SEASIDE – Closing out the Molly Collegiate Invitational Tuesday at Bayonet Golf Course, the California women's golf team capped off its best collective performance ever, shattering yet another all-time program record with a 28-under-par 836 team score that tied No. 2 Oregon for first place.

The Golden Bears bested their previous 54-hole record – set in 2008 at the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic – by 10 strokes. It was Cal's fourth program record in two days.

"It's so special. It's an amazing course to play and host on," sophomore Olivia Lee said. "Since we were hosting, it was even more special to have the whole team out on the course and to celebrate together after."

Four Bears finished the tournament in the top 20 individually, led by Lee, Adora Liu and Constance Fouillet who all tied for seventh place at 7-under 209. Lee (69-73-67) had the best day of any Bear, moving up 10 spots after carding a 5-under 67 in round three that was one stroke shy of the program's individual record.

"We went into the tournament with a smart mindset to not push anything, and after the first round, it was super encouraging for all of us," Lee said. "We all went into the final day with good vibes and a plan. Putting was a big part of our practice after the last tournament and I feel like we all had pretty good pace."

Fellow sophomore Liu (69-70-70) tied Lee for the most birdies on the team with six on the day. She is the first Bear this season to go under par in every round. Fouillet (66-72-71) continued an outstanding start to her freshman year by finishing with the top score on the team for the second straight time.

Junior Kaylyn Noh was Cal's fourth representative in the top 20, carding a 1-under 215 (67-71-77). Rounding out the Bears' main lineup, senior Rina Tatematsu went under par for the second straight day, ending the competition in a tie for 29th place at 2-over 218 (71-76-71).

The Bears' four individual competitors were led by senior Cristina Ochoa (71-72-75), who also finished tied for 29th place with Tatematsu.

"Shout out to our associate head coach, Beverly Terry, for coaching and organizing the event, and to our interim assistant coach Katie Woodruff, who flew all the way here," Lee concluded. "They were both integral parts of our success this week."

It'll be a short turnaround for the Bears, who will join forces with the Cal men's golf team this Thursday to take on Stanford in the Big Match at Menlo Country Club in Woodside.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

Place	Team	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
T1	California	-28	271	286	279	836
T1	No. 2 Oregon	-28	280	279	277	836
3	No. 10 San Jose St.	-23	280	276	285	841
4	Oregon St.	-11	281	289	283	853
5	Maryland	-6	285	283	290	858
6	No. 18 Kansas	-3	288	288	285	861
7	Georgia Southern	+8	298	287	287	872
8	Washington St.	+12	294	296	286	876
9	Rutgers	+31	297	297	301	895
10	Delaware	+42	310	300	296	906
11	UC Irvine	+65	318	309	302	929

 

CAL ON INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

Place	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
T7	Olivia Lee	69 (-3)	73 (+1)	67 (-5)	209 (-7)
T7	Constance Fouillet	66 (-6)	72 (E)	71 (-1)	209 (-7)
T7	Adora Liu	69 (-3)	70 (-2)	70 (-2)	209 (-7)
T20	Kaylyn Noh	67 (-5)	71 (-1)	77 (+5)	215 (-1)
T29	Rina Tatematsu	71 (-1)	76 (+4)	71 (-1)	218 (+2)
T29	Cristina Ochoa*	71 (-1)	72 (E)	75 (+3)	218 (+2)
T36	Anna Molloy*	71 (-1)	76 (+4)	75 (+3)	222 (+6)
T40	Mika Jin*	80 (+8)	71 (-1)	73 (+1)	224 (+8)
T47	Jieming Yang*	75 (+3)	77 (+5)	75 (+3)	227 (+11)

*Competing as an individual
 

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These Bears do not mess around ?? They just SHATTERED the program's ??????-???????? ???????????? with a team score of -28 (836), taking home the win in a 1st-place tie with Oregon in front of their home supporters at the Molly!#GoBears ?? pic.twitter.com/5J2IABbDcM

— Cal Women's Golf (@CalWGolf) September 26, 2023

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