The football team isn’t the only Oregon program battling the Washington Huskies this week. After two rounds at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, the women’s golf team is tied with Washington for second place, shooting scores of 590. However the two schools aren’t close to the top spot. Stanford is ahead of them by 21 strokes.
Despite the huge deficit, the Ducks did several things well during their first day of the 13-team tournament at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. For one, they are six strokes ahead of the fourth-place finisher, San Jose State. Oregon was also the only team besides Stanford to shoot under 300 strokes in both rounds (8-over par 296 in round one, 6-over 294 in round two). The consistency of the Oregon golfers netted them not only a T2 finish but some great individual finishes, as well.
The top four Oregon golfers all finished in the top 18 in the player category, led by Caroline Inglis. The sophomore shot a score of 1-under 71 in the first round and 1-over 73 in the second, placing her fourth among the 67 golfers in the tournament.
The other three golfers didn’t finish too far behind Inglis, though. After shooting a 76 (+4) in round one, freshman Cathleen Santoso shot an even-par 72 in the second round, leaving her tied for 11th place.
Cassy Isagawa stumbled a bit from the first round to the second. The junior, who won the UNM Dick McGuire Invitational on Sept. 21, opened with a 73 (+1) and finished her day with a 76. The second score dropped her to 18th, tying her with, among others, teammate Marcella Pranovia.
The freshman Pranovia shot the same two scores as Ishagawa, just in opposite rounds. This is the first team event for Pranovia, who is a Bali, Indonesia native.
Oregon’s fifth competitor at the invitational is Monica Petchakan. She shot an 85 (+12) and 88 (+16) in her two rounds, tying her for last place. Her score did not count towards the overall team score.
Three schools (California, Colorado and Gonzaga) didn’t finish their second round due to darkness. They will wrap up their rounds at 7:45 a.m. PT Wednesday morning, right before the third and final round tees off. That round will begin at 8:30 a.m.