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Sophomore Clare Legaspi has a pair of Top 20 finishes this season.
Top-Ranked UCLA Travels to Wildcat Invitational
March 04, 2018 | Women's Golf
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TUCSON, Ariz. - The top-ranked Bruins return to the scene of last year's Pac-12 Conference Championships victory, traveling to Sewailo Golf Club for the Wildcat Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be played on Monday (36 holes) and Tuesday (18 holes) at the par-72, 6,494-yard layout.
The scoring fivesome for the Bruins will be senior Erin Choi, juniors Lilia Vu and Beth Wu and sophomores Mariel Galdiano and Clare Legaspi. Freshman Vera Markevich will be playing as an individual. Live scoring will be available here, with a shotgun start on Monday at 6:30 a.m. PT. UCLA will be without freshman Patty Tavatanakit, who will be playing at the Patsy Hankins Trophy in Qatar (March 8-10).
Joining the Bruins and host #21 Arizona in the 16-team field are #7 Texas, #20 Purdue, #25 North Carolina State, #40 Denver, #41 UNLV, Augusta, Grand Canyon, Kansas State, Long Beach State, Missouri, Northern Arizona, New Mexico, New Mexico State and Portland State (Golfstat ranking as of Feb. 27).
The Bruins have won four of their six tournaments this season, claiming the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (Feb. 11-13, +15, 867), the Battle at the Beach (Nov. 3-5, -13, 839), the Nanea Pac-12 Preview (Oct. 23-24, -20, 564) and the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16-18, -3, 849), while finishing second at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 26-27, +40, 904) and the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Oct. 1-3, -4, 860). UCLA has been under par in seven of its 17 rounds, shooting season-best, 12-unders in the second round of the Nanea and the final round of the Battle at the Beach.
Vu, the top-ranked golfer in the nation in Golfweek's latest rankings, has won three tournaments in a row and is tied for the school record with seven career victories. The reigning Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for February claimed the Bruin Wave (-1, 215) and the Regional Challenge (-1, 212) to open the spring schedule, while also winning the Battle at the Beach (-8, 205) to end the fall slate. Including her second-place showing at the Nanea (-7, 139), Vu is a combined 17-under in her last 11 rounds. She holds a 70.3 scoring average, 11 rounds under par and seven in the 60s.
Galdiano, who holds a 72.6 scoring average, tied for fourth at the Bruin Wave (+8, 224), her second Top 10 of the season and fifth finish inside the Top 20. She also tied for fifth at Nanea (-2, 144) and was either solo or tied for 11th at Stanford (+3, 216), the BATB (E, 213) and the ANNIKA (-1, 215). Galdiano has seven under-par rounds and three in the 60s, including a pair of 3-under 68s to close out the Stanford Intercollegiate and the Battle at the Beach.
Wu has four Top 10s and five Top 20s this season, with a scoring average of 72.3. She was fourth at Nanea (-4, 142), fifth at the NGRC (+2, 215) and tied for sixth at Stanford (E, 213) and the Battle at the Beach (-3, 210). Of her six under-par rounds, two have been in the 60s, as she shot a 5-under 66 in the final round at the Battle and a second-round, 5-under 68 at the Nanea. Wu is a combined 4-under in her final rounds this season.
Choi is playing in her fourth tournament of the season. She tied for 36th at the Bruin Wave (+19, 235), tied for 54th at the UC Irvine Invitational (Oct. 30-31, +21, 237) and tied for 79th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (+24, 237).
Legaspi, who missed the Bruin Wave while competing at the Asia-Pacific Women's Amateur Championship in Singapore, has a pair of Top 20 finishes, tying for 11th at Nanea (+1, 147) and tying for 16th at the ANNIKA (+1, 217). She had three under-par rounds, including a 2-under 69 in the opening trip at the Battle at the Beach, where she tied for 42nd.
Markevich is playing in her third tournament, all as individuals. She tied for 60th at the Bruin Wave (+27, 243) and was 80th at the Battle at the Beach (+26, 239).
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