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No. 6 Women’s Golf Prepares for Pac-12 Preview in Hawaii
February 17, 2024 | Women's Golf
LOS ANGELES – The No. 6 UCLA women's golf team competes in its third spring tournament at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview at Nanea Golf Club in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, beginning Monday, Feb. 19.
The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event concludes Wednesday, Feb. 21.
UCLA Lineup: Zoe Antoinette Campos, Caroline Canales, Kate Villegas, Natalie Vo and Meghan Royal.
The Field: (20) Arizona, (19) California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Oregon State, San Diego State, (18) San Jose State, (2) Stanford, (6) UCLA, (4) USC, Washington, Washington State.
Weather Report: Mostly sunny with temperature highs in the low 80s.
Par and Yardage: Par 73, 6,449 yards.
History at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview
UCLA is a two-time champion at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview, winning the event in 2015 (+1, 877) and, most recently, in 2017 (-20, 564). The event was limited to 36 holes in 2017 due to a rainout in the third round.
Alison Lee and Bronte Law both medaled at the event. Lee posted a 10-under 209 in 2014 to win her fourth collegiate title. In 2013, Law won with a score of 8-under 211.
UCLA placed fifth at last season's edition of the Nanea Pac-12 Preview with a team score of 2-over 878 in 2022. Then-sophomore Caroline Canales posted the Bruins' best individual score of the tournament with a 6-under 213 (70-73-70) to finish in a tie for fourth.
Last Time Out: Therese Hession Regional Challenge
The Bruins competed in a match play format of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club two weeks ago. The event was shifted to the style of play the night before the competition in order to avoid a potential rainout.
UCLA won its first match of day one on Feb. 3 against Baylor, 4-1, and fell to Florida, 3-2, in the second match. The Bruins' match against the Gators concluded earlier than expected due to darkness. On the second day, UCLA lost in a tiebreaker to USC, 2-2-1.
The Bruins at a Glimpse
Three UCLA golfers are averaging below 71 strokes per round: Alessia Nobilio (70.8), Zoe Antoinette Campos (70.9) and Meghan Royal (70.9). Seven separate UCLA golfers have recorded a top-10 finish, led by Campos with two.
UCLA in the "Scoreboard" Individual Rankings
No. 43 Zoe Antoinette Campos
No. 44 Meghan Royal
No. 53 Tiffany Le
No. 61 Alessia Nobilio
No. 85 Kate Villegas
No. 103 Caroline Canales
Fall 2023 Recap
The Bruins put forth four strong showings in the Fall 2023 season, highlighted by a victory at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (-32, 832) on Oct. 3. UCLA defended its title at the second annual Battle for the Bell in the next tournament at one of its home courses, Bel-Air Country Club.
UCLA's surge was signaled by its performance in the third round to conclude the Mason Rudolph Championship, the Bruins' first tournament of the season. All five Bruins shot under par to total a team score of 15-under 273 on day three for the fifth lowest 18-hole score in program history.
The Bruins rode that momentum into their very next round, shooting a 16-under 272 to open the Windy City Collegiate Classic. That mark is tied for the third lowest 18-hole score in program history and is UCLA's best showing since round three of the 2018 Golfweek Conference Challenge. UCLA's final score of 32-under 832 is tied for the lowest 54-hole score in program history. Three Bruins placed in the top 10, and even more impressive, the win came in a stacked field containing nine top 25 teams. UCLA finished nine strokes ahead of second-place Northwestern.
UCLA concluded the fall with a t-5th spot at the highly competitive Stanford Intercollegiate (+6, 858) after entering the final round one stroke back of the lead.
The Bell Stays Blue
UCLA defeated crosstown rival USC, 4-1, in the second annual Battle for the Bell at Bel-Air Country Club on Oct. 12. The Bruins won four of five possible matches. UCLA's four victorious golfers won a combined 14 holes on the back nine, including five each from Villegas and Le. Seo, who was competing in her first collegiate event, trailed by two holes after the eighth hole. She went on to win three holes on the back nine before her round was ended due to darkness.
First Win for Coach Alicia
The Bruins tied a 54-hole program record of 32-under 832 to win the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 3 for Alicia Um Holmes' first victory as head coach. The win came in a field against nine top-25 programs. Three Bruins placed in the top 10, including Royal who finished runner-up at 9-under.
UCLA's 16-under 272 in round one was the fourth lowest 18-hole score in program history. All five Bruins shot under par in the round. Overall, UCLA's lineup went 12-for-15 on under-par rounds for the tournament.
Rolex Player of the Year Lilia Vu
UCLA women's golf alumna Lilia Vu earned 2023 Rolex Player of the Year honors on Nov. 20, 2023. Vu, who competed for the Bruins from 2015-2018, is the first American to be the Rolex Player of the Year since Stacy Lewis in 2014. The 26-year-old Vu took the sport by storm, capturing four wins, including two major championship titles at The Chevron Championship and the AIG Women's Open. She became the seventh Bruin to win an LPGA Tour event and the third to win a major. Vu is the first UCLA product to win multiple majors and first to win multiple events in the same year.
Vu produced three other top-10 results in addition to her four titles.
Vu became a Rolex first-time winner at the Honda LPGA Thailand on Feb. 23, and won her maiden major title two months later at The Chevron Championship in its first year at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 20. In August, Vu won her second major championship at the AIG Women's Open, where she became the first American to etch her name on two major championship trophies in a single season since Juli Inkster in 1999. As a result, she ascended to No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings for the first time in her career. The victory also secured Vu the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, which recognizes the player who has the most outstanding record in all five major championships during the LPGA Tour season.
She is the third player since the inception of the LPGA in 1950 to enter a year with no career LPGA wins, then go on to win multiple majors that season (Se Ri Pak, 1998 and Meg Mallon, 1991). A 2019 LPGA Tour rookie, Vu regained full membership for the 2022 season through the Epson Tour's Race for the Card in 2021 after winning three times and earning Player of the Year honors.
At UCLA, Vu was the Pac-12 Conference Golfer of the Year, WGCA Player of the Year and a Honda Sport Award Finalist in 2018. Vu, a three-time WGCA First-Team All-American, ranks first in UCLA history with eight victories and second with a 71.09 scoring average.
What's New, Bru?
The new-look Bruins are composed of four transfers and one freshman for a total of five newcomers, UCLA's most since the 2019-20 season.
The transfers include Le and Villegas from UC Riverside, Royal from Arkansas and Vo from Colorado. Seo from Chandler, Ariz. is the singular freshman in this year's class.
A New Era
On May 25, 2023, UCLA Athletics announced Alicia Um Holmes as the next head coach of the UCLA women's golf team. Um Holmes, who spent the last 17 years as an assistant and associate head coach for the Bruins, is the fifth head coach in the program's history.
Alongside UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Carrie Forsyth, Um Holmes helped guide the Bruins to the 2011 NCAA Championship, five NCAA Regional titles and two Pac-12 Championships. Beginning her first year as an assistant in 2006, Um Holmes and Forsyth went on a dominant run of five consecutive seasons, with top three finishes at both the conference championships and Regionals. They placed top three at nationals in four of those five years.
Um Holmes and Forsyth have produced two ANNIKA Award winners, which is annually given to the top female Division I collegiate golfer, in Alison Lee (2014) and Bronte Law (2016), as well as two PING WGCA Player of the Year honorees in Law (2016) and Lilia Vu (2018). Eleven UCLA golfers have hauled in 21 WGCA First-Team All-American Awards since Um Holmes has been on the coaching staff. No school has won more Pac-10/12 Golfer of the Year awards than UCLA since Um Holmes has been on staff, with four Bruin golfers taking home the honor five times.
An All-American Returns Home
Um Holmes announced former Bruin All-American golfer Erynne (Lee) Yoo as her assistant coach on June 26, 2023. Yoo was coached by Um Holmes and Forsyth during her collegiate playing career from 2011-2015. As a Bruin, Yoo was a three-time WGCA All-American, earning first-team recognition in 2012 and 2013, was an All-Pac-12 First Team honoree in 2013 and was both the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and NGCA Freshman of the Year in 2012.
Yoo returns to Westwood after a season and a half as the assistant at Princeton University. The Tigers posted three top 3 finishes in 2022-2023 and recorded their best performance of the season at the Columbia Classic where they placed second out of 14 teams. One of Yoo's golfers, Victoria Liu, qualified for NCAA Regionals.
Welcome to the Hall!
Carrie Forysth, who completed her 24th and final season as head coach in 2022-23, was inducted into the 2023 UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame Class on Oct. 7. She is the fourth member of the program to be enshrined.
During her tenure, she led the Bruins to two NCAA titles (2004 and 2011), eight top 3 NCAA finishes, three runner-up finishes and 20 NCAA Championship appearances. Her Bruins won nine NCAA Regional Championships, five Pac-12 titles and 74 tournament victories. A two-time National Coach of the Year, Forsyth won four Regional Coach of the Year awards and six Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors. Forsyth coached two ANNIKA Award winners, two PING WGCA Players of the Year, 14 first-team All-Americans and three golfers who went on to win an LPGA Major event. Forsyth was a walk-on at UCLA and competed at the Pac-10 and NCAA Championships her freshman season before earning a scholarship by her sophomore year.
Mayorkas Joins WGCA Hall of Fame
Charlotte Mayorkas, one of just four three-time WGCA First Team All-Americans in UCLA history, was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame on Dec. 4, 2023.
Mayorkas competed for UCLA from 2001-2005 and is the fifth Bruin to be enshrined by the WGCA and third as a member of the Players Hall of Fame. She joins Janet Coles (Players Class of 1988), Jackie Tobian-Steinmann (Coaches Class of 1989), Kay Cockerill (Players Class of 1996) and Carrie Forsyth (Coaches Class of 2011).
Mayorkas' historic senior campaign helped lead the Bruins to the Pac-10 Championship, NCAA Regional Championship and NCAA Championship titles in 2004. She tallied a single-season school record four wins and 10 top-10 finishes en route to capturing the individual Pac-10 title and was named the first Pac-10 Golfer of the Year in program history. Mayorkas finished top 5 at both NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships that season. A native of Chula Vista, Calif., Mayorkas ranks second in program history in career top-10 finishes (24) and fifth in career tournament wins (5). After graduating from UCLA, Mayorkas turned professional and won two Duramed Futures Tour titles before going on to make 54 out of 67 cuts during her career on the LPGA Tour.
2024 Signing Class
Um Holmes inked her first signing class as head coach last winter with the additions of top Italian amateur Francesca Fiorellini (Rome, Italy) and Angela Liu (Irvine, Calif.).
Fiorellini was ranked as the top golfer in Italy, 15th in Europe and 36th worldwide in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings. Her amateur career is headlined by individual victories at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship in 2021, the 92nd Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship (-9; 70-69-68-72) and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe (-5; 69-71-74) in 2022. Fiorellini also claimed three major team victories in 2023 at the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Patsy Hankins Trophy.
Liu was a two-time ROLEX Junior Honorable Mention All-American in 2021 and 2022. Liu starred on a Santa Margarita Catholic High School squad that had its best year in program history in 2022. In Liu's junior year, Santa Margarita Catholic swept the individual and team titles at the CIF State Championships and CIF Southern California Regional Championships. Liu won the CIF state medal at San Gabriel Country Club by five strokes, shooting 5-under 67.
The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event concludes Wednesday, Feb. 21.
UCLA Lineup: Zoe Antoinette Campos, Caroline Canales, Kate Villegas, Natalie Vo and Meghan Royal.
The Field: (20) Arizona, (19) California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Oregon State, San Diego State, (18) San Jose State, (2) Stanford, (6) UCLA, (4) USC, Washington, Washington State.
Weather Report: Mostly sunny with temperature highs in the low 80s.
Par and Yardage: Par 73, 6,449 yards.
History at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview
UCLA is a two-time champion at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview, winning the event in 2015 (+1, 877) and, most recently, in 2017 (-20, 564). The event was limited to 36 holes in 2017 due to a rainout in the third round.
Alison Lee and Bronte Law both medaled at the event. Lee posted a 10-under 209 in 2014 to win her fourth collegiate title. In 2013, Law won with a score of 8-under 211.
UCLA placed fifth at last season's edition of the Nanea Pac-12 Preview with a team score of 2-over 878 in 2022. Then-sophomore Caroline Canales posted the Bruins' best individual score of the tournament with a 6-under 213 (70-73-70) to finish in a tie for fourth.
Last Time Out: Therese Hession Regional Challenge
The Bruins competed in a match play format of the Therese Hession Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club two weeks ago. The event was shifted to the style of play the night before the competition in order to avoid a potential rainout.
UCLA won its first match of day one on Feb. 3 against Baylor, 4-1, and fell to Florida, 3-2, in the second match. The Bruins' match against the Gators concluded earlier than expected due to darkness. On the second day, UCLA lost in a tiebreaker to USC, 2-2-1.
The Bruins at a Glimpse
Three UCLA golfers are averaging below 71 strokes per round: Alessia Nobilio (70.8), Zoe Antoinette Campos (70.9) and Meghan Royal (70.9). Seven separate UCLA golfers have recorded a top-10 finish, led by Campos with two.
UCLA in the "Scoreboard" Individual Rankings
No. 43 Zoe Antoinette Campos
No. 44 Meghan Royal
No. 53 Tiffany Le
No. 61 Alessia Nobilio
No. 85 Kate Villegas
No. 103 Caroline Canales
Fall 2023 Recap
The Bruins put forth four strong showings in the Fall 2023 season, highlighted by a victory at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (-32, 832) on Oct. 3. UCLA defended its title at the second annual Battle for the Bell in the next tournament at one of its home courses, Bel-Air Country Club.
UCLA's surge was signaled by its performance in the third round to conclude the Mason Rudolph Championship, the Bruins' first tournament of the season. All five Bruins shot under par to total a team score of 15-under 273 on day three for the fifth lowest 18-hole score in program history.
The Bruins rode that momentum into their very next round, shooting a 16-under 272 to open the Windy City Collegiate Classic. That mark is tied for the third lowest 18-hole score in program history and is UCLA's best showing since round three of the 2018 Golfweek Conference Challenge. UCLA's final score of 32-under 832 is tied for the lowest 54-hole score in program history. Three Bruins placed in the top 10, and even more impressive, the win came in a stacked field containing nine top 25 teams. UCLA finished nine strokes ahead of second-place Northwestern.
UCLA concluded the fall with a t-5th spot at the highly competitive Stanford Intercollegiate (+6, 858) after entering the final round one stroke back of the lead.
The Bell Stays Blue
UCLA defeated crosstown rival USC, 4-1, in the second annual Battle for the Bell at Bel-Air Country Club on Oct. 12. The Bruins won four of five possible matches. UCLA's four victorious golfers won a combined 14 holes on the back nine, including five each from Villegas and Le. Seo, who was competing in her first collegiate event, trailed by two holes after the eighth hole. She went on to win three holes on the back nine before her round was ended due to darkness.
First Win for Coach Alicia
The Bruins tied a 54-hole program record of 32-under 832 to win the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 3 for Alicia Um Holmes' first victory as head coach. The win came in a field against nine top-25 programs. Three Bruins placed in the top 10, including Royal who finished runner-up at 9-under.
UCLA's 16-under 272 in round one was the fourth lowest 18-hole score in program history. All five Bruins shot under par in the round. Overall, UCLA's lineup went 12-for-15 on under-par rounds for the tournament.
Rolex Player of the Year Lilia Vu
UCLA women's golf alumna Lilia Vu earned 2023 Rolex Player of the Year honors on Nov. 20, 2023. Vu, who competed for the Bruins from 2015-2018, is the first American to be the Rolex Player of the Year since Stacy Lewis in 2014. The 26-year-old Vu took the sport by storm, capturing four wins, including two major championship titles at The Chevron Championship and the AIG Women's Open. She became the seventh Bruin to win an LPGA Tour event and the third to win a major. Vu is the first UCLA product to win multiple majors and first to win multiple events in the same year.
Vu produced three other top-10 results in addition to her four titles.
Vu became a Rolex first-time winner at the Honda LPGA Thailand on Feb. 23, and won her maiden major title two months later at The Chevron Championship in its first year at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 20. In August, Vu won her second major championship at the AIG Women's Open, where she became the first American to etch her name on two major championship trophies in a single season since Juli Inkster in 1999. As a result, she ascended to No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings for the first time in her career. The victory also secured Vu the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award, which recognizes the player who has the most outstanding record in all five major championships during the LPGA Tour season.
She is the third player since the inception of the LPGA in 1950 to enter a year with no career LPGA wins, then go on to win multiple majors that season (Se Ri Pak, 1998 and Meg Mallon, 1991). A 2019 LPGA Tour rookie, Vu regained full membership for the 2022 season through the Epson Tour's Race for the Card in 2021 after winning three times and earning Player of the Year honors.
At UCLA, Vu was the Pac-12 Conference Golfer of the Year, WGCA Player of the Year and a Honda Sport Award Finalist in 2018. Vu, a three-time WGCA First-Team All-American, ranks first in UCLA history with eight victories and second with a 71.09 scoring average.
What's New, Bru?
The new-look Bruins are composed of four transfers and one freshman for a total of five newcomers, UCLA's most since the 2019-20 season.
The transfers include Le and Villegas from UC Riverside, Royal from Arkansas and Vo from Colorado. Seo from Chandler, Ariz. is the singular freshman in this year's class.
A New Era
On May 25, 2023, UCLA Athletics announced Alicia Um Holmes as the next head coach of the UCLA women's golf team. Um Holmes, who spent the last 17 years as an assistant and associate head coach for the Bruins, is the fifth head coach in the program's history.
Alongside UCLA Athletic Hall of Famer Carrie Forsyth, Um Holmes helped guide the Bruins to the 2011 NCAA Championship, five NCAA Regional titles and two Pac-12 Championships. Beginning her first year as an assistant in 2006, Um Holmes and Forsyth went on a dominant run of five consecutive seasons, with top three finishes at both the conference championships and Regionals. They placed top three at nationals in four of those five years.
Um Holmes and Forsyth have produced two ANNIKA Award winners, which is annually given to the top female Division I collegiate golfer, in Alison Lee (2014) and Bronte Law (2016), as well as two PING WGCA Player of the Year honorees in Law (2016) and Lilia Vu (2018). Eleven UCLA golfers have hauled in 21 WGCA First-Team All-American Awards since Um Holmes has been on the coaching staff. No school has won more Pac-10/12 Golfer of the Year awards than UCLA since Um Holmes has been on staff, with four Bruin golfers taking home the honor five times.
An All-American Returns Home
Um Holmes announced former Bruin All-American golfer Erynne (Lee) Yoo as her assistant coach on June 26, 2023. Yoo was coached by Um Holmes and Forsyth during her collegiate playing career from 2011-2015. As a Bruin, Yoo was a three-time WGCA All-American, earning first-team recognition in 2012 and 2013, was an All-Pac-12 First Team honoree in 2013 and was both the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and NGCA Freshman of the Year in 2012.
Yoo returns to Westwood after a season and a half as the assistant at Princeton University. The Tigers posted three top 3 finishes in 2022-2023 and recorded their best performance of the season at the Columbia Classic where they placed second out of 14 teams. One of Yoo's golfers, Victoria Liu, qualified for NCAA Regionals.
Welcome to the Hall!
Carrie Forysth, who completed her 24th and final season as head coach in 2022-23, was inducted into the 2023 UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame Class on Oct. 7. She is the fourth member of the program to be enshrined.
During her tenure, she led the Bruins to two NCAA titles (2004 and 2011), eight top 3 NCAA finishes, three runner-up finishes and 20 NCAA Championship appearances. Her Bruins won nine NCAA Regional Championships, five Pac-12 titles and 74 tournament victories. A two-time National Coach of the Year, Forsyth won four Regional Coach of the Year awards and six Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors. Forsyth coached two ANNIKA Award winners, two PING WGCA Players of the Year, 14 first-team All-Americans and three golfers who went on to win an LPGA Major event. Forsyth was a walk-on at UCLA and competed at the Pac-10 and NCAA Championships her freshman season before earning a scholarship by her sophomore year.
Mayorkas Joins WGCA Hall of Fame
Charlotte Mayorkas, one of just four three-time WGCA First Team All-Americans in UCLA history, was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame on Dec. 4, 2023.
Mayorkas competed for UCLA from 2001-2005 and is the fifth Bruin to be enshrined by the WGCA and third as a member of the Players Hall of Fame. She joins Janet Coles (Players Class of 1988), Jackie Tobian-Steinmann (Coaches Class of 1989), Kay Cockerill (Players Class of 1996) and Carrie Forsyth (Coaches Class of 2011).
Mayorkas' historic senior campaign helped lead the Bruins to the Pac-10 Championship, NCAA Regional Championship and NCAA Championship titles in 2004. She tallied a single-season school record four wins and 10 top-10 finishes en route to capturing the individual Pac-10 title and was named the first Pac-10 Golfer of the Year in program history. Mayorkas finished top 5 at both NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships that season. A native of Chula Vista, Calif., Mayorkas ranks second in program history in career top-10 finishes (24) and fifth in career tournament wins (5). After graduating from UCLA, Mayorkas turned professional and won two Duramed Futures Tour titles before going on to make 54 out of 67 cuts during her career on the LPGA Tour.
2024 Signing Class
Um Holmes inked her first signing class as head coach last winter with the additions of top Italian amateur Francesca Fiorellini (Rome, Italy) and Angela Liu (Irvine, Calif.).
Fiorellini was ranked as the top golfer in Italy, 15th in Europe and 36th worldwide in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings. Her amateur career is headlined by individual victories at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship in 2021, the 92nd Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship (-9; 70-69-68-72) and the ANNIKA Invitational Europe (-5; 69-71-74) in 2022. Fiorellini also claimed three major team victories in 2023 at the Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup and Patsy Hankins Trophy.
Liu was a two-time ROLEX Junior Honorable Mention All-American in 2021 and 2022. Liu starred on a Santa Margarita Catholic High School squad that had its best year in program history in 2022. In Liu's junior year, Santa Margarita Catholic swept the individual and team titles at the CIF State Championships and CIF Southern California Regional Championships. Liu won the CIF state medal at San Gabriel Country Club by five strokes, shooting 5-under 67.
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