Saturday, March 30
Tempe, AZ
All Day
University of Oregon
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PING/ASU Invitational
Nagano Posts Top-Five Finish in Tempe
03/30/24 | Women's Golf
TEMPE, Ariz. — Senior Minori Nagano secured her best finish of the season on Saturday at the PING/ASU Invitational, tying for fourth place overall after closing the weekend with a 1-under 71 at Papago Golf Club.
Nagano shot under par in all three rounds in the desert, finishing in a four-way tie for fourth place at 5-under par. UCLA's Zoe Campos and New Mexico State's Emma Bunch shared individual medalist honors at 9-under par.
No. 12 Oregon finished 11th overall at 9-over par following a 7-over 294 in the final round.
How it Happened: Saturday's round opened with a shotgun start, and Nagano got her day going with a birdie at No. 8. She added another birdie at No. 13 and was 2-under par through 10 holes before making two bogeys in three holes, but she added one more birdie at No. 6 to get back under par.
Nagano carded her 13th par-or-better round of the season and posted her second top-five finish of 2023-24.
Fifth-year senior Ching-Tzu Chen contributed a 1-over 73, sophomore Anika Varma came in with a 3-over 75, and freshman Ting-Hsuan Huang completed the counting scores with a 4-over 76.
Ducks on the Leaderboard:
11. Oregon -286-292-295 – 873 (+9)
T4. Minori Nagano -69-71-71 – 211 (-5)
T37. Ching-Tzu Chen – 74-72-73 – 219 (+3)
T43. Anika Varma – 72-74-75 – 221 (+5)
T74. Ting-Hsuan Huang – 76-75-76 -227 (+11)
78. Ashleigh Park -71-78-79 – 228 (+12)
Notable: Nagano tied for the best mark in the field on par-3 holes at 3-under par, and she was 2-under par on par-4s … Nagano led Oregon with 11 total birdies, tied for sixth-most in the field … Oregon played this week without star freshman Kiara Romero, who is preparing for the upcoming Augusta National Women's Amateur … Park will join Romero in the Augusta National field, set to begin on April 3.
Up Next: Oregon will wrap up its regular season by co-hosting the Silverado Showdown with Colorado in Napa, Calif., on April 8-10.
Nagano shot under par in all three rounds in the desert, finishing in a four-way tie for fourth place at 5-under par. UCLA's Zoe Campos and New Mexico State's Emma Bunch shared individual medalist honors at 9-under par.
No. 12 Oregon finished 11th overall at 9-over par following a 7-over 294 in the final round.
How it Happened: Saturday's round opened with a shotgun start, and Nagano got her day going with a birdie at No. 8. She added another birdie at No. 13 and was 2-under par through 10 holes before making two bogeys in three holes, but she added one more birdie at No. 6 to get back under par.
Nagano carded her 13th par-or-better round of the season and posted her second top-five finish of 2023-24.
Fifth-year senior Ching-Tzu Chen contributed a 1-over 73, sophomore Anika Varma came in with a 3-over 75, and freshman Ting-Hsuan Huang completed the counting scores with a 4-over 76.
Ducks on the Leaderboard:
11. Oregon -286-292-295 – 873 (+9)
T4. Minori Nagano -69-71-71 – 211 (-5)
T37. Ching-Tzu Chen – 74-72-73 – 219 (+3)
T43. Anika Varma – 72-74-75 – 221 (+5)
T74. Ting-Hsuan Huang – 76-75-76 -227 (+11)
78. Ashleigh Park -71-78-79 – 228 (+12)
Notable: Nagano tied for the best mark in the field on par-3 holes at 3-under par, and she was 2-under par on par-4s … Nagano led Oregon with 11 total birdies, tied for sixth-most in the field … Oregon played this week without star freshman Kiara Romero, who is preparing for the upcoming Augusta National Women's Amateur … Park will join Romero in the Augusta National field, set to begin on April 3.
Up Next: Oregon will wrap up its regular season by co-hosting the Silverado Showdown with Colorado in Napa, Calif., on April 8-10.
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