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PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Washington women’s golf team finished the first day of the 2023 Pac-12 Championships with three players – Jamie Hsieh, Stefanie Deng and Camille Boyd – among the top 20 on the individual leaderboard.
The Huskies completed the first of three rounds at Papago Golf Club with a team total of 294, six strokes over par, placing them eighth. Washington come out quickly, with nine birdies and an eagle, collectively on the first nine holes, and held the team lead for a portion of the round.
“We got off to a solid start but we were just not able to close,” said UW head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. “Tomorrow will be a better day.”
Hsieh finished the day in a tie for 10th place overall after carding a 1-under 71, finishing her round with three birdies and two bogies.
Deng and Boyd are both tied for 16th place after even-par 72s. Boyd spent a considerable portion of the day either alone in the lead or tied for it after opening play with an eagle on the par-5 10th hole. She went on to birdie three of the following five holes to drop to 5-under and, after a bogey on No. 17 (her 8th hole), finished her first nine at 4-under.
Deng made par on all of her first nine holes before notching two birdies and two bogies on her back nine.
Th two other Husky golfers – Kennedy Knox and Brittany Kwon – each turned in a 7-over 79 in the first round.
The second round gets underway Tuesday morning (UW begins play at 8:06 a.m. PT), and the championship wraps up with the third round on Wednesday.
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