{"id":689500,"date":"2026-05-23T13:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/689500\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:10:14","slug":"cowgirl-golf-in-third-after-opening-day-of-ncaa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/689500\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowgirl Golf in third after opening day of NCAA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARLSBAD, Calif. \u2013 The Oklahoma State women’s golf team opened play at the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship on Friday, ending the day in third place with three golfers at par or better.
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\nThe Cowgirls combined for a 5-under 283, Oklahoma State’s lowest round at the national championship since its first-round 280 in 2023. OSU trails first-place USC by two shots and second-place Stanford by one heading into the weekend.
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\nGranite Bay native Ellie Bushnell<\/a> thrived in her return to her home state, going 4-under to card a 68. Bushnell recorded six birdies on the day and carried an unblemished scorecard through 15 holes. Currently in a tie with Stanford’s Megha Ganne atop the individual leaderboard, Bushnell’s third birdie of the day marked the 300th of her career.
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\nBreakout junior Marta Silchenko<\/a> added yet another under-par round to her resume on Friday, playing to the tune of a bogey-free 2-under 70. The round marked Silchenko’s 18th at par-or-better this season, now just four off program record-holders Maja Stark, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard and Caroline Hedwall’s single-season bests.
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\nSummer Lee<\/a> was the third and final Cowgirl to play at par-or-better, adding an even-par 72. Lee now has eight such rounds this season, marking a new career high for the sophomore.
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\nTrue freshman Yu-Chu Chen<\/a> went 1-over for a 73 in her national championship debut. Chen’s five birdies tied for seventh-most among the 156-player field.
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\nTarapath Panya<\/a> rounded out the OSU lineup with a steady 74 (+2). The sophomore was 4-over through her first four holes but rebounded quickly with five birdies over her next nine.
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\nThe Cowgirls return to action Saturday, beginning at 11:50 a.m. PST, for the second round of the NCAA Championship. Oklahoma State will be paired with 11th-place Arizona State and 18th-place Florida State.
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\n25 conference titles. 31 NCAA Championship appearances. 44 All-Americans. For the latest news and updates on Oklahoma State Women’s Golf, visit okstate.com or follow @CowgirlGolf on Instagram\/Facebook and @OSUCowgirlGolf on X.
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\nCowgirls on the Leaderboard\u00a0
\nT1. Ellie Bushnell<\/a> (-4) \u2013 68
\nT13. Marta Silchenko<\/a> (-2) \u2013 70
\nT41. Summer Lee<\/a> (E) \u2013 72
\nT60. Yu-Chu Chen<\/a> (+1) \u2013 73
\nT86. Tarapath Panya<\/a> (+2) \u2013 74
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\nTeam Standings\u00a0\u00a0
\n1. USC (-7) \u2013 281
\n2. Stanford (-6) \u2013 282
\n3. Oklahoma State (-5) \u2013 283
\n4. Iowa State (-4) \u2013 284
\nT5. Arkansas (-2) \u2013 286
\nT5. Eastern Michigan (-2) \u2013 286
\n7. Missouri (-1) \u2013 287
\nT8. LSU (E) \u2013 288
\nT8. SMU (E) \u2013 288
\nT8. Texas (E) \u2013 288
\nT11. Arizona State (+1) \u2013 289
\nT11. Baylor (+1) \u2013 289

\nT11. Texas A&M (+1) \u2013 289
\nT11. Virginia (+1) \u2013 289
\n15. Northwestern (+2) \u2013 290
\nT16. Duke (+3) \u2013 291
\nT16. Tennessee (+3) \u2013 291
\n18. Florida State (+4) \u2013 292
\n19. UNC (+5) \u2013 293
\n20. Houston (+6) \u2013 294
\nT21. Pepperdine (+8) \u2013 296
\nT21. Texas Tech (+8) \u2013 296
\nT23. Ohio State (+9) \u2013 297
\nT23. Florida (+9) \u2013 297
\nT25. Kentucky (+10) \u2013 298
\nT25. Michigan State (+10) \u2013 298
\nT27. Oregon State (+12) \u2013 300
\nT27. Wake Forest (+12) \u2013 300
\n29. Ole Miss (+13) \u2013 301
\n30. Auburn (+14) \u2013 302\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARLSBAD, Calif. \u2013 The Oklahoma State women’s golf team opened play at the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-689500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}