USC Women’s Golf Primed for NCAA East Lansing Regional

Women’s Golf | May 04, 2024

LOS ANGELES—No. 6 USC women’s golf searches for its 26^th straight berth to the NCAA Championship site, as it takes on the NCAA East Lansing Regional as the No. 1 seed on Monday, May 6 thru Wednesday, May 8 at the Forest Akers West Course in East Lansing, Mich. 
 
COMPETITIVE SLATE (12): USC, Northwestern (Big Ten), Florida (SEC), Pepperdine (WCC), *Michigan State (Big Ten), Kentucky (SEC), Denver (Summit League), Oklahoma State (Big XII), Indiana (Big Ten), Augusta (Southland), Illinois State (Missouri Valley) and Oakland (Horizon).

*Host School

 

WHERE: Forest Akers West Course (Par 72, 6,370 yards).

 

WHEN: The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event will begin Monday, May 6. Each round will be 18 holes, and the final round will be played on Wednesday, May 8.  

 

LIVE SCORING: Live results can be found on GolfStat here.  

 

INSIDE THE LINEUP:

1. Catherine Park
2. Amari Avery
3. Brianna Navarrosa
4. Bailey Shoemaker
5. Christine Wang

Sub: Xin (Cindy) Kou
 
Catherine Park 
 
The sophomore continues to impress as she picked up her third individual title after winning the Pac-12 Individual Championship. Park did so in historic fashion, as she broke the Pac-12 Tournament by posting a final score of -15. Park is now ranked as the No. 5 player in the latest collegiate golf individual rankings and is 12^th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. The sophomore improved her stroke average after the last tournament, as she leads the Trojans with a 70.54 average. Park now has eight top-25 and six top-ten finishes in nine stroke-play tournaments. 

Amari Avery

 

The junior is the 26th-ranked collegiate golfer in the Division I Women’s golf individual rankings and the 26th-ranked player in the World Amateur Rankings. Avery has posted six top-25, and three top-ten finishes this season, as she added one top-25 finish after tying for 16^th at the Pac-12 Championship. Avery ranks second on the squad with a 71.17 stroke average. 

 

Brianna Navarrosa

The senior comes into the day after her second-best showing of the season, as she was tied for 4^th at the Pac-12 Championship. Navarrosa started off slow with a 76 but followed that with back-to-back rounds in the 60s (67 & 66). That was her ninth top-ten finish for her career and gave her, her second on the season….