Sun Devils Complete Second Round at Pac-12 Championship

PHOENIX –  Host No. 11 Sun Devil Women’s Golf will enter the final round eight strokes back of the 2023 Pac-12 Championship at Papago Golf Club on Wednesday at even-par (290-286 — 576).

No. 29 Arizona and No. 14 USC lead the team competition with an eight-under 568, as ASU sits in fifth-place. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye‘s team looks to make one final push for the conference title when they begin their round tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM MST on the first tee.

ROUND BREAKDOWN

Junior Ashley Menne finished the round strong with birdies on No. 12, No. 15 and No. 18. She is tied for fifth with a three-under 141 (71-70) heading into the final day.

Freshman Beth Coulter had three birdies and no bogeys on the final 14 holes to propel her to a team-low two-under 70.

She is tied for 14th with a one-under 143 (73-70) for the first two rounds. 

Senior Amanda Linner finished strong with birdies on No. 16 and No. 18. Both birdies were the result of strong approach shots for three-foot putts. She is tied for 18th with an even-par 144 (72-72) heading into the final round.

Sophomore Grace Summerhays was steady throughout, recording seven straight pars to close out the round. She is tied for 33rd with a 

Freshman Paula Schulz-Hanssen had two bogeys to start the round and got it to even-par with birdies at No. 11 and No. 15, but bogeyed the final three holes to end at 6-over 150 for the two rounds (75-75).

QUOTABLES

Arizona State Head Women’s Golf Coach Farr-Kaye

On today’s round:

“We started off slow, but we hung in there with a couple birdies down the stretch. I really liked how we finished since we’re trying to find our groove at home right now. Today was a much better day I feel like. We didn’t score yesterday as well as we played. Just trying to get everyone patient with themselves, grinding and hanging in there. It’s an packed championship with some great teams. We’re trying to be patient, stay in the process and we’ll get where we want to go.”

On keeping the team in control of their game:

“We focus on staying in the process, it’s important that we have our processes, we have things we want to do, work to control. There’s a lot of things you have to let go of when you’re here. Because you can’t control everything. We try to get back to our basics and what we talk about and how we compete day-to-day. This is the…