Bears Coming Off 5th Top-5 Finish In Last 8 Competitions
WASHINGTON – The No. 26 California women’s golf team begins the postseason this Sunday through Tuesday at the Pac-12 Championships in Pullman, Washington.
The Golden Bears are set to compete at the par-72, 6,324-yard course at Palouse Ridge Golf Club coming off a fifth-place finish at the Silverado Showdown. Cal has earned five top-five finishes this season, good for its most since 2016-17.
TOURNAMENT INFO
- Dates: Apr. 21-23
- 54 holes (18-18-18, Sunday-Tuesday)
- First Tee: 9:00 a.m. PT
- Cal’s Tee Times: 9-9:40 a.m. PT
- Location: Pullman, Wash. | Palouse Ridge Golf Club
- Course Info: Par 72 | 6,324 Yards
- Host: Washington
- Live Scoring: Golfstat
- Day 1 Pairings
THE FIELD (11)
No. 27 California, No. 1 Stanford, No. 4 UCLA, No. 9 USC, No. 12 Arizona State, No. 14 Arizona, No. 16 Oregon, No. 35 Washington, No. 45 Oregon State, Colorado, Utah, Washington State
THE BEARS
Cal will be running the same lineup for the third straight tournament, featuring its five lowest scorers on the year. Sophomore Adora Liu owns the team’s lowest scoring average at 72.5 strokes per round, followed closely by freshman Constance Fouillet (72.6).
A lineup mainstay for the past few years, senior Cristina Ochoa (73) has been one of the team’s most consistent golfers this season, shooting par or better in 10 of her last 14 rounds. Fellow senior and Oklahoma State transfer Rina Tatematsu (73.1) and sophomore Olivia Lee (74.5) round out the Bears’ cohort.
*2024 Cal Women’s Golf Stats
FANTASTIC FRESHMAN
Currently on pace to set the Bears’ freshman scoring record, Fouillet is coming off back-to-back top-10 finishes. She has led the Bears in scoring a team-best five times this season, also owning team highs in par or better rounds (16), lowest 18-hole score (-6) and top-20 finishes (5).
WHAT A YEAR
Not including their Big Match win over Stanford, the Bears have finished top five in five of their last eight tournaments. They started the year with a bang, recording four program records in their second competition of the year at the Molly Invitational. Led by Fouillet – whose opening-round 6-under-par tied the Bears all-time record – Cal set new team records through 18 holes (-17), 36 holes (-19) and 54 holes (-28).
The Molly kickstarted the program’s first-ever run of three consecutive wins, as the Bears teamed up with the…
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