Oklahoma State shares lead with Arizona in Marana Regional as Cowboys seek to repeat as NCAA champions

 

   Oklahoma State began its road toward a second straight NCAA Championship as the Cowboys got a share of the lead Monday following the opening round of Marana Regional at the Gallery Golf Club.

   Oklahoma State had defeated Arizona by eight shots at the always challenging Prairie Dunes Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kan. to capture the Big 12 Championship a couple of weeks ago and the host Wildcats were right there with the Cowboys as each opened with an 11-under-par 277 over the 7,317-yard, par-71 Gallery Golf Club layout.

   May Madness ramped right back up Monday with the men’s regionals teeing off at six separate sites around the country. The top five teams and one individual from a non-advancing team will earn a trip to the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. for the NCAA Championship, which tees off May 29.

   The top guns for Oklahoma State and Arizona led the way for their respective teams as the Cowboys’ Preston Stout, a junior from Richarson, Texas and No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) coming off his third straight Big 12 individual crown, and the Wildcats’ Filip Jakubcik, a senior from Czech Republic and No. 6 in the WAGR, each carded a solid 5-under 67 and were among a trio tied for third place in the individual standings.

   Oklahoma, No. 5 in the latest Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings, is the top seed in the Marana Regional. Arizona, No. 18 in the Scoreboard rankings, is seeded third.

   Southeastern Conference power LSU, No. 8 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second in Marana, was two shots behind the co-leaders in third place with a 9-under 279 total.

   Sun Belt Conference champion Arkansas State, No. 44 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded eighth, was two shots behind LSU in fourth place with a 7-under 281 total.

   The Red Wolves were led by Cole Kirby, a sophomore from Jonesboro, Ark. who grabbed a share of the individual lead with Duke’s William Love, a senior from Atlanta, Ga., each signing for a sparkling 7-under 65.

   Love led the way for Duke, an Atlantic Coast Conference power, as the Blue Devils were a shot behind Arkansas State in fifth place with a 6-under 282 total. The Dookies, No. 29 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fifth.

   Alabama, another SEC entry with Nick Gross, the 2021 PIAA Class AAA champion as a sophomore at Downingtown West in the lineup, was four shots behind Duke in sixth place with a 2-under 286 total. The Crimson Tide, No. 20 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fourth in the Marana Regional.

   Gross, who reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur a week before his 16^th birthday in 2022 at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., opened with a 5-over 77 and was among the group tied for 57^th place.

   Oklahoma State trotted out the same starting five as it did nearly a year ago when the Cowboys defeated Virginia, 4-1, in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match at La Costa to notch the program’s 12^th national championship.

   Backing up Stout for the Cowboys was Eric Lee, a junior from Fullerton, Calif. and No. 35 in the WAGR who delivered the clinching point against Virginia, as he was among a group of players tied for sixth place with a 3-under 69.

   Gaven Lane, a junior from Argyle, Texas, landed in the group tied for 15^th place for Oklahoma State with a 2-under 70. Filip Falhberg-Johnsson, a sophomore from Sweden, was in the group tied for 22^nd place with a 1-under 71.

   Rounding out the Oklahoma State lineup was Ethan Fang, a junior from Plano, Texas and No. 8 in the WAGR, as he was among the group of players tied for 46^th place with a 3-over 76. Fang became the first American to capture the Royal & Ancient’s Amateur Championship since 2007 last summer at Royal St. George’s Golf Club.

   Backing up Jakubcik for Arizona were William Wistrand, a freshman from Sweden, and Taishi Mato, a sophomore from Japan and No. 69 in the WAGR, both of whom landed in the group tied for sixth place, each posting a 3-under 69.

   Zach Pollo, a senior from Rocklin, Calif. and No. 61 in the WAGR, was in group tied for 27^th place as he matched par with a 72.

   Rounding out the Arizona lineup was Tianji Xiong, a junior from China who finished among the group tied for 27^th place with a 2-over 74.

   Another former Pennsylvania scholastic standout, West Virginia sophomore Nick Turowski, who lost in a playoff for the PIAA Class AAA crown in 2023 as a senior at Penn Trafford, got off to a strong start for the Mountaineers as he was in the group tied for 15^th place with a 2-under 70.

   West Virginia, another Big 12 representative, is No. 55 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded ninth the Marana Regional.

   In the Corvallis Regional, upstart Purdue, out of the Big Ten, grabbed a three-shot lead with an opening round of 12-under 272 at Trysting Tree Golf Club.

   A pair of Boilermakers, Sam Easterman, a junior from England, and Kentaro Nanayama, a senior from Indonesia, led the way as they were among a group of five players tied for second place in the individual standings, each recording a 4-under 67 over the 7,384-yard, par-71 Trysting Tree layout.

   A couple of big hitters out of the SEC, Oklahoma and Arkansas, were tied for second place in Corvallis, each ending up three shots behind Purdue.

   The Sooners, No. 17 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded third. The Razorbacks, No. 6 in the Scoreboard rankings, are the top seed in Corvallis.

   Upstart Oregon State, No. 57 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded 10^th, was another shot behind Oklahoma and Arkansas, in fourth place with an 8-under 276. The host Beavers were exiled to the West Coast Conference by the breakup of the Pac-12.

   Charlotte, the American Athletic Conference champion, and San Diego, another WCC entry, were tied for fifth place, each ending up four shots behind Oregon State with a 4-under 280 total.

   The Niners, No. 19 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fourth in Corvallis. The Toreros, No. 42 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded seventh.

   The individual lead belonged to Washington’s Emil Borrestuen Herstad, a freshman from Norway who is competing as an individual, as he opened with a sparkling 5-under 66.

   Backing up Easterman and Nanayama for Purdue was Supapon Amornchaichan, a sophomore from Thailand who was in the group tied for seventh place with a 3-under 68.

   Will Harvey, a freshman from Westfield, N.J., landed among the group tied for 22^nd place with a 1-under 70 and Jenson Forrester, a junior from England, rounded out the lineup for the Boilermakers as he was tied for 73^rd place with a 4-over 75.

   Several Pennsylvania scholastic standouts of recent vintage were in the field in the Corvallis Regional, led by Liberty sophomore Michael Lugiano, who capped his scholastic career at Lake Lehman by finishing in a tie for second place in the 2023 PIAA Class AA Championship.

   Lugiano led the way for Liberty, the Conference USA champion, as he was among the group tied for seventh place with a 3-under 68. The Flames, No. 86 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded 11^th at Corvallis were tied for eighth place following an opening round of 2-under 282.

   Norristown native Josh Ryan, winner of three straight Golf Association of Philadelphia Junior Boys’ crowns from 2020 to 2022, is capping off his career at Liberty and opened with a 2-over 73 that left him in the group tied for 60^th place.

   Junior Rocco Salvitti, who capped an outstanding scholastic career with a runnerup finish in the 2022 PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior at Pittsburgh Central Catholic, was in the lineup for Notre Dame and matched par with a 71 that left him in the group tied for 33^rd place.

   Salvitti is the regining Pennsylvania Amateur champion, having defeated Lugiano on Lugiano’s home course at Huntsville Golf Club in Dallas last summer.

   Senior Calen Sanderson, the PIAA Class AAA champion in 2020 as a junior at Holy Ghost Prep, opened with a 3-over 74 for the Fightin’ Irish and was in the group tied for 69^th place.

   Notre Dame, No. 31 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth in Corvallis, struggled to an opening round of 3-over 287 and was in a tie for 12^th place.

   In the Athens Regional, Louisville, an ACC upstart, grabbed a three-shot lead over a couple of SEC heavyweights following the opening round at the University of Georgia Golf Course.

   The Cardinals, No. 36 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth, opened with a 10-under 274 over the 7,258-yard, par-71 UGA layout to grab a three-shot lead over No. 1 Auburn, the top seed, and Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded third.

   Louisville was led by Warren Thomis, a sophomore from Richmond, Ky. who carded a 5-under 66 to get a share of second place with Northwestern’s Ethan Tseng, a sophomore from Portland, Ore.

   Auburn, the national champion two years ago and a semifinalist at La Costa a year ago, began its regional run with a solid 7-under 277.

   Leading the way for the Tigers was individual leader Josiah Gilbert, a junior from Millbrook, Ala. and No. 13 in the WAGR, as he opened with a sparkling 6-under 65.

   Vanderbilt got a share of second place with Auburn as the Commodores matched the Tigers’ 7-under total.

   Brigham Young, a Big 12 representative, was another shot behind Auburn and Vanderbilt in fourth place with a 6-under 278 total. The Cougars, No. 24 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fourth in the Corvallis Regional.

   Host Georgia, another SEC entry, and AAC upstart Rice, were tied for fifth place, each ending up a shot behind BYU with a 5-under 279 total.

   The Bulldogs, No. 26 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fifth on their home course. The Owls, No. 62 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded 10^th in Athens.

   Backing up Thomis for Louisville were Cooper Claycomb, a junior from Orlando, Fla. who was in the group tied for eighth place with a 3-under 68.

   Brady Smith, a sophomore home boy from Louisville, Ky., was in the group tied for 12^th place with a 2-under 69 for the Cardinals.

   The second-round scores are starting to populate, so I’ll have to abandon what place the players are in.

   Andrew Tan, a senior from Austin, Texas, gave Louisville a fourth top-20 finisher with a 1-under 71.

   Rounding out the Louisville lineup was Easton Johnson, a senior from Kansas City, Mo. who opend with a 6-over 77.

   In the Columbus Regional, powerful Florida, the SEC runnerup, jumped out to a 12-shot lead with a 7-under 277 over The Ohio State University Golf Club’s Scarlet Course, a challenging Alister MacKenzie design.

   The Gators, No. 2 in the Scoreboard rankings and the top seed in Columbus, had the 1-2 finishers, respectively, in the individual standings as Parker Sands, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla., was at the top of the leaderboard with 5-under 66 and Jack Turner, a junior from Orlando, Fla. and No. 24 in the WAGR, was in second place with a 2-under 69.

   Surprising Memphis, the AAC runnerup, was alone in second place with a 5-over 289 total over the 7,422-yard, par-71 Scarlet Course layout. The Tigers, No. 61 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded 10^th.

   A couple of ACC entries, Florida State and Stanford, were another shot behind Memphis in a tie for third place, each registering a 6-over 290.

   The Seminoles, No. 25 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fifth in Columbus while the Cardinal, No. 14 in the Scoreboard rankings, are the three seed.

   Another upstart, Missouri Valley Conference champion Illinois State, was in fifth place with a 9-over 293 total that left the Redbirds three shots behind Florida State and Stanford. Illinois State, No. 128 in the Scoreboard rankings, is seeded 12^th in Columbus.

   Luke Poulter, junior from Orlando, Fla. and No. 17 in the WAGR, and, and Matthew Kress, a senior from Saratoga, Calif. and No. 24 in the WAGR, were right behind their Florida teammates as each matched par in the opening round with a 71.

   Zack Swanwick, a sophomore from New Zealand and No. 50 in the WAGR, rounded out the Florida lineup as her tallied a 2-over 73.

   This name might not mean a whole lot to anybody, but me, but South Florida, out of the AAC, was led by Hugo Trommetter, a junior from Morocco who opened with a solid 1-over 72.

   Caddied for Trommetter at Stonewall’s Old Course a few Labor Day weekends ago when he was getting ready to take a recruiting trip. The kid could really play and his distance control was particularly impressive for a young guy. He played two years at Sam Houston State before transferring to USF.

   In the Bermuda Run Regional, Virginia, the ACC champion for the second straight spring, jumped out to a two-shot lead over WCC champion Pepperdine with a 13-under 271 total at Bermuda Run Country Club in Winston-Salem, N.C.

   The Cavaliers were led by their decorated senior Ben James of Milford, Conn. and No. 3 in the WAGR, as he posted a sparkling 5-under 66 over the 7,013-yard, par-71 Bermuda Run layout to get a share of the individual lead with Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri, a senior from Chandler, Ariz. and No. 12 in the WAGR.

   Virginia, No. 3 in the Scoreboard rankings, is the top seed in the Bermuda Run Regional.

   The Waves, No. 15 in the Scoreboard rankings and the third seed, were in second place with an 11-under 273 total.

   Host Wake Forest, another ACC entry, SEC champion Mississippi and its cross-state and SEC rival Mississippi State, and Southern California out of the Big Ten, were in a four-way logjam tied for third place, each landing on 6-under 278.

   The Demon Deacons, No. 37 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fourth on their home course. Ole Miss, No. 10 in the Scoreboard rankings, is the second seed. The Bulldogs, No. 39 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded seventh. The Trojans, No. 28 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded fifth.

   Backing up James for Virginia were Paul Chang, a graduate student from China and No. 18 in the WAGR, and Bryan Lee, a senior from Fairfax, Va., both of whom were in the top 10 as each tallied a solid 3-under 68.

   The rest of Virginia’s Fairfax connection got off to solid starts as Bryan Lee’s younger brother Michael, a freshman, carded a 2-under 69, and Josh Duangmanee, a senior and No. 46 in the WAGR, got it in in red figures with a 1-under 70.

   James, Chang, Bryan Lee and Duangmanee were all in the starting lineup for Virginia in its loss to Oklahoma State in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match a year ago.

   In the Bryan Regional, SEC power Texas A&M took advantage of playing on its home course to grab a two-shot lead over North Carolina, out of the ACC, with a 12-under 276 total at the Traditions Club.

   The Aggies, No. 27 in the Scoreboard rankings and the five seed on their home course, were led by Wheaton Ennis, a sophomore from Eagle, Idaho and No. 81 in the WAGR who grabbed the individual lead with a sparkling 6-under 66 over the 7,227-yard, par-72 Traditions layout.

   North Carolina, No. 9 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second in the Bryan Regional, was in second place, two shots behind Texas A&M with a 10-under 278 total.

   The Tar Heels were led by Carson Bertagnote, a freshman from Pinehurst, N.C. who shared second place with Texas’ Luke Potter, a senior from Encinitas, Calif. and No. 31 in the WAGR, each recording a 5-under 67.

   TCU, out of the Big 12, was two shots behind North Carolina in third place with an 8-under 280 total. The Horned Frogs, No. 34 in the Scoreboard rankings, are seeded sixth in the Bryan Regional.

   Texas, behind Potter, was a shot behind TCU in fourth place with a 7-under 281. The Longhorns, an SEC power and No. 4 in the Scoreboard rankings, are the top seed in the Bryan Regional.

   Tennessee, another SEC representative, was a shot behind Texas in fifth place following an opening round of 6-under 282.

   Backing up Ennis for Texas A&M was Aaron Pounds, a junior from The Woodlands, Texas who opened with a solid 4-under 68.

   Kris Kuvaas, a junior from Houston, Texas, added a solid 2-under 70, and Shiv Parmar, a freshman from Selina, Texas, and Jaime Montojo, a senior from Spain, each matched par with a 72 in rounding out the lineup for the Aggies.

   Like the women's regionals last week, this is a table-setter for the second and third rounds Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll spend a couple of days transcribing and wrap up the regionals later in the week. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle-Amateur at Jeffersonville will be GAP's first major at a public course

 

   If you were following all the action in the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, and if you’re reading this blog, I’m guessing you were, you heard the name of Donald Ross come up over and over again.

   In an age when guys can drive it 350 yards, it is still the green complexes of the master, Donald Ross, that gave Aronimink its best defense.

   You didn’t see guys going for the pin much because the way greens are designed with quadrants and slopes going this way and that, it just doesn’t make sense to try to stick it close.

   It resulted in a lot of carefully struck 40-foot putts with guys forced to be firm going uphill, but knowing full well that, at some point, their putt was going to be going downhill.

   Pretty sure it was lost a little in dustbin of history that Jeffersonville Golf Club, owned by West Norriton Township, was a Donald Ross design.

   Pretty sure it was a local design geek who was able to dig up the original plans for the course and realized it was a Ross, although if you’ve ever played there, the green complexes give it away.

   When the Golf Association of Philadelphia decided it should stage one of its major championships, the GAP Middle-Amateur Championship, at one of the regions many fine public course facilities for the first time in its history, it ultimately settled on Jeffersonville.

   The GAP Middle-Amateur Championship, a two-day 54-hole test for players 25 and older, tees off Wednesday. The GAP Middle-Amateur Championship is presented by Parx Casino.

   West Norriton has invested in the property over the last two decades and it now, rightfully, lands on any number of lists of top public courses in Pennsylvania.

   My annual family golf outing, the prestigious McNichol Cup – well, not that prestigious, but we always have fun – has been held at Jeffersonville the last few years and I can report that it’s not unusual, even in a scramble format when, after a couple of tries, you know what’s it going to do, to see four putts go sailing past the hole and off the front of the green.

   I can also report that, after a couple of years that caused a few detours on the cart paths, the new clubhouse at Jeffersonville is complete and they did a fantastic job with it.

   GAP President Ken Phillips connected the dots a little and saw that the GAP Middle-Amateur would come right on the heels of the PGA at Aronimink with all the Donald Ross talk in the air, and that made it an easy decision to turn to Jeffersonville as the first public course in the region to host a GAP major.

   The staff at Jeffersonville is a little anxious, but thrilled to see Jeffersonville be the stage for one of GAP’s biggest events.

   “We’re super proud to be the first public course to host a GAP major,” Jeffersonville superintendent Rich Shilling, a 47-year-old Gilbertsville resident, told the GAP website. “We’re a little bit nervous. When it was announced that we were gonna host the event, we had a lot of plans to do some projects over the winter. The winter wasn’t ideal, but the team and I pushed through it.”

   The defending champion, Little Mill Country Club’s Troy Vannucci, will be an obvious favorite.

   The 34-year-old Vannucci won his first GAP major in 2022 when he captured the title in the GAP Middle-Amateur at Jericho National Golf Club.

   A year later, Vannucci’s consistency was rewarded when he was named GAP’s William Hyndman III Player of the Year for 2023.

   Vannucci added another GAP major to his resume when he captured the Joseph H. Patterson Cup in 2024 at Concord Country Club.

   With his second Middle-Amateur crown a year ago at Riverton Country Club, Vannucci has clearly become the dominant mid-am in the Philadelphia area and a Middle-Amateur Championship at Jeffersonville should be right in his wheelhouse.

   Vannucci has teamed with Andy Butler of Huntingdon Valley Country Club to capture the title in the Philadelphia Publinks Golf Association Donald Ross Better-Ball Championship each of the last two summers.

   It’s a little short at 6,259 yards from the tips and playing to a par of 70 for as far as these guys hit it these days, but there’s still those Ross green complexes to navigate.

   “I’ve probably played here a dozen times,” Vannucci told the GAP website while touring the course in advance of the Middle-Amateur Championship. “This is one of my favorite courses. It’s a lot of course knowledge. There’s a lot of good holes with tough greens and good complexes.”

 

 

 

 

 

The challengers are lined up for No. 1 Stanford after a week of regional drama

 

   Stanford, playing like it was mad at somebody, continued its inexorable march toward an NCAA crown on its home course in the Stanford Regional.

   But nobody knows better than Stanford that there are no guarantees when the NCAA Championship tees off May 22 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. There are any number of challengers coming out of this week’s NCAA Regionals who respect, but don’t fear the Cardinal, not the least of which is an old Pac-12 rival in …

   Big Ten champion Southern California, No. 2 in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings and the top seed in the Ann Arbor Regional, came on strong in Wednesday’s final round to capture the team title in a tough field that included two of its conference rivals in Ohio State and defending national champion Northwestern and Atlantic Coast Conference power Duke, owner of seven NCAA crowns.

   The picture of the Women of Troy celebrating their regional crown on the Southern California website featured a lot of cold-weather gear, not surprising for mid-May in Ann Arbor.

   But behind Elise Lee, a sophomore from Irvine, Calif., Southern Cal registered a 1-under-par 283 over the 6,265-yard, par-71 University of Michigan Golf Course, an Alister MacKenzie design, to rally past Ohio State and take the team crown with a 1-over 853 total.

   The Trojans had opened with a 2-under 282 and added a 4-over 288 in Tuesday’s second round that left them a shot behind Ohio State in a tie for second place with Northwestern.

   It was the eighth tournament title in the wraparound 2025-2026 season and seventh straight victory for Southern Cal. It was an NCAA record 16^th regional crown in the history of the program and ran the Trojans’ string of NCAA Championship appearances to 28 straight, a remarkable display of consistent excellence.

   Elise Lee, who was in the starting lineup for Northwestern when it stunned Stanford in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match a year ago at La Costa, finished in a tie for second place in the individual chase for Southern Cal, a shot behind her old teammate Ashley Yun, a junior from West Covina, Calif. who captured the individual title with a 5-under 208 total, and in a tie for second place with another old teammate in Dianna Lee, a senior from San Diego, Calif. and No. 65 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) and the gritty hero of the Wildcats’ run their first national championship last spring.

   Elise Lee added a 3-over 74 in Tuesday’s second round to her sparkling opening round of 5-under 66 before closing with a 2-under 69 in the difficult conditions of Wednesday’s final round to get a share of second place with Dianna Lee at 4-under 209.

   Really nice showing for Ohio State, under the leadership of head coach Lisa Strom, the Pennsylvania scholastic champion as a senior at Lansdale Catholic in 1994.

   The Buckeyes, No. 29 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fifth, had added a 6-over 290 in Tuesday’s second round to their opening round of 5-under 279 and took a one-shot lead into the final round.

   Ohio State closed with a 5-over 289 and held onto second place with a 6-over 858 total that left it five shots behind Southern Cal and, most importantly, punched its ticket to the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

   Duke, No. 10 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second, made sure it was packing for Carlsbad, Calif. as the Blue Devils closed with an 8-over 292 to finish eight shots behind Ohio State in third place with a 16-over 868 total.

   Duke had added a 6-over 290 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 2-over 286.

   Northwestern, No. 32 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth, always seems to be playing its best golf at this most important time of the season and the Wildcats gave themselves a chance to defending their NCAA title at La Costa by closing with a 15-over 299 to end up a shot behind Duke in fourth place with a 17-over 869 total.

   Northwestern had added a 7-over 291 in Tuesday’s second round to its strong start, a 5-under 279.

   Yun led the way for the Wildcats as she added a 2-under 69 in Tuesday’s second round to her sparkling opening round of  5-under 66 before closing with a 2-over 73 that gave her the individual title with a 5-under 218 total.

   Dianna Lee’s clutch gene was very much on display as she closed with a 3-under 68, the best individual round of the day, to get a share of second place with USC’s Elise Lee at 4-under 209. Dianna Lee had matched par in Tuesday’s second round with a 71 after opening with a 1-under 70.

   Big 12 representative Texas Tech, No. 48 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded eighth, grabbed the final berth to the NCAA Championship out of the Ann Arbor Regional as the Red Raiders closed with a 17-over 301 to finish in fifth place with a 22-over 874 total.

   Texas Tech had added a solid 1-over 285 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 4-over 288.

   Backing up Elise Lee for Southern Cal was fellow Irvine, Calif. resident Catherine Park, a senior who is No. 11 in the Women’s WAGR and finished in fifth place in the individual standings with a 2-under 211 total.

   Park posted her second straight 2-under 69 in Wednesday’s final round after she had opened with a 2-overr 73.

   Kylie Chong, a sophomore from Torrance, Calif. and No. 59 in the Women’s WAGR, finished among the group tied for 11^th place at 2-over 215 for Southern Cal as she tallied back-to-back 1-over 72s in the final two rounds after matching par in the opening round with a 71.

   Bailey Shoemaker, a junior from Dade City, Fla. and No. 49 in the Women’s WAGR, finished in a tie for 21^st place for the Trojans with a 5-over 218 total as she registered back-to-back 2-over 73s in the final two rounds after opening with a 1-over 72.

   Rounding out the Southern California lineup was Sarah Hammett, a freshman from Australia who finished alone in 41^st place with a 227 total. Hammett recorded back-to-back 5-over 76s in the final two rounds after opening with a 75.

   Teams are allowed to bring a substitute to postseason tournaments and in my post following the opening round, I wrote that Ohio State’s Kary Hollenbaugh, a senior from New Albany, Ohio and No. 25 in the Women’s WAGR had to be best bench player in the tournament.

   That was not entirely accurate, though, because Southern Cal had Jasmine Koo, a sophomore from Cerritos, Calif. and No. 13 in the Women’s WAGR on its bench. Neither Hollenbaugh nor Koo played.

   Minnesota’s senior stalwart, Isabella McCauley of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., will finish her outstanding college career at the NCAA Championship as she finished in fourth place in the individual standings with a 3-under 210 total to nail down the lone individual berth to nationals from a non-advancing team available at Ann Arbor.

   McCauley surged into contention with a sparkling 4-under 67 in Tuesday’s second round before closing with a 2-under 69. McCauley had opened with a 3-over 74.

   Duke got a nice showing from Katie Li, a junior from Basking Ridge, N.J. who finished in the group tied for 15^th place with a 3-over 216 total. Li added a 2-over 73 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 72 before matching par in the final round.

   Freshman Avery McCrery, a Wilmington, Del. native and winner of the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia Junior Girls’ Championship in the pandemic summer of 2020, finished among a trio tied for 30^th place for the Dookies with a 9-over 222 total. McCrery matched par with a 71 in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 2-over 73, but struggled a little in the final round with a 78.

   Sophomore Megan Meng, a scholastic standout at Hopewell Valley Central in Pennington, N.J., was solid for Northwestern, ending up in the group tied for 26^th place with an 8-over 221 total. Meng added a 1-over 72 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 74 before closing with a 75.

   In the Chapel Hill Regional, Texas, out of the Southeastern Conference, took control of the team chase in Tuesday’s second round and rolled to an 11-shot victory over North Carolina, another ACC power.

   The Longhorns, No. 5 in the Scoreboard rankings and the top seed at the UNC Finley Golf Course, surged into first place on the strength of a 9-under 271 in Tuesday’s second round and closed with a 5-over 285 for a 5-under 865 total.

   Texas had opened with a 1-under 279 that left it five shots behind host North Carolina.

   Texas was led by Cindy Hsu, a senior from Taiwan who finished in third place in the individual standings with a 5-under 205 total that was a shot behind co-medalists Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton’s freshman standout from Thailand who captured the Ivy League’s individual title, and Oklahoma State’s Marta Silchenko, a junior from Latvia.

   Hsu held a three-shot lead in the individual standings going into the final round after firing back-to-back 4-under 66s over the 6,177-yard, par-70 UNC Finley layout before closing with a 3-over 73.

   North Carolina, No. 12 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second, trailed Texas by four shots going into the final round as the Tar Heels matched par in Tuesday’s second round with a 280 after opening with a 6-under 274.

   North Carolina closed with a 12-over 292 to earn runnerup honors with a 6-over 846 total that enabled it to book a return trip to the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

   Oklahoma State, a perennial Big 12 power, closed with its second straight 3-over 283 to finish two shots behind North Carolina in third place with an 8-over 848 total.

   The Cowgirls, No. 20 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fourth, had opened with a 2-over 282.

   Silchenko closed with a sparkling 4-under 66 to get a share of medalist honors at 6-under 204. Silchenko had matched par in the opening round with a 70 before adding a 2-under 68 in Tuesday’s second round.

   Michigan State out of the Big Ten and ACC representatives Virginia and North Carolina State finished in a three-way tie for fourth place at 18-over 858 and had to head back out on the golf course for a three-way playoff for the final two berths to the NCAA Championship.

   After the five-hole playoff, it was the Spartans, No. 39 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded seventh, and the Cavaliers, No. 35 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth, who had the best aggregate scores and punched their tickets to Carlsbad.

   Michigan State had the best team round in Wednesday’s final round, a 2-over 282 to earn its spot in the three-way playoff. The Spartans had opened with a 6-over 286 before struggling a little in a 10-over 290 in Tuesday’s second round.

   Virginia also struggled in Tuesday’s second round with a 13-over 293 after opening with a solid 1-over 281. The Cavaliers battled their way into the playoff on the strength of a 4-over 284 in the final round.

   Backing up Hsu for Texas were its two top players, Farah O’Keefe, a junior home girl from Austin, Texas and No. 4 in the Women’s WAGR, and Lauren Kim, a junior from Canada and No. 15 in the Women’s WAGR, both of whom landed among the trio tied for seventh place at 1-under 209.

   O’Keefe shared low-amateur honors in the Chevron Championship, the first major of the season on the LPGA Tour, last month at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas. Her lofty spot in the Women’s WAGR earned her an automatic bid for the United States side in next month’s Curtis Cup Match at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif.

   O’Keefe surged into contention with a 5-under 65 in Tuesday’s second round after she had matched par in the opening round with a 70. O’Keefe closed with a 4-over 74.

   Kim was the low Longhorn in the final round with a 3-under 67 to finish at 1-under. She had opened with a 2-over 72 before matching par Tuesday’s second round with a 70.

   Selina Liao, a junior from Taiwan, finished among the trio tied for 16^th place with a 4-over 214 total as she matched par in Tuesday’ second round with a 70 after opening with a 1-over 71 before closing with a 73.

   Angela Heo, a senior from Murrietta, Calif., rounded out the Texas lineup as she finished in the group tied for 21^st place with a 6-over 216 total. Heo was the picture of consistency at the UNC Finley layout, rattling off three straight 2-over 72s.

   Really nice effort by Princeton’s Kotchasanmanee as she became just the fourth Ivy Leaguer ever to advance to the NCAA Championship, all of them Tigers. Kotchasanmanee closed with a sparkling 4-under 66 to get share of medalist honors with Oklahoma State’s Silchenko at 6-under.

   Kotchasanmanee had opened with a bookend 66 before adding a 2-over 72 in Tuesday’s second round.

   Richmond, which earned a spot in the field for the Chapel Hill Regional by taking the title in the Atlantic 10 Championship for a second straight spring, finished in 11^th place as the 11 seed with a 62-ovder 902 total.

   Senior Hannah Lydic, a scholastic standout at Sussex Academy in Delaware, was solid for the Spiders as she closed with a second straight 4-over 74 to finish among the group tied for 37^th place with an 11-over 221 total. Lydic had opened with a 3-over 73.

   In the Louisville Regional, SEC runnerup Auburn, No. 7 in the Scoreboard rankings, and seeded second, overtook Houston, the Big 12 runnerup, to capture the team crown at the Louisville Golf Club with a 17-under 847 total.

   The Plains Tigers were led by Anna Davis, a junior from Spring Valley, Calif. and No. 22 in the Women’s WAGR, as she closed with a 1-under 71 over the 6,384-yard, par-71 Louisville layout to claim the team title with a 10-under 206 total.

   The left-hander had surged into contention on the strength of a sizzling 7-under 65 in Tuesday’s second round that gave her a share of the lead with Indiana’s Sheridan Clancy, a redshirt senior from Australia, going into the final round. Davis had opened with a 2-under 70.

   Davis was recently named to the U.S. Curtis Cup team that will battle Great Britain & Ireland next month at Bel-Air because if you get a chance to add Anna Davis to your team, you just do it.

   Behind Davis’ 65 in Tuesday’s second round, Auburn tallied a 15-under 273 in Tuesday’s second round to creep within two shots of front-running Houston. The Plains Tigers had opened with a 2-under 286.

   Auburn matched par in the final round with a 288 to get it to 17-under.

   Houston, No. 30 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fifth at Louisville, struggled a little in the final round, but held onto second place with a an 11-under 853 total that left the Cougars six shots behind Auburn.

   Houston had added a sparkling 13-under 275 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 6-under 282 to take a two-shot lead into the final round.

   Another SEC power, Arkansas, No. 6 in the Scoreboard rankings and the top seed in the Louisville Regional, finished a shot behind Houston in third place with a 10-under 854 total.

   The Razorbacks were steady, adding a 7-under 281 in Tuesday’s second round to their opening round of 4-under 284 before closing with a 1-over 289.

   Big 12 champion Iowa State, No. 8 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded third in Louisville, and Mississippi, another SEC representative that is No. 19 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fourth, finished in a tie for fourth place, both ending up a shot behind Arkansas with a 9-under 855 total.

   The Cyclones added a sparkling 12-under 276 in Tuesday’s second round to their opening round of 1-under 287 before closing with a 4-over 292. It earned Iowa State a second straight trip to the NCAA Championship and only the third trip to nationals in program history.

   Ole Miss was steady throughout, adding a 1-under 287 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 6-under 282 before closing with a 2-under 286.

   The Rebels were led by Kajsalotta Svarvar, a sophomore from Sweden and No. 82 in the Women’s WAGR, as she finished in third place, a shot behind Indiana’s Clancy with an 8-under 208 total.

   Backing up Davis for Auburn was Molly Brown Davidson, a sophomore from Springville, Ala. who finished among a trio tied for sixth place with a 6-under 210 total. Brown Davidson added a 3-under 69 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 70 before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Carys Worby, a redshirt senior from Wales, finished in the group tied for 13^th place at 2-under 214 for the Plains Tigers as she added a 3-under 69 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening round of 3-over 75 before closing with a 2-under 70.

   Charlotte Cantonis, a freshman from Tampa, Fla., struggled a little in the final round with a 4-over 76 to finish in the group tied for 30^th place 1-over 217, but was solid in the first two rounds for Auburn, adding a 2-under 70 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 71.

   Rounding out the Auburn lineup was Katie Cranston, a senior from Canada and No. 100 in the Women’s WAGR who finished in a tie for 50^th place with a 226 total. Cranston added a 1-over 74 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 75 before closing with a 77.

   Indiana’s Clancy will compete in Carlsbad as an individual after some outstanding play in Louisville. She added a sparkling 5-under 67 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening-round 68 and shared the individual lead with Auburn’s Davis going into the final round. Clancy matched par in the final round with a 72.

   In the Tallahassee Regional, perennial ACC power Wake Forest, No. 9 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second, came on strong in the final round with a 10-under 278 at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club to capture the team title by four shots over ACC rival and tournament host Florida State.

   The Demon Deacons had opened with a 3-under 285 over the 6,292-yard, par-72 Seminole Legacy layout and struggled to a 5-over 293 in Tuesday’s second round that was plagued by delays for rain and lightning. That left them seven shots behind SEC power and top-seeded Florida going into the final round.

   It was the second straight regional crown for Wake Forest and it will be making its 11^th straight trip to the NCAA Championship.

   Wake Forest was led by Morgan Ketchum, a graduate student who came home to Winston-Salem after being a standout at Virginia Tech, as she got a share of the individual title with Florida State’s Sophia Fullbrook, a sophomore from England and No. 55 in the Women’s WAGR, each finishing with a 7-under 209 total.

   Ketchum closed with a sparkling 6-under 66 that helped put the Demon Deacons over the top and earned her a share of the individual title. She had matched par in Tuesday’s rainy second round with a 72 after opening with a 1-under 71.

   Florida State, No. 25 in the Scoreboard rankings and the four seed on its home course, matched par in the final round with a 288 to finish four shots behind Wake Forest in second place with a 4-under 860 total.

   The Seminoles had endured the rainy weather to put up a 1-under 287 in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 3-under 285.

   Florida State was led by Fullbrook, who closed with a 4-under 68 to share medalist honors with Ketchum at 7-under. Fullbrook matched par in Tuesday’s tough conditions with a 72 after opening with a 3-under 69.

   Florida, No. 3 in the Scoreboard rankings and the top seed in Tallahassee, had held a one-shot lead over its in-state rival Florida State going into the final round as the Gators matched par in Tuesday’s second round with a 288 after opening with a 5-under 283.

   Florida slipped back to third place with a final round of 2-over 290 that left it a shot behind Florida State with a 3-under 861 total.

   Mid-American Conference runnerup Eastern Michigan, No. 27 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fifth in Tallahassee, finished in fourth place and earned a spot in the field for the NCAA Championship with a 5-over 869 total.

   The Eagles, making the first appearance in an NCAA regional in the history of the program, had added a 5-over 293 in Tuesday’s second round to their opening round of 1-under 287 before closing with a solid 1-over 289.

   Kentucky, another SEC representative, made a big move in the final round with a 9-under 279 to grab the final spot at nationals out of the Tallahassee Regional as the Wildcats finished in fifth place with a 6-over 870 total.

   Kentucky, No. 34 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth, had struggled in the difficult conditions of Tuesday’s second round, adding a 300 to its solid opening round of 3-over 291.

   The Wildcats were led by C.A. Carter, a sophomore home girl from Lexington, Ky., who fueled their final-round surge with a sizzling 7-under 65 that left her in a tie for third place in the individual standings with a 6-under 210 total.

   Carter had added a 2-over 74 in rainy second round Tuesday to her opening round of 1-under 71.

   Backing up Ketchum for Wake Forest was Chloe Kovelesky, a sophomore from Boca Raton, Fla. and No. 32 in the Women’s WAGR, as she finished in a tie for third place with Kentucky’s Carter and Louisiana Monroe’s Johanna Sjursen, a sophomore from Sweden, at 6-under.

   Kovelesky was really solid in Tuesday’s tough conditions, carding a second straight 3-under 69 that left her just two shots behind Sjursen in the individual standings going into the final round. Kovelesky matched par in the final round with a 72.

   Junior Macy Pate, another home girl from Winston-Salem, N.C. and No. 35 in the Women’s WAGR, contributed a 4-under 68 to Wake Forest’s final-round surge as she finished among the trio tied for 16^th place with a 2-over 218 total.

   Pate had recorded a second straight 3-over 75 in Tuesday’s second round.

   Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, a senior from the Netherlands and No. 93 in the Women’s WAGR, matched par in the final round with a 72 for the Demon Deacons as she finished in the group tied for 31^st place with a 6-over 222 total. Den Dunnen had struggled in Tuesday’s difficult conditions with a 7-over 70 after opening with a solid 1-under 71.

   Rounding out the Wake Forest lineup was Cartoon Rujiranan, a freshman from Thailand who finished among the trio tied for 45^th place with a 229 total. Rujiranan added a 5-over 77 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening round of 2-over 74 before closing with a 78.

   Sun Belt Conference champion Louisiana Monroe was unable to advance to nationals as a team as the War Hawks stumbled in the final round, but Sjursen will represent ULM as an individual at La Costa as she finished among the trio tied for third place at 6-under.

   Sjursen held the lead in the individual standings going into the final round as she registered a borderline spectacular 5-under 67 in the difficult conditions of Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 3-under 69. Sjursen closed with a 2-over 74.

   In the Waco Regional, SMU, riding the wave of its run to the final in the ACC Championship, captured the team title with a 17-under 823 total at Ridgewood Country Club that gave the Mustangs a six-shot victory over SEC power Texas A&M.

   SMU, No. 21 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fourth in Waco, was led by Celine Chen, a junior from Australia, and Kirra St. Laurent, a freshman from French Polynesia, as they finished among a group of four players tied for third place at 5-under 205.

   SMU closed with a 3-under 277 over the 6,094-yard, par-70 Ridgewood layout to complete a wire-to-wire victory with a 17-under 823 total.

   The Mustangs posted a sparkling 11-under 269 in Tuesday’s second round to their bookend opening round of 3-under 277.

   Chen had bookend 3-under 67s in the first and final rounds around a 1-over 71 in Tuesday’s second round to get her share of third place at 5-under.

   St. Laurent contributed a sizzling 6-under 64 to SMU’s second-round surge Tuesday after opening with a 1-over 71. St. Laurent matched par in the final round with a 70 to join her teammate Chen at 5-under.

   Texas A&M, No. 4 in the Scoreboard rankings and the top seed in Waco, added a 6-under 274 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of even-par 280 that left the Aggies eight shots behind SMU going into the final round.

   Texas A&M closed with a 5-under 275 for an 11-under 829 total.

   The Aggies were led by Vanessa Borolivos, a sophomore from Canada and No. 21 in the Women’s WAGR, as she captured medalist honors in the individual chase by four shots with a 10-under 200 total.

   Borolivos added a 1-under 69 in Tuesday’s second round to her opening round of 4-under 66 before closing with a sparkling 5-under 65.

   It was another 11 shots back to host Baylor, out of the Big 12, in third place in the team standings as the Bears closed with the best team round of the final round on their home course, a 6-under 274, to end up with an even-par 840 total and earn its sixth straight trip to the NCAA Championship.

   Baylor, No. 26 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fifth, had carded a 2-under 278 in Tuesday’s second round after struggling a little in an opening-round 288.

   Another SEC entry, LSU, No. 36 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded sixth, finished a shot behind Baylor in fourth place with a 1-over 841 total.

   The Bayou Tigers moved up the leaderboard with an 8-under 272 in Tuesday’s second round after struggling a little in an opening round of 7-over 287. LSU closed with a 2-over 282 to book its trip to La Costa for nationals.

   LSU was led by Francesca Fiorellini, a sophomore from Italy who joined the foursome tied for third place at 5-under.

   Fiorellini contributed a 2-under 68 to the Bayou Tigers’ surge in Tuesday’s second after she had opened with a 3-under 67. Fiorellini matched par in the final round with a 70.

   Tennessee, coming off the first SEC championship in the history of the program, kept its postseason going by beating Tulsa, the American Athletic Conference champion, in a playoff to grab the final ticket to the nationals at La Costa after the two teams both landed on 7-over 847.

   The Volunteers, No. 16 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded third, closed with a 1-under 279 to force the playoff for the final bid out of the Waco Regional to Carlsbad. Tennessee had added a 6-over 286 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 2-over 282.

   Backing up Chen and St. Laurent for SMU was Emily Odwin, a senior from Barbados and No. 68 in the Women’s WAGR who finished in a tie for 10^th place in the individual standings with a 2-under 208 total.

   Odwin recorded a 2-under 68 in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 1-over 71 and then closed with a 1-under 69.

   Grace Jin, a junior from Huntsville, Texas, finished alone in 12^th place for the Mustangs with a 1-under 209 total as she matched par in Tuesday’s second round with a 70 after opening with a solid 2-under 68. Jin closed with a 1-over 71.

   Rounding out the SMU lineup was Mackenzie Lee, a senior from North Little Rock, Ark. and No. 46 in the Women’s WAGR as she contributed a 3-under 67 to the Mustangs’ surge in Tuesday’s second round on her way to a tie for 13^th place with an even-par 280 total.

   Lee had opened with a 2-over 72 and closed with a 1-over 71.

   TCU’s Kiersten Angosta, a junior from Las Vegas, Nev., signed for her second straight 4-under 66 in the final round to finish in second place in the individual standings with a 6-under 204 total that earned her the lone individual bid to the NCAA Championship to a player from a non-advancing team. Angosta had opened with a 2-over 72.

   Angosta’s runnerup finish also meant it was the end of the line for Oregon’s Kiara Romero, a junior from San Jose, Calif. and the No. 1 player in the Women’s WAGR.

   It was a disappointing week for the Ducks, No. 8 in the Scoreboard ranking and seeded second in Waco, as they finished in seventh place in the team standings, failing to advance to the NCAA Championship.

   Romero landed in the quartet tied for third place at 4-under, a shot behind Angosta. Romero had matched par in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a sparkling 4-under 66. But her final-round 69 wasn’t enough to earn her that lone individual spot.

   Which brings us to the Stanford Regional, where the Cardinal, playing on their home course, the Stanford Golf Course, broke all kinds of records with a spectacular 42-under 810 total that gave them a 38-shot margin of victory over runnerup Pepperdine.

   Stanford, the ACC champion and ranked No. 1 in the Scoreboard rankings throughout the wraparound 2025-’26 season, couldn’t have been much more impressive.

   Stanford added a sizzling 17-under 267 over the 6,267-yard, par-71 Stanford Golf Course layout in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 9-under 275 to take a 19-shot lead into the final round.

   The Cardinal proceeded to close with a 16-under 268 to easily break the team record for 54 holes on their home course. The margin of victory was also a team record.

   Stanford’s lineup all finished among the top six finishers in the individual standings, led by medalist Andrea Revuelta, a sophomore from Spain and No. 3 in the Women’s WAGR who defeated her fellow Spaniard and Stanford teammate Paula Martin Sampedro by two shots with a 12-under 201 total.

   Revuelta posted back-to-back 6-under 65s in the final two rounds after matching par in the opening round with a 71.

   Martin Sampedro, the medalist in the ACC Championship at Porters Neck Country Club in Wilmington, N.C., closed with a 3-under 68 to take second place with a 10-under 203 total.

   West Coast Conference champion Pepperdine, No. 11 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded second at Stanford, was the runnerup, although the Waves weren’t in the same zip code as Stanford with a 4-under 848 total.

   Pepperdine added a solid 6-under 248 in Tuesday’s second round to its opening round of 1-under 283 before closing with a 3-over 287.

   The Waves were led by Jeneath Wong, a senior from Australia and No. 92 in the Women’s WAGR, as she elbowed her way among all those Stanford stars by finishing in third place, a shot behind Martin Sampedro with a 9-under 204 total.

   Wong rocketed up the leaderboard on the strength of an 8-under 63 in Tuesday’s second round after she had matched par in the opening round with a 71. Wong closed with a 1-under 70.

   Oregon State, the runnerup to Pepperdine in the WCC, outperformed its No. 50 spot in the Scoreboard rankings and its nine seed, to punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship as the Beavers finished in third place with a 2-over 854 total.

   Oregon State recorded a 1-over 285 in Tuesday’s second round after getting off to a great start with a 5-under 279. The Beavers closed with a 6-over 290.

   Arizona State, out of the Big 12, matched par in the final round with a 284 to finish two shots behind Oregon State in fourth place with a 4-over 856 total and reach the NCAA Championship for the 40^th time, more than any other program.

   The Sun Devils, No.22 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded fourth at Stanford, had added a 2-under 282 in Tuesday’s second round to their opening round of 6-over 290.

   Missouri, on the other hand, grabbed the final berth to La Costa out of the Stanford Regional for just its second appearance at nationals as the Tigers closed with a 2-over 286 to finish in fifth place, four shots behind Arizona State with an 8-over 860 total.

   Missouri had matched par in Tuesday’s second round with a 284 after opening with a 6-over 290.

   Backing up Revuelta and Martin Sampedro for Stanford was Kelly Xu, a senior from Claremont, Calif. and No. 18 in the Women’s WAGR – she is the lowest-ranked player in the Stanford lineup – as she finished a shot behind Pepperdine’s Wong in fourth place with an 8-under 205 total.

   Xu contributed a 4-under 67 to Stanford’s sizzling second-round performance and a 3-under 68 to the Cardinal’s blazing finish. Xu had opened with a 1-under 70.

   Meja Ortengren, a sophomore from Sweden and No. 6 in the Women’s WAGR, gave Stanford a fourth top-five finisher as she finished a shot behind her teammate Xu in fifth place with a 7-under 206 total.

   Ortengren had three rounds in the 60s, including back-to-back 2-under 69s in the final two rounds after opening with a 3-under 68.

   Rounding out the Stanford lineup was the pride of Holmdel, N.J., Megha Ganne, once the freshman phenom and now a senior putting the finishing touches on a tremendous amateur career.

   Ganne, No. 10 in the Women’s WAGR, closed with a sparkling 5-under 66 to finish among the trio tied for sixth place with a 6-under 207 total. Ganne had matched par with a 71 in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 4-under 67.

   Disappointing week for Angelina Tolentino, the former scholastic standout at Lenape in South Jersey who is a sophomore at SEC power Vanderbilt, and the Commodores.

   Vanderbilt, No. 13 in the Scoreboard rankings and seeded third, finished in sixth place with a 13-over 868 total.

   Tolentino, the Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur champion in 2024 at Waynesborough Country Club was subbed out in Tuesday’s second round after opening with a 4-over 75. She was back in the lineup for Wednesday’s final round, but struggled to a 79.