{"id":558929,"date":"2026-03-25T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558929\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T04:03:09","slug":"womens-golf-show-improvement-in-second-round-of-ping-asu-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558929\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Golf Show Improvement in Second Round of PING ASU Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     PHOENIX, Ariz. \u2014 The University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s golf team showed resilience during Tuesday&#8217;s second round of the PING ASU Invitational, shaving five strokes off their opening-round score. Competing at the par-72 Papago Golf Club, Hawai&#8217;i carded a 303 (+15) to bring their two-day total to 611 (+35).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rainbow Wahine remain in 15th place heading into the final day of competition. The highlight of the round for Hawai&#8217;i came from the steady play of <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/maline-kraus\/22216\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22216\" target=\"_blank\">Maline Kraus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jasmine-wong\/22219\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22219\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Wong<\/a>. Kraus carded a 2-over 74, while Wong followed with a 3-over 75. Both players currently sit in a tie for 49th place with a two-round total of 149 (+5), providing a solid foundation for the UH lineup in a field featuring several top-ranked programs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe back half of the rotation also saw improved scoring compared to Monday&#8217;s opener. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/emiko-sverduk\/22218\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22218\" target=\"_blank\">Emiko Sverduk<\/a> carded a 4-over 76 to bring her total to 155 (+11), placing her in a tie for 72nd. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kaydence-kim\/22220\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22220\" target=\"_blank\">Kaydence Kim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/sofina-firouzi\/22214\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22214\" target=\"_blank\">Sofina Firouzi<\/a> are tied for 83rd place at 159 (+15) after rounds of 79 and 78, respectively.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSouthern California continues to distance itself from the field, leading the team standings with a 24-under-par total of 552. The Trojans are led by Catherine Park, who took over the individual lead after firing a 6-under 66 on Tuesday. Park sits at 10-under-par (134) for the tournament and holds a four-stroke advantage over a two-way tie for second place that includes teammate Elise Lee and Arizona State&#8217;s Pimpisa Rubrong.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rainbow Wahine will look to carry the momentum into Wednesday&#8217;s final round.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n15. Hawai&#8217;i \u2014 308-303=611 (+35)<br \/>\nT-49. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/maline-kraus\/22216\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22216\" target=\"_blank\">Maline Kraus<\/a> \u2014 75-74=149 (+5)<br \/>\nT-49. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jasmine-wong\/22219\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22219\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Wong<\/a> \u2014 74-75=149 (+5)<br \/>\nT-72. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/emiko-sverduk\/22218\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22218\" target=\"_blank\">Emiko Sverduk<\/a> \u2014 79-76=155 (+11)<br \/>\nT-83. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/kaydence-kim\/22220\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22220\" target=\"_blank\">Kaydence Kim<\/a> \u2014 80-79=159 (+15)<br \/>\nT-83. <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/sofina-firouzi\/22214\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22214\" target=\"_blank\">Sofina Firouzi<\/a> \u2014 81-78=159 (+15)<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#HawaiiWGOLF<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; PHOENIX, Ariz. \u2014 The University of Hawai&#8217;i women&#8217;s golf team showed resilience&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-558929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}