CIF Girls Golf SoCal Regional Championship
When: 8 a.m. Thursday
Where: Los Serranos Golf Club (North Course), Chino Hills
Format: Ten teams comprised of six golfers, plus 64 individuals — 124 golfers total — compete in the one-day tournament. The top three teams advance to the State Championship on Nov. 19 at Poppy Hills Golf Club in Pebble Beach. The top nine individual golfers not on those three teams also advance to state. Team scores are determined by the top five scoring golfers.
At stake: Torrey Pines finished third last year at the SoCal Championship, then went to win the state title. The Falcons and Rancho Bernardo, plus 12 individual golfers, qualified for the SoCal Regional. Torrey Pines is led by senior Zoe Jiamanukoonkit, the 2023 state individual champion. Jiamanukoonkit, who has committed to Cal, finished second at state last year, losing in a two-hole playoff. The Falcons also bring Kate Hu (third last year at state), Tyanna Jacot, Alice Koontz, Sydney Kroc and Olivia Richardson. Rancho Bernardo is represented by Madelyn Reyes, Kayla Geng, Amanda Peng, Lillian Phee, Sophia Roxas and Leila Prairie.
DON NORCROSS