No. 15 USC Women’s Golf Eyeing Pac-12 Championships

Women’s Golf | April 14, 2023

The No. 15 USC women’s golf team, with one win during the fall season and a recent streak of three straight top 3 spring results, is set for the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Golf Championships, Monday through Wednesday (April 17-19), at Papago G.C. in Phoenix, Ariz.

Pac-12 Championships Information

Tee times at the par-72, 6,563-yard course will start at 8 a.m. PT on Monday and Tuesday and run through 10:20 a.m. The Trojans begin play at 8 a.m. both days. Tee times for the final round Wednesday start at 7:30 a.m.

Results will be available at golfstat.com.

The Pac-12, arguably the toughest conference in the country, features four teams in the Golfweek.com Top 15 in No. 2 Stanford, No. 6 Oregon, No. 11 Arizona State and No. 15 USC plus UCLA at No. 25 and Arizona at No. 27.

USC will start senior Malia Nam, junior Brianna Navarrosa, sophomores Amari Avery and Brianna Navarrosa and freshman Catherine Park. Junior Christine Wang will serve as an available substitute.

Nam played on the Trojans’ 2019 and 2021 Pac-12 title teams while Navarrosa was on the 2021 squad. Avery led USC golfers in 2022 with a tie for fifth.

TV & Streaming Info Following each round, the Pac-12 will feature highlights on Pac-12 Network, the Pac-12 Now app, Pac-12.com and Pac-12 social media platforms. Pac-12 Network will also air a “Women’s Golf Championship Show” on April 20 at 7 p.m. PT.

USC’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY

* USC, which captured the 2021 Pac-12 title and was fifth in 2022, has won eight conference titles overall and in six of the past 15 years (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021). In fact, USC has finished in the top 3 in 13 of the past 17 Pac-12 Championships, including finishing second in 2012, tied for second in 2014, both by one stroke, and in second in 2018. Overall, USC has collected Pac-12 crowns in 1989, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2021 (there was no championship in 2020 due to Covid) and won the Pacific West Conference title in 1986 (the last year before it became the Pac-10).

 

* The Trojans have also won six Pac-12 individual titles, including a streak that saw three straight freshmen win it. Annie Park won it as a 2013 freshman at 7-under 209 (70-70-69) to become USC’s sixth conference medalist. Doris Chen won it as a freshman in 2012, taking first at 1-over 217 (77-72-68)…