Women’s Golf | August 19, 2024
LOS ANGELES – Seventh-year head coach Justin Silverstein announced Friday, Aug. 16, the 2024-25 USC women’s golf schedule. The Women of Troy will participate in five tournaments in the fall – including the coveted East Lake Cup – five in the spring, and a match against UCLA for the Battle of the Bell before debuting at the Big Ten Championship.
In this latest installment, USC will have a fresh look as they hope to return once again to the match play section of the NCAA Championship at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. The Women of Troy reloaded this season, as they lost a trio of players (Amari Avery, Brianna Navarrosa, and Christine Wang) but brought in one of the best recruiting classes in the nation with freshmen Jasmine Koo and Kylie Chong. Alongside those two is a trio of experienced starters: Catherine Park, Bailey Shoemaker, and Xin (Cindy) Kou. Park was one of the best golfers in the country last season, as she was named a First Team All-American by multiple outlets and was a finalist for the ANNIKA Award. Shoemaker returns for her sophomore season after finishing second at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and Kou was named to the All-Conference Pac-12 First Team in 2023.
The Women of Troy begin their adventure into the season with four fall tournaments. USC starts its season with a similar opener to last year at the Leadership and Golf Invitational at Chambers Bay G.C. in University Place, Wash. (Sept. 16-17). Last season, the Trojans dominated the same tournament as they won by 31 strokes. USC will then compete with the same slate as last fall, as they play in the Windy City Collegiate Classic in Chicago (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), the Stanford Intercollegiate in Stanford, Calif. (Oct. 18-20), before wrapping it up with the East Lake Cup in Atlanta (Oct. 28-30). The East Lake Cup will be streamed on the Golf Channel as the final four teams from last season compete in one round of stroke play before determining a champion in match play.
On the spring side, the Trojans will see five regular-season tournaments and a match-play dual against UCLA before heading into their first Big Ten Championship. USC will start with the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 2-4) close to home at the Palos Verdes G.C. in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. The…
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