Monday, March 10
La Quinta, Calif. (PGA West)
12:15 PM EST
Princeton University
vs
Yale Intercollegiate
Photo by: Jerry Green
Women's Golf Finishes A Strong Third Place At Yale Intercollegiate
March 11, 2025 | Women's Golf
Princeton played its way to a third-place finish as a team at the Yale Intercollegiate contested at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif. finishing as one of three teams under par out of a 12-team field.
The Tigers were -3 as a group to claim third place. North Carolina won the team title at -31 bolstered by a second-round team score of -14, while Kansas was second at -20.
In a field featuring seven teams ranked inside the Top-50 of the most recent CLIPPD rankings, Princeton finished behind No. 15 UNC and No. 23 Kansas, but was in front of five Top-50 teams in No. 50 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Vanderbilt, No. 27 Oklahoma State, No. 32 California, and No. 30 Kansas State.
Two Tigers finished inside the Top-10 individually as Catherine Rao and Olivia Duan were both T8 at -4 overall for the 54 holes.
Duan was hot to start the tournament, posting a 67 (-5) in the first round before following with a 73 (+1) and 72 (E) in her final two rounds.
Rao had the opposite flow to her tournament, opening with a 73 (+1) before posting rounds of 70 (-2) and 69 (-3) to close the tournament and charge up the leaderboard. In her final round, Rao carded eight birdies including six in an eight-hole stretch from No. 5-12
Kansas' Lauren Clark was individual medalist with a three-round score of -12, including a final round 66 (-6).
Victoria Liu was also inside the Top-25 for the Tigers, finishing at +2 overall with a tournament that included a second round 68 (-4).
Princeton (-3; 287-283-291; 861)
T4. Olivia Duan (-4; 67-73-72; 212)
T4. Catherine Rao (-4; 73-70-69; 212)
T24. Victoria Liu (+2; 75-68-75; 218)
T43. Flora Zhang (+8; 74-75-75; 224)
T46. Abra Richmond (+9; 73-72-80; 225)
67. Julia Kashimura (+32; 82-83-83; 248)
The Tigers were -3 as a group to claim third place. North Carolina won the team title at -31 bolstered by a second-round team score of -14, while Kansas was second at -20.
In a field featuring seven teams ranked inside the Top-50 of the most recent CLIPPD rankings, Princeton finished behind No. 15 UNC and No. 23 Kansas, but was in front of five Top-50 teams in No. 50 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Vanderbilt, No. 27 Oklahoma State, No. 32 California, and No. 30 Kansas State.
Two Tigers finished inside the Top-10 individually as Catherine Rao and Olivia Duan were both T8 at -4 overall for the 54 holes.
Duan was hot to start the tournament, posting a 67 (-5) in the first round before following with a 73 (+1) and 72 (E) in her final two rounds.
Rao had the opposite flow to her tournament, opening with a 73 (+1) before posting rounds of 70 (-2) and 69 (-3) to close the tournament and charge up the leaderboard. In her final round, Rao carded eight birdies including six in an eight-hole stretch from No. 5-12
Kansas' Lauren Clark was individual medalist with a three-round score of -12, including a final round 66 (-6).
Victoria Liu was also inside the Top-25 for the Tigers, finishing at +2 overall with a tournament that included a second round 68 (-4).
Princeton (-3; 287-283-291; 861)
T4. Olivia Duan (-4; 67-73-72; 212)
T4. Catherine Rao (-4; 73-70-69; 212)
T24. Victoria Liu (+2; 75-68-75; 218)
T43. Flora Zhang (+8; 74-75-75; 224)
T46. Abra Richmond (+9; 73-72-80; 225)
67. Julia Kashimura (+32; 82-83-83; 248)
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