back nine with a birdie at No. 10, and got back to 2-under par with an eagle on the par-5 15th after holing out from the fairway. A pair of bogeys followed, but Park bounced back again with her fourth birdie on No. 18 to finish at 1 under.

Ching-Tzu Chen came in with a 3-over 74, and Briana Chacon followed with a 4-over 75 while making a team-high 15 pars. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu rounded out Oregon's counting scores with a 5-over 76.

Team Leaderboard:
T1. #4 South Carolina – 283 (-1)
T1. #6 LSU – 283 (-1)
3. #15 Auburn – 285 (+1)
T4. #2 Wake Forest – 291 (+7)
T4. #9 Baylor – 291 (+7)
6. #12 Arizona State – 292 (+8)
T7. #3 Oregon – 295 (+11)
T7. #8 Texas – 295 (+11)
9. #20 Vanderbilt – 296 (+12)
T10. Alabama – 297 (+13)
T10. Georgia – 297 (+13)
T12. #19 Northwestern – 300 (+16)
T12. Duke – 300 (+16)
14. #23 Kentucky – 305 (+21)
T15. #13 Virginia – 307 (+23)
T15. Arkansas – 207 (+23)
17. Furman – 311 (+27)

Ducks on the Leaderboard:
T6. Ashleigh Park – 70 (-1)
T33. Ching-Tzu Chen – 74 (+3)
T40. Briana Chacon – 75 (+4)
T51. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu – 76 (+5)
T63. Minori Nagano – 77 (+6)

Notable: Park made her team-leading second eagle of the season and was one of only two players with an eagle on Monday … Oregon was 3-under par on par-5 holes, tied with Auburn for the best mark of the day … Park's team-high four birdies tied for fourth-most in the field, and Chacon's 15 pars also tied for fourth-most.

Up Next: Oregon will once again be paired with South Carolina and LSU in the second round on Tuesday, beginning at 7:10 a.m. PT. Golf Channel will broadcast the action live from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.