The women’s golf team is down in sunny Southern California, competing in The Gold Rush at Yorba Linda Country Club in Yorba Linda, Calif.
The team was playing without junior Leilanie Kim, one of Idaho’s most consistent performers.
Competing without one of their better players, the Vandals were in 11th place at the end of the first round, shooting 324 collectively. Idaho was 30 strokes behind the leader Gonzaga, which fired a 294 the first round.
The tournament had four teams competing who were ranked in golfweek.com’s top 100. In the ranking, Gonzaga is at 50th, Long Beach State at 75th, UC-Irvine at 83rd and Cal-Sate Fullerton at 84th. Idaho is currently ranked 107th.
By Tuesday morning the Vandals moved to 9th place and were 59-over-par collectively.
For the Vandals, Kaitlyn Oster tied for 11th, with a 77 in round one and one-over-par through nine holes in round two. Kristin Strankman tied for 23rd, with a 79 in round one and three-over-par through 12-holes in round two. Amy Hasenoehrl was tied for 55th, with an 83 in round one and eight-over-par through 12-holes in round two. Rachel Choi also tied for 55th, with an 85 in round one and six-over-par through nine holes in round two.
Idaho will look to improve its position today, when they’ll hit the links for round three to finish the tournament.
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