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Arizona State wins Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Julia Lopez Ramirez shoots tournament record

Julia Lopez Ramirez had a tournament-record score Wednesday.

It came down to the final hole, but Arizona State held on.

Grace Summerhays sank her bogey putt on the final hole at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, helping the Sun Devils capture the 2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate title. It’s the first win of the year for Arizona State, and it came at an event that featured six top-10 teams.

The Sun Devils finished at 3 over for the tournament, topping No. 11 Northwestern by a shot and No. 12 Auburn by two. Host South Carolina finished fourth at 6 over.

Summerhays led heading into the day but shot 4 over in the final round. Nevertheless, she finished T-7 at 2 under. Patience Rhodes and Beth Coulter each placed T-12 finishes at even.

Missy Farr-Kaye said her teams has worked hard the past couple months on being more positive. Even as the Sun Devils trailed for a majority of the day, she is proud of her team’s resilience and how they battled even after taking the lead.

The ASU women earned the win a day after the ASU men won in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

In the individual competition at the Darius Rucker, there was a four-way tie for medalist honors, and how each player got there was unique.

First, Mississippi State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez picked up her first win of the season and did so in record-setting fashion, shooting a tournament-record 7-under 64 to finish at 5 under. Her birdie putt on the last hole for a 63 came up inches short.

Then, Texas freshman Farah O’Keefe rolled in a lengthy birdie putt on her final hole to get to 5 under early and set the clubhouse lead that would hold on for the remainder of the day.

South Carolina’s Hannah Darling, a two-time first-team All-American, birdied two of her final five holes to get into the share of the lead.

Then Northwestern’s Jennifer Cai, who said in a post-round interview she had no idea where she should, was long on her final hole in two shots needing a par to join the group in the clubhouse. Her chip shot ran long and on to the fringe, but she buried the roughly 15-foot par putt to earn the win.

LSU’s Ingrid Lindblad, the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, finished a shot out of first, solo fifth at 4 under.

No. 6 LSU women’s golf wins Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

The Tigers earned their fourth win of the season.

Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department

BATON ROUGE – LSU won its fourth tournament of the 2022-23 women’s golf wraparound season on Wednesday, winning against the toughest field of the year at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the Long Cove Club at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The No. 6 Tigers rallied from four shots down entering the final round to win against a field that featured five top 10 teams and five other top 20 teams. LSU completed a three-tournament stretch in 17 days that saw the Tigers finish second in the Bahamas, win the Moon Golf Invitational in Florida and then win against this field in the Darius Rucker event.

LSU had twice before finished runner-up in the event but this time was able to move into the lead midway through the final round and never looked back, winning by four shots. LSU shot a 3-over 287 on the final day to finish 54 holes at 6-over par 858 (283-288-287), four shots better than host South Carolina at 10-over 862.

The Gamecocks were 11-over on the final round and finished with scores of 283-284-295.

It was an all-SEC top three as Auburn finished third at 14-over 866 (285-292-289).

The tournament title was LSU’s 52nd of its 40-plus year history and the 11th under Coach Garrett Runion.

And as tournament host Darius Rucker presented the famed guitar trophy that has come to be known in his events, Coach Runion told the Golf Channel’s Steve Burkowski: “It is [the first guitar trophy the team has won]. Actually, our men’s team has won twice at Bulls Bay (a tournament Rucker is also involved in) so I’m glad to get one on the women’s side and put it in our building.”

Of the fourth victory: “I’ve been telling them all year, they’re deep and they’re good. They’re real consistent and that keeps us in a lot of tournaments.”

And, LSU again showed its depth in the lineup with its No. 4 and No. 5 lineup players leading the team with freshman Edit Hertzman coming oh so close to winning the individual championship.

Hertzman, who started the day at even par after rounds of 69 and 73 on the par 71 layout, posted birdies on the par 5 third and the par 3 eighth to get to 2-under for the day and the tournament.

On the back nine, Hertzman then posted birdies on the par 4 11th and 12th holes and then drained a putt on the par 3 12th to get to five under par and the lead in the individual competition. A bogey from a very tricky bunker lie on 17 dropped her back to four under but still an outstanding round of 67, which equaled the lowest of the week by any player in the 90-golfer field.

Hertzman finished at four-under 209, one shot behind individual medalist Mathilde Claisse of South Carolina.

In a Golf Channel interview following the round,” the native of Sweden talked about having LSU Assistant Coach Alexis Rather with her during the final round.

“(Alexis) is just so awesome,” Hertzman said. “She just is really there to boost your confidence and just make sure… I mean, she just makes sure that I know what I’m doing and she is a lot of help too. She’s just amazing.”

On the team’s victory, Hertzman said, “[This win means] a lot. I mean, we have a really good team. So, I’m just so happy that we got the opportunity to show that, and I’m really proud of my team. I just think this was so fun for us to make it all up and win this big thing. It was so cool.”

Sophomore transfer Aine Donegan continued her move up the leaderboard after an opening 76 and a 1-under 70 in the opening two rounds, she came through with a two-birdie round and another 1-under 70 to move up seven spots on the final day to a tie for 13th at 3-over 216.

On Hertzman and Donegan, Runion commented on the Golf Channel: “It’s huge, they stepped up in a big way. This is only Edit’s fifth college golf tournament and she almost won it on a course that is extremely difficult; especially coming down the stretch with the wind. Aine was just steady. I didn’t get to watch too much of them actually because Alexis was with Edit and Aine was just steady Eddy. It really is big when you can count on someone as young, as far as the roster, to play that well. It was big for us.”

LSU’s seniors Ingrid Lindblad and Latanna Stone had LSU’s other counting scores in the play five, count four format with Lindblad getting home in 3-over 74 and Stone at 5-over 76. Lindblad finished just outside the top 10 with a three-day total of 2-over 215 after rounds of 68-73-74 for a tie for 11th.

The Tigers were second in the 17-team field in both par 3 and par 5 scoring, going +2 on the par 3s and -2 on the par 5s. LSU led the field with 40 birdies, six more than any other team in the 54-hole event.

Hertzman was co-low in the field in par 4 scoring at 3-under par, while Lindblad was co-low on par 5 holes at 3-under. Hertzman also led the tournament in total birdies with 13.

The Tigers now have some time off before playing their final regular season event of the spring season, the Clemson Invitational at Sunset, South Carolina, March 24-26.

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Final Team Results (Par 284-852)
1 LSU 283-288-287 – 858 +6; 2 South Carolina 283-284-295 – 862 +10; 3 Auburn 285-292-289 – 866 +14; 4 Wake Forest 291-292-284 – 867 +15; 5 Texas 295-286-290 – 871 +19; 6 Arizona State 292-291-289 – 872 +20; 7 Baylor 291-293-289 – 873 +20; 8 Vanderbilt 296-286-293 – 875 +23; 9 Oregon 295-297-285 – 877 +25; T10 Duke 300-290-291 – 881 +29; T10 Georgia 297-293-291 – 881 +29; 12 Northwestern 300-290-292 – 882 +30; 13 Alabama 297-295-291 – 883 +31;  14 Virginia 307-297-286 – 890 +38; 15 Kentucky 305-295-294 – 894 +42; 16 Furman 311-295-292 – 898 +46; 17 Arkansas 307-297-300 – 904 +52

Individual Top 5 (Par 71-213)
1 Mathilde Claisse, South Carolina – 69-69-70— 208 -5
2 Edit Hertzman, LSU – 69-73-67 – 209 -4
3 Rosie Belsham, Baylor – 69-72-71 – 212 -1
T4 Huai-Chien Hsu, Texas – 74-72-67 – 213 E
T4 Jenny Bae, Georgia – 72-70-71 – 213 E
T4 Ashleigh Park, Oregon – 70-72-71 – 213 E
T4 Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt – 73-68-72 – 213 E

LSU Scores
2 Edit Hertzman 69-73-67 – 209 -4
T11 Ingrid Lindblad 68-73-74 – 215 +2
T13 Aine Donegan 76-70-70 – 216 +3
T45 Latanna Stone 74-72-76 – 222 +9
T71 Carla Tejedo 72-76-80 – 228 +15

LSU women’s golf ranks 2nd after Round 2 at Rucker Intercollegiate

The Tigers are in range after two rounds.

Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.

BATON ROUGE – LSU will be in the final wave playing for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate title Wednesday at the Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The Tigers after 36 holes are in second place at 3-over par, four shots behind leader and tournament host team, South Carolina, at 1-under. It will be an All-SEC final wave as Auburn is in third at 9-over par.

South Carolina entered the tournament at No. 4 in the Golfstat performance rankings, while LSU is No. 6 and Auburn is No. 15.

LSU posted a second-day score of 4-over par 288 to stand at 571 (283-288), with South Carolina posting the only round not over par on the day at even par 284 to stand at -1 after rounds of 283-284. Auburn has posted rounds of 285-292.

The SEC schools are four shots clear from Texas at 13-over 581 and Vanderbilt’s 14-over 582. Defending champion Wake Forest and Arizona State are tied for sixth at 15-over par 583.

None of the top five schools have won the Darius Rucker event in its first 10 playings. LSU has a couple of runner-up finishes and a third as its best performances in the event.

It was sophomore transfer Aine Donegan who led the Tigers in the second round with a 1-under par round of 70. The native of Ireland had three birdies on the round as she moved up 31 places in the individual competition to a tie for 20th. Donegan has posted rounds of 76-70 for 4-over 146.

The Tigers also counted a one-over 72 from Latanna Stone, who is also at 4-over 146 after two days, moving up 13 spots on her card, also to T20.

Ingrid Lindblad and Edit Hertzman also had 2-over rounds of 73 on Tuesday and both are squarely in the hunt for the individual title of the event.

Lindblad stands at -1 141 for 36 holes after rounds of 68-73 and in a tie for third, with the freshman Hertzman is at even par 142 (69-73) and she is T7 for the event.

“The team’s played very well. All five of our players have been in it. Every player had a chance to count (their score) and we’ve kept the big numbers off their scorecards,” said LSU Coach Garrett Runion on a Golf Channel post-round interview. “This course can lend itself to some high numbers, but we’ve been patient and handled it well and we’ve got a good shot (Wednesday).”

LSU playing its third tournament in a three-week period has a second and a first in its first two events and has put itself in position again this week.

“We have two newcomers. Everyone’s talked about Ingrid (Lindblad), Latanna (Stone) and Carla (Tejedo), but we have two newcomers in Aine Donegan and Edit Hertzman,” said LSU’s fifth-year women’s head coach. “They’ve played well. This is our third tournament in a row of the spring and they’re starting to hit their stride and get in rhythm. They’ve played well and it’s been a huge reason why we’ve had success so far this spring.”

The individual lead is at 4-under par 138 after rounds of 69-69 by Mathilde Claisse of South Carolina with first-round leader Megan Schofill of Auburn at 2-under 140 (67-73). Four golfers, including Lindblad are T3 (three back) and Hertzman and four other players are just four shots off the lead.

Claisse, Lindblad and Schofill will be in the final group of the day that will tee off 10:50 a.m. CT with Hertzman teeing off right in front of those three. The wave starts at 10:10 a.m. CT and will be in prime camera range when College Central begins on the Golf Channel at 1 p.m. CT and then live coverage will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT.

There will also be live tweeting during the round on the LSU Women’s Golf Twitter @LSUWomensGolf.

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Second Round Team Results (284-568)
1 South Carolina 283-284 – 567 -1; 2 LSU 283-288 – 571 +3; 3 Auburn 285-292 – 577 +9; 4 Texas 295-286 – 581 +13; 5 Vanderbilt 296-286 – 582 +14; T6 Wake Forest 291-292 – 583 +15; T6 Arizona State 292-291 – 583 +15; 8 Baylor 291-293 – 584 +16; T9 Duke 300-290 – 590 +22; T9 Northwestern 300-290 – 590 +22; T9 Georgia 29-293 – 590 +22; T12 Oregon 295-297 – 592 +24; T12 Alabama 297-295 – 592 +24; 14 Kentucky 305-295 – 600 +32; T15 Arkansas 307-297 – 604 +36; T15 Virginia 307-297 – 604 +36; 17 Furman 311-295 – 606 +38

Individual Top 5 (Par 71-142)
1 Mathilde Claisse, South Carolina 69-69 – 138 -4
2 Megan Schofill, Auburn 67-73 – 140 -2
T3 Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 73-68 – 141 -1
T3 Phoebe Brinker, Duke 72-69 – 141 -1
T3 Rosie Belsham, Baylor 69-72 – 141 -1
T3 Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 68-73 – 141 -1

LSU Scores
T3 Ingrid Lindblad 68-73 – 141 -1
T7 Edit Hertzman 69-73 – 142 E
T20 Aine Donegan 76-70 – 146 +4
T20 Latanna Stone 74-72 – 146 +4
T35 Carla Tejedo 72-76 – 148 +6

College Performers of the Week powered by Rapsodo: Wake Forest women’s golf

Wake Forest won the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate for a second consecutive spring title and fourth of the season.

A freshman is firmly in the lead spot for Wake Forest and so far, she’s carried the Demon Deacons to two consecutive spring titles. Carolina Chacarra topped the individual leaderboard at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on March 2 and Wake Forest also won the team title.

Wake Forest has now won two consecutive events, adding the Darius to its UCF Challenge title from last month, and has won four times this season. The team also won the Darius Rucker in 2020, the last time it was played.

Wake Forest climbed from fourth to first in the second round and eventually claimed a nine-shot victory on host team South Carolina. The Demon Deacons, ranked No. 5 by Golfweek, led the field in birdies.

“What an incredible week for these student-athletes! There was outstanding competition on a difficult course with phenomenal crowds all week,” head coach Kim Lewellen said in a school release. “We are proud of this.”

Behind Chacarra, Rachel Kuehn tied for 13th for Wake Forest while Lauren Walsh and Mimi Rhodes were T-20.

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Women’s team | Women’s individual
College golf blog: The Road to Grayhawk

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Golf Channel to air first all-women’s regular-season college event with 2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Golf Channel is set to make some personal history with its coverage of women’s college golf in 2022.

Golf Channel is set to make some personal history with its coverage of women’s college golf in 2022.

The network will air its first all-women’s regular-season college tournament when the 2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate presented by PXG tees it up Feb. 28-March 2 at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island. South Carolina will host a handful of national-title contenders as a loaded field descends on the island: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Duke, Furman, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, North Carolina, Northwestern, Texas, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.

Past individual champions of the event include Maria Fassi (2018, Arkansas), Emilia Migliaccio (2020, Wake Forest), and Cheyenne Knight (2016 and 2017, Alabama).

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Women’s team | Women’s individual

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Golf Channel’s men’s college coverage for the spring begins next week with the Southwestern Invitational at North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, California, Jan. 24-26. Defending men’s national champions Pepperdine play host to a loaded field that includes five top-25 teams: ASU, Georgia, San Diego State, San José State, SMU, Texas, UCLA, UNLV, USC, Wake Forest and Washington.

Migliaccio, who both played and broadcasted during last summer’s U.S. Women’s Amateur, will join Billy Ray Brown as an on-course reporter.

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