University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Women's Golf - NCAA Championships (3)
2011
The UCLA women's golf team managed to fight through tough weather conditions all week to bring home its third NCAA Championship. The Bruins entered the tournament coming off a win at the NCAA Central Regional, which earned them their 11th straight NCAA Championship berth, a school record. They carried the momentum from that win through the first round of the NCAA Championship, ending the day with a two-stroke lead over the competition. From there, the Bruins never looked back, as they ended up winning by four strokes over defending champions Purdue. The win was Head Coach Carrie Forsyth's second NCAA title as UCLA head coach and UCLA's 107th NCAA title overall. Sophomore Tiffany Lua was the UCLA's top finisher at the tournament, finishing in a tie for fourth place with a score of -1. Lua also recorded a hole-in-one during the third round of the Championship and capped off the Bruins' win with a par putt on the 72nd hole of the tournament. Freshman Ani Gulugian, sophomore Lee Lopez, junior Stephanie Kono and senior Glory Yang also played stellar down the stretch to help lead the team to championship. Overall, the Bruins finished the 2011 season with six tournament victories in eleven starts.
2004
The second-ranked UCLA women's golf team won the 2004 NCAA Women's Golf Championships on May 22nd in the rain delayed final round in Opelika, AL at the Auburn National Golf Course. The Bruins played the final round in two-over par 290 and finished with a 72-hole score of 1,148, four-under par. UCLA defeated second-place Oklahoma State by three shots and top-ranked Duke by 11 strokes. Cal finished fourth at 20-over par 1,172, followed by Vanderbilt at 1,180, 28-over par. Overall, the Bruins played the final nine holes in five-under par, while Oklahoma State, which had to make up six shots since the end of play on Friday, played the back nine in three-under par. Duke, which had won 10 tournaments during the season by an average of 22 shots, played the final nine holes in two-over par. Individually, the Bruins received clutch performances from All-Americans Mayorkas and Susie Mathews. Mayorkas played the back nine on Saturday in three-under par 33 for a final round score of 70. Mathews played the inward nine in two-under par 34 for an even par round of 72.
1991
LaRee Sugg's 25-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole gave UCLA a dramatic come-from-behind victory and its first NCAA title in women's golf. To force the extra play, the Bruins had to rally from a six-stroke deficit on the final two holes at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course. Christy Erb, who finished second to Arizona's Annika Sorenstam for the individual title, sank her putt on the 18th to pull the Bruins even with San Jose State after 72 holes and force the first-ever playoff in the history of the women's golf championships. Sugg, Lisa Kiggens and Debbi Koyama earned All-America honors for the Bruins. Jackie Tobian-Steinmann was the national coach of the year.