LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women’s golf team competes at the Windy City Collegiate Classic at Glen View Club in Golf, Ill., beginning Monday, Oct. 2.
The two-day, 54-hole stroke play event features 15 teams. The Bruins will play 36 continuous holes on Monday and finish the tournament with 18 holes on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Follow the action at this GolfStat live scoring link.
UCLA Lineup: Meghan Royal, Alessia Nobilio, Caroline Canales, Kate Villegas and Zoe Antoinette Campos.
The Field: Arizona, No. 24 Arizona State, Auburn, No. 23 Duke, No. 19 Georgia, Illinois, Iowa State, Louisville, Northwestern (host), No. 2 Oregon, No. 7 USC, No. 12 Texas, UCLA, No. 21 Virginia and No. 4 Wake Forest.
Weather Report: Sunny skies, temperature highs in the mid 80s.
Par and Yardage: Par 72, 6,368 yards.
Last Time Out
A third-round surge pushed the Bruins to an eighth-place finish (-6, 858) at the Mason Rudolph Championship in Franklin, Tenn. to begin the season last week. UCLA fired a tournament-low 15-under 273 on day three which is good for the fifth lowest 18-hole score in program history and best since 2018. All five Bruins shot under par in the third round.
Sophomore Meghan Royal rose 57 total spots on the leaderboard over days two and three, firing the two lowest rounds of her career back-to-back (69-67). Royal finished the tournament t-20th (-3) for the first top 20 of her career. Royal posted a bogey-free 5-under 67 in the third round.
Nobilio matched her former career low score in round three with a 4-under 68. Campos also signed off on a bogey-free scorecard with a 4-under 68 of her own.
2022-23 In Review
UCLA’s season was highlighted by six top 3 finishes, including three team victories at The Match in the Desert, The Beach Invitational and the inaugural Battle for the Bell versus crosstown rival USC. UCLA’s best 54-hole score came at the Anuenue Spring Break Classic where it shot 10-under (286-283-285).
Leading the charge in 2022-23 was Campos who earned consensus first-team All-American acclaim and was named an ANNIKA Award Top 10 Finalist. Campos led UCLA with a 71.42 scoring average which ranked 20th in the NCAA and sixth…
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