Women’s Golf | February 24, 2023
The No. 11 USC women’s golf team, with one win during the fall season, continues the sprint season as it looks to defend its 2022 title at the 2023 Icon Invitational in Houston, Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 27-28), at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas.
The 16-team field is hosted by Houston and also includes Texas A&M, USC, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, SMU, Texas Tech, Tulsa, Tennessee, North Carolina State, Maryland, North Texas, Charlotte, Illinois, Texas State and Texas-San Antonio.
Results will be available at golfstat.com. Teams will play 36 holes beginning with an 8 a.m. CT, shotgun start Monday with the final round teeing off at 8 a.m., Tuesday, on the 6,392-yard, par-72 course.
The individual champion of the ICON Invitational will receive a playing spot in The Chevron Championship Official Pro-Am on April 18. The Chevron Championship, the first LPGA Tour Major of the season, will take place at The Club at Carlton Woods for the first time on April 20-23.
USC made its debut at the event in 2022 and turned in one of its best regular-season performances in program history, combining for a school-record 39-under par — led by then-freshman Amari Avery’s winning 15-under and then-freshman Xin (Cindy) Kou’s third-place 13-under — to capture the Icon Invitational going away.
The Trojans nailed down their first tournament victory of last season at 39-under 825 (270-281-274) for a 15-stroke victory, following their school-record 18-under opening round with a final-round 14-under, tied for the fourth-best round in program history.
It marked Avery’s first college win in her second college event. Her 15-under tied the USC record for most under par in a 54-hole event, previously owned alone by Trojan 2006 NCAA champion Dewi Claire Schreefel, who set the mark in 2007. Avery also became the first Trojan to post a pair of 65s in one tournament.
The Trojans are led by fifth-year head coach Justin Silverstein and first-year assistant coach Tiffany Joh, the All-American first-teamer and LPGA star from UCLA now in her second year of collegiate coaching.
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