‘Cats Battle Best of the Best at Rucker Intercollegiate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina — No. 19 Northwestern will take on one of the deepest fields in women’s college golf at the 2023 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club beginning Monday, February 27 at 10:10am ET. Live coverage of the event will air on Golf Channel from 1:30-4:30pm CT on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

LIVE LEADERBOARD (via Golfstat)

Long Cove Club Course Overview

The field in South Carolina includes six of the nation’s Top-10 teams in this week’s Golfstat rankings, nine of the Top-15, and 15 of the 18 schools on the leaderboard are ranked in the Top-32.

Wildcats Lineup

1. Lauryn Nguyen (Sophomore; Seattle, WA) finished T6 and T5 in her first two events of 2023, including program-record 64 in the second round of the UCF Challenge … 2022 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … Has 11 Top-25 finishes in 16 career events … was the ‘Cats top finisher in the 2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (T16; 73-72-72=218 [+5]).

 

2. Dianna Lee (First-year; San Diego, CA) has recorded back-to-back Top-10s to open the 2023 schedule, finishing 8^th in Orlando at the UCF Challenge and and 10^th in Melbourne at the Moon Golf Invitational this month.

 

3. Jieni Li (Junior; Hangzhou, China) has carded ten consecutive par-or-better rounds stretching back to October, and three straight Top-17 finishes … was the Wildcats top performer at the 2022 NCAA Stanford Regional (T10; 72-68-73=213 [E]) … is currently interning in the Northwestern Athletics marketing department … competed in the 2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.

 

4. Kelly Sim (Graduate student; Edgewater, NJ) won the 2021 PING/ASU Invitational (69-70-72=211 [-5]) … led wire-to-wire to win the 2020 Bruin/Wave Invitational (67-69-75=211 [-5]) … has recorded nine Top-10 and 24 Top-25 career finishes … has played 128 career collegiate rounds … Was NU’s top finisher at the 2019 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (T12; 73-71-73=217 [+4]) … also competed in the 2020 and 2022 tournaments at Long Cove.

 

5. Jennifer Cai (Junior; Irvine, CA) earned 2022 First Team All-Big Ten honors … was Northwestern’s top finisher at the 2022 Big Ten Championships (T3; 71-68-72=211 [-2]) … capped the 2021-22 season with four consecutive Top-20 results … competed in the 2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.

 

IND. Irene Kim (Senior; La Palma, CA) was the 2021 Big…