CARLSBAD, Calif. \u2014 Pepperdine women’s golf wrapped up the opening round at the NCAA Championship with a +8 team score Friday from Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.<\/p>\n
The Waves sit in a tie for 21st place on the team leaderboard among 30 teams, with two rounds left to play before the field is cut down to 15 teams following Sunday’s third round.<\/p>\n
The field was paced by USC at -7, with only seven teams shooting below par on the day. The low individual round of the day was a 68 (-4) with 40 players shooting under par. Full results for the opening round can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yingzhi Zhu<\/a> paced the Waves with an even par-72 on the day, while Jeneath Wong<\/a> logged a 73 (+1) and Kylee Choi<\/a> carded a 74 (+2).<\/p>\n The temperature remained in the 60s throughout the day with increased winds in the afternoon affecting\u00a0the later wave of tee times.\u00a0<\/p>\n Zhu (E) led the way for the Waves with a strong back nine to get in with a 72 on the day. After shooting a 38 on the front nine, she carded three birdies on the back, finishing with a four on the par-5 18th which put her back to even.\u00a0Zhu sits in a tie for 41st individually.<\/p>\n Wong carded a 73 (+1) which puts her in 60th individually through 18 holes. Beginning with a bogey on one, she rebounded with consecutive birdies on five and six, eventually making the turn at two-over. Wong also then went in the red on the back nine, making birdies on holes 10 and 17 to get back to +1 for the day.<\/p>\n Kylee Choi<\/a> posted a 74 (+2) in her opening round, putting her in a tie for 86th. Choi shot even par on the front nine, making bogey on three before sinking a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 eighth. Her lone birdie on the back came on the 15th, as finished up her round at two over par.<\/p>\n Grace Anderson<\/a> posted a 77 (+5) in her opening round, making her lone\u00a0birdie of the day on the 18th.<\/p>\n Eunseo Choi<\/a> also carded a 77 (+5), making par on the opening 14 holes before finding trouble on the 15th, making eight, finishing her round with 16 total pars<\/p>\n The Waves will tee off of hole 10 tomorrow beginning at 7:47 a.m. alongside SMU and North Carolina.<\/p>\n Team Leaderboard Pepperdine Leaderboard
\n1. USC (-7)
\n2. Stanford (-6)
\n3. Oklahoma State (-5)
\n4. Iowa State (-4)
\nT5. Eastern Michigan (-2)
\nT5. Arkansas (-2)
\n7. Missouri (-1)
\nT8. SMU (E)
\nT8. LSU (E)
\nT8. Texas (E)
\nT11. Baylor (+1)
\nT11. Texas A&M (+1)
\nT11. Arizona State (+1)
\nT11. Virginia (+1)
\n15. Northwestern (+2)
\nT16. Duke (+3)
\nT16. Tennessee (+4)
\n18. Florida State (+4)
\n19. North Carolina (+5)
\n20. Houston (+6)
\nT21. Pepperdine (+8)
\nT21. Texas Tech (+8)
\nT23. Florida (+9)
\nT23. Ohio State (+9)
\nT25. Kentucky (+10)
\nT25. Michigan State (+10)
\nT27. Wake Forest (+12)
\nT27. Oregon State (+12)
\n29. Ole Miss (+13)
\n30. Auburn (+14)<\/p>\n
\nT41. Yingzhi Zhu<\/a> (E)
\nT60. Jeneath Wong<\/a> (+1)
\nT86. Kylee Choi<\/a>\u00a0(+2)
\nT122. Grace Anderson<\/a> (+5)
\nT122. Eunseo Choi<\/a> (+5)<\/p>\n