Ducks Look to Continue Strong Play in Southern California
03/20/16 | Women's Golf
The Ducks travel to Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. to participate in the San Diego State March Mayhem Invitational. The three-day competition is slated for March 21-23 at The Farms Golf Club.
FORMAT
The teams will play 72 holes of match play. Monday will begin at 7:30 a.m. PT and will feature 36 holes. The first round Monday morning will be seeded according to Golfstat.com Rankings as of March 15.
The second round, which will begin immediately following the first round, will see the 16 team field split into championship and consolation brackets based on Round 1 results.
The third round will get underway at 7:45 a.m. PT Tuesday morning and the final round will start at 7:45 a.m. PT Wednesday.
THE FIELD
Oregon will be joined by 15 other teams at the tournament. Competition will be tough from top to bottom as eight teams are ranked in the Top 25 by Golfstat.com in the March 15 rankings. The seedings for the first round are as follows:
1 USC (2) 9 Colorado (38)
2 UCLA (6) 10 TCU (40)
3 Arizona (9) 11 Kansas (79)
4 Stanford (11) 12 UC Davis (81)
5 Arizona State (13) 13 Texas State (84)
6 California (15) 14 Memphis (93)
7 San Diego State (17) 15 Delaware (105)
8 OREGON (24) 16 UC Irvine (155)
Competing Ducks
No. 1 – Kathleen Scavo
No. 2 – Petra Salko
No. 3 – Caroline Inglis
No. 4 – Cathleen Santoso
No. 5 – Marcella Pranovia
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This is the second time the Ducks have participated in the San Diego State tournament at The Farms Golf Course. The last time UO competed was in 2014 when it finished 14th.
The format was changed to match play in 2015 so this year will mark the first time Oregon has competed in the tournament in its current format.
LAST TIME OUT
The Ducks headed to Gainsville, Fla. to participate in the SunTrust Gator Invitational March 5-6. Oregon shot 291-289-297 -- 877 to finish at 37 over for the event and place fourth.
On Sunday, Cathleen Santoso (73-76-73-222) fired the Ducks' low round of the day, carding a 3-over 73. The junior from Sydney, Australia used a birdie on her final hole - the par 5 No. 3 hole - to tie teammate Caroline Inglis (74-74-74-222) for 21st among individuals.
Freshman Kathleen Scavo (71-73-75-219) had Oregon's top overall finish, tying for 14th, followed by fellow frosh Petra Salko (73-72-75-220), who tied for 16th.
Marcella Pranovia (74-70-80-224) couldn't sustain momentum from her team-best, even-par 70 in Round 2 and placed tied for 28th. Pranovia was just 2-over at the turn on Sunday, but ran into trouble with a stretch of four holes that cost her six strokes against par.
The Ducks posted a top four finish for the third time in as many spring tournaments, and Oregon was the only team in the field that saw all five of its golfers place among the top 30 individuals. Emphasizing the difficulty of the course, North Carolina State's Rachael Taylor took home medalist honors with a 54-hole score of even par.
HAMILTON JOINS DUCKS
The Ducks have added another standout to the roster as freshman Brooke Hamilton arrived on campus last week and will travel with the team to Rancho Santa Fe. Hamilton is a native of Auckland, New Zealand and attended St. Cuthbert's College before coming to Eugene.
She has won numerous New Zealand Order of Merit Tournaments including: the South Island Women's Stroke Play, the South Island U19 Stroke Play, the North Island U19 Stroke Play, and the Lochiel Women's Open. Hamilton was selected for the New Zealand Development squad and competed in the Junior World Golf Team Championships in Japan. She has also participated in a number of junior tournaments in the United States.
She is a three-time participant at the Junior World Golf Championships and tied for 17th in 2015. She also qualified for the 2015 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, held in Tulsa, and won the 114th PNGA women's amateur held in Idaho in 2015.
