Women's Golf Wraps Regular Season

Wednesday, April 5

Napa, CA

All Day

University of Oregon

Silverado Showdown

Photo by: Michael Wade Photography

04/05/23 | Women's Golf

Results

By: Nate Krueger

NAPA, Calif. — The Oregon women's golf team closed out its 2022-23 regular season in a tie for sixth place at the Silverado Showdown on Wednesday at Silverado Resort and Spa.

The No. 8 Ducks shot a 16-over 304 in the final round to finish the week at 32 over, tied with No. 9 Arizona State for sixth. No. 16 Northwestern won the team title at 9-over par.

Oregon will now prepare for postseason play, which begins on April 17-19 with the Pac-12 Championships at Papago Golf Course in Phoenix, Ariz.

How it Happened: Scores were up across the board on Wednesday, with no team finishing better than 4-over par. Play began at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start, and the Ducks struggled to find birdies throughout the round.

Oregon's top round on the day didn't count towards the team score, as junior Minori Nagano posted a 2-over 74 while competing as an individual. Ching-Tzu Chen was the top counting score with a 3-over 75, which was matched by two more Ducks competing as individuals in Baylee Hammericksen and Brittany Shin.

Ashleigh Park and Briana Chacon each recorded a 4-over 76, and Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu rounded out the counting scores with a 5-over 77.

Lu finished as the top Duck on the leaderboard in a tie for 13th at 6-over par, followed by Nagano and freshman Anika Varma in a tie for 15th at 7 over. It is the second straight top-15 showing for Varma, whose week was headlined by a career-best 3-under 69 in Tuesday's second round.

Team Leaderboard (Top 10):
1. #16 Northwestern – 284-288-301 – 873 (+9)
2. #13 Texas A&M – 292-296-292 – 880 (+16)
3. UCLA – 294-296-292 – 882 (+18)
4. #15 USC – 294-297-295 – 886 (+22)
5. Pepperdine – 301-294-295 – 890 (+26)
T6. #8 Oregon – 299-293-304 – 896 (+32)
T6. #9 Arizona State – 292-302-302 – 896 (+32)
8. #6 San Jose State – 298-297-305 – 900 (+36)
9. #24 Ohio State – 306-301-296 – 903 (+39)
10. California – 309-300-296 – 905 (+41)

Ducks on the Leaderboard:
T13. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu – 74-71-77 – 222 (+6)
T15. Anika Varma – 75-69-79 – 223 (+7)
T15. Minori Nagano* – 74-75-74 – 223 (+7)
T31. Baylee Hammericksen* – 76-76-75 – 227 (+11)
T31. Brittany Shin – 77-75-75* – 227 (+11)
T35. Ashleigh Park – 74-78-76 – 228 (+12)
T43. Ching-Tzu Chen – 76-78-75 – 229 (+13)
T53. Briana Chacon – 80-75-76 – 231 (+15)
*Competing as an individual

Notable: Oregon was third-best in the field on par-5 holes at 1-under par … The Ducks' 34 total birdies ranked fifth among 17 teams … Lu was 4-under par on par-5 holes, tied for third-best among all players … Lu's team-high 10 total birdies tied for fifth-most in the field.