No. 3 Ducks Wrap Regular Season At Silverado Showdown

NAPA, Calif. - The Oregon women's golf team will play in its final regular-season tournament of the spring this week, co-hosting the 2025 Chevron Silverado Showdown with Colorado at Silverado Country Club and Resort beginning on Monday.

The No. 3 Ducks will be one of three top-25 teams in the field, along with No. 7 USC and No. 16 Arizona. Oregon will be playing without two of its top players this week in sophomore Kiara Romero and Karen Tsuru - Romero will be taking the week to rest after competing in the Augusta National Women's Amateur over the weekend, and Tsuru is resting a minor injury ahead of postseason play.

Oregon has finished in the top two in all four tournaments so far this spring, including a win at the Alice & John Wallace Classic and a second-place showing the last time out at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Invitational. The Ducks boast a stellar 85-13-0 competitive record so far in 2024-25, including a 58-3-0 in the spring.

Monday and Tuesday's rounds will begin with tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. PT, and Wednesday's final round will be an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.

2025 Chevron Silverado Showdown
Dates: Monday, April 7 - Wednesday, April 9
Course: Silverado Country Club & Resort
Par/Yardage: Par 72/6,207 yards
Format: Three rounds of stroke play; 18 holes each day

The Field (16 Teams)
#3 Oregon, #7 USC, #16 Arizona, Boise State, California, Colorado, CSU Fullerton, Iowa State, LBSU, Northwestern, Oregon State, Seattle, San Jose State, Stanford (individual only), USF, Utah Valley State, Washington

How to Follow
Live scoring for the Silverado Showdown will be available on Scoreboard Live. Live updates will be provided on Twitter at @OregonWGolf.

Teeing Off for the Ducks (Scoring Avg.)
1. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham (71.36)
2. Ting-Hsuan Huang (73.33)
3. Tong An (74.04)
4. Anika Varma (76.33)
5. Sonja Tang (78.67)
Ind. Darae Chung (73.83)

Silverado Showdown History
Excluding the 2019-20 season that was cut short by COVID-19, this will be the 11th straight year Oregon has co-hosted the Silverado Showdown with Colorado. The Ducks have won the tournament once, in 2015, and also finished second in 2016 and 2022. Oregon placed 10th at Silverado last spring.

Top-10 Finish For Romero At Augusta
The Ducks will be without star sophomore Kiara Romero at the Silverado Showdown, but for good reason as Romero just secured a top-10 finish on Saturday at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Romero fired a 5-under 67 in the opening round and a 4-under 68 in the second round at Champions Retreat Golf Club to sit in a tie for the lead at 9 under. After the entire field - which included freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham - got to play a practice round at Augusta National Golf Club on Friday, Romero was in the final pairing for Saturday's final round alongside defending champion and top-ranked amateur Lottie Woad. Romero would go on to shoot a 2-over 74 in the final round and tie for seventh overall, joining Hsin-Yu Lu (T-5th, 2023) as the only Ducks to finish in the top 10 at the tournament. Romero will head back to Eugene and rest up for the Ducks' upcoming postseason run.

Ducks Continue Strong Spring With Second-Place Finish In Texas
Oregon was in the hunt for a team title once again its last time out as the Ducks finished second behind only No. 1 Stanford at the Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. The Ducks entered the final round in a tie for the team lead with Wake Forest before shooting a 2-over 282 in the final round, as the Cardinal shot 3 under to surge ahead and secure the win. Oregon was led once again by Kiara Romero, who shot sub-70 in all three rounds to finish as the individual runner-up at 8-under par. It was the third runner-up finish of the spring and fourth of the season for Romero, who is up to No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Karen Tsuru also posted a top-10 finish in a tie for sixth at 2 under, and Suvichaya Vinijchaitham tied for 14th at 3-over par.

Tsuru Claims First Win At Juli Inkster Invite
Sophomore Karen Tsuru took center stage at the Juli Inkster Invitational last month, claiming the first individual win of her collegiate win after finishing in a three-way tie for first place at 13-under par. Tsuru posted a career-low 6-under 66 in the opening round before following that up with a 4-under 68 and a 3-under 69, extending her streak of consecutive sub-70 rounds to six. Tsuru powered the Ducks to a second-place finish, as Oregon shot 21 under for the tournament to finish behind only No. 1 Stanford (-29). Sophomore Kiara Romero posted her fifth top-10 finish of the season in sixth at 5-under par (68-74-69), and freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham also notched her fifth top-10 performance in a tie for 10th at even par (67-76-73). Tsuru joined Vinijchaitham (Alice & John Wallace Classic) as Ducks to win individual titles this season, and she earned the 42nd individual victory in program history.

Ducks Make History In Dominant Victory
Oregon ran away with the team title at the Alice & John Wallace Classic in mid-February, winning by 23 strokes while breaking multiple program records at Monterey Country Club. Freshman Suvichaya Vinijchaitham claimed the individual title on the strength of a tremendous final round, with Kiara Romero tying for second and Karen Tsuru finishing in fourth to give UO three players in the top five. It was a historic week for the Ducks, who broke the program record for total score and total score vs. par in a 54-hole tournament with a 34-under 818 across the three rounds. Oregon capped its dominant tournament with an 18-under 266 in the final round, six strokes better than the previous program record for the lowest team score in a round - set earlier this spring in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge. Oregon's three rounds were the three lowest team scores of the week, and all three placed in the top five in program history. Oregon secured the 39th tournament win in program history, and ninth since head coach Derek Radley took over ahead of the 2018-19 season.

All four counting scorers shot in the 60s for the Ducks in the final round, led by a 7-under 64 by Vinijchaitham as she beat out Romero and USC's Catherine Park for the individual title at 12-under par. Romero and Tsuru both closed the tournament with a 7-under 64, as Romero tied for second at 10 under and Tsuru placed fourth at 9 under. Ting-Hsuan Huang added a 3-under 68 to move up 10 spots and tie for eighth overall at 2 under, giving the Ducks four players in the individual top 10. Vinijchaitham's 12-under 201 was the second-lowest 54-hole total in program history, while Romero (203) tied for the third-lowest and Tsuru (204) tied for fifth-lowest. Vinijchaitham's 7-under 64 also tied for the second-lowest individual round in program history, matching the 7-under 64 she fired in the final round of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge earlier this month. The 7-under 64 also set a new course record at Monterey Country Club. Vinijchaitham was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week for her performance, becoming the first Duck to earn a Big Ten Conference weekly honor.

Romero Leads Ducks As True Sophomore
Kiara Romero put together one of the greatest seasons in program history in 2023-24 as a true freshman, becoming the first Duck ever to be named the WGCA Freshman of the Year while becoming just the second Duck to earn WGCA first-team all-America honors. Romero shattered the Oregon single-season record with a stellar 70.84 scoring average across 31 rounds of stroke play, and also broke the program record for birdies in a season with 118. She became the first Duck ever to shoot under par across a 72-hole tournament while leading Oregon into match play of the NCAA Championships, tying for sixth overall in stroke play at 4-under par. She captured two individual wins earlier in the season - including at the ANNIKA Intercollegaite in her collegiate debut - to become just the seventh Duck and third UO freshman to win multiple tournaments in a season. In 10 stroke play tournaments, Romero racked up nine top-20 finishes and six top-10 showings, and she shot par-or-better in 24 of 31 rounds. Romero was selected as a Golf Channel preseason first-team all-American entering her sophomore year while also landing on the preseason watch list for the Annika Award for the second year in a row, and she has catapulted up to No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. In 53 career rounds of stroke play as a Duck, Romero has produced 41 rounds of par-or-better with 20 sub-70 performances while recording 14 top-10 finishes, and she has already surpassed 200 career birdies.

Living In The Top Five
The Ducks have an impressive history of top-five finishes under head coach Derek Radley. Oregon has placed in the top five in 48 of 65 tournaments since Radley took over ahead of the 2018-19 season, headlined by an impressive nine tournament victories. The Ducks have finished in the top five in all eight stroke play tournaments in 2024-25, including their dominant victory at the Alice & John Wallace Classic. UO has reached the national semifinals at the NCAA Championships in two of the last three seasons, finishing as the national runners-up in 2021-22 before returning to the semifinals last season.