Northwestern University Athletics
Riley Leads Way On Day 1 At Windy City Classic
10/2/2017 7:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – Sophomore Brooke Riley carded an opening round 2-under 70 at Northmoor Country Club (Par-71; 6200 yards) to lead the Wildcats Monday on day one of the tenth annual Windy City Collegiate Classic. Riley will tee off Tuesday's final round on Chicago's north shore tied for 14th, and No. 6 Northwestern will open the day just three strokes outside the Top-5 of one of college golf's premier events.
Windy City Collegiate Classic LIVE Leaderboard: http://bit.ly/WindyCity17
Round 3 Tee Times
Riley closed strong in Round 1, with birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 to put the finishing flourish on her 70. The Manteca, California, native also birdied two of her last six holes in the afternoon round to wrap up the day at 1-over.
Junior Janet Mao posted Northwestern's best loop of the day in Monday's second round. The two-time All-Big Ten honoree birdied four of her final ten holes, including three of the last seven, to register a 2-under 69 and rocket 22 spots up the leaderboard to finish day one in a tie for 22nd place.
Oklahoma State leads after two rounds, following a 2-under in the morning with a 6-under 278 in the afternoon, the best performance of any squad during the day. They will tee off Tuesday's third-and-final round with an eight-shot cushion on second-place Arizona State, the defending NCAA champions.
The Sun Devils' Linnea Strom owns the top individual spot on the leaderboard at 6-under through 36 holes, one shot ahead of Oklahoma State's Kenzie Neisen, and two strokes up on the Cowboys' Maddie McCrary and Michigan State's Sarah Burnham and Paz Marfa.
The Wildcats will tee off Tuesday's third round at 7:30 a.m., paired with Ohio State and Arizona. Golfstat will provide live scoring throughout the final round, with updates also available on Twitter at @NU_GolfLIVE.
Northwestern – 8/15 • 293-286-R3 = 579 (+11)
T14 – Brooke Riley -- 70-73-R3 = 143 (+1)
T22 – Janet Mao – 76-69-R3 = 145 (+3)
T27 – Stephanie Lau -- 74-72-R3 = 146 (+4)
T40 – Hannah Kim -- 76-72-R3 = 148 (+6)
T40 – Sarah Cho -- 73-75-R3 = 148 (+6)
T61 – Monica Matsubara (IND) -- 74-79-R3 = 153 (+11)
T65 – Louise McCulloch (IND) -- 76-78-R3 = 154 (+12)
78 – MacKenzie Hawkes (IND) -- 87-80-R3 = 167 (+25)
79 – Julia Tournant (IND) -- 80-90-R3 = 170 (+28)
The Windy City has grown into arguably the most competitive event on the fall college golf calendar, with eight of the Top-25 teams in the nation in Chicago this week according to the most recent Golfweek rankings.
No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 20 Oregon, No. 21 Florida, No. 25 Purdue join the No. 6 Wildcats at Northmoor in search of a title. The rest of the field includes Arizona, California, Iowa State, Ohio State, San Diego State, Tulane and UC-Davis.
Kim was Northwestern's top finisher at last year's Windy City, posting a seventh-place result for her second straight Top-10 in the event. The University of Georgia captured the 2016 Windy City team championship for a second consecutive year by firing a 10-under 854, four strokes better than runner-up Stanford. The Cardinal were led by individual medalist Andrea Lee, who birdied the 54th hole to card a final round 67 and edge Georgia's Bailey Tardy – the reigning Windy City champion - by one stroke. The Stanford rookie finished with a 10-under 206 to earn the win in her collegiate debut. Glen View Club relentlessly challenged one of the deepest fields in women's college golf through. Only three (of 14) teams and 11 (of 78) individuals finished under par.
Established in 1918, Northmoor features 27 holes of golf, with its original 18 holes designed by legendary golf course designer Donald Ross.
Windy City Collegiate Classic LIVE Leaderboard: http://bit.ly/WindyCity17
Round 3 Tee Times
Riley closed strong in Round 1, with birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 to put the finishing flourish on her 70. The Manteca, California, native also birdied two of her last six holes in the afternoon round to wrap up the day at 1-over.
Junior Janet Mao posted Northwestern's best loop of the day in Monday's second round. The two-time All-Big Ten honoree birdied four of her final ten holes, including three of the last seven, to register a 2-under 69 and rocket 22 spots up the leaderboard to finish day one in a tie for 22nd place.
Oklahoma State leads after two rounds, following a 2-under in the morning with a 6-under 278 in the afternoon, the best performance of any squad during the day. They will tee off Tuesday's third-and-final round with an eight-shot cushion on second-place Arizona State, the defending NCAA champions.
The Sun Devils' Linnea Strom owns the top individual spot on the leaderboard at 6-under through 36 holes, one shot ahead of Oklahoma State's Kenzie Neisen, and two strokes up on the Cowboys' Maddie McCrary and Michigan State's Sarah Burnham and Paz Marfa.
The Wildcats will tee off Tuesday's third round at 7:30 a.m., paired with Ohio State and Arizona. Golfstat will provide live scoring throughout the final round, with updates also available on Twitter at @NU_GolfLIVE.
Northwestern – 8/15 • 293-286-R3 = 579 (+11)
T14 – Brooke Riley -- 70-73-R3 = 143 (+1)
T22 – Janet Mao – 76-69-R3 = 145 (+3)
T27 – Stephanie Lau -- 74-72-R3 = 146 (+4)
T40 – Hannah Kim -- 76-72-R3 = 148 (+6)
T40 – Sarah Cho -- 73-75-R3 = 148 (+6)
T61 – Monica Matsubara (IND) -- 74-79-R3 = 153 (+11)
T65 – Louise McCulloch (IND) -- 76-78-R3 = 154 (+12)
78 – MacKenzie Hawkes (IND) -- 87-80-R3 = 167 (+25)
79 – Julia Tournant (IND) -- 80-90-R3 = 170 (+28)
The Windy City has grown into arguably the most competitive event on the fall college golf calendar, with eight of the Top-25 teams in the nation in Chicago this week according to the most recent Golfweek rankings.
No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 20 Oregon, No. 21 Florida, No. 25 Purdue join the No. 6 Wildcats at Northmoor in search of a title. The rest of the field includes Arizona, California, Iowa State, Ohio State, San Diego State, Tulane and UC-Davis.
Kim was Northwestern's top finisher at last year's Windy City, posting a seventh-place result for her second straight Top-10 in the event. The University of Georgia captured the 2016 Windy City team championship for a second consecutive year by firing a 10-under 854, four strokes better than runner-up Stanford. The Cardinal were led by individual medalist Andrea Lee, who birdied the 54th hole to card a final round 67 and edge Georgia's Bailey Tardy – the reigning Windy City champion - by one stroke. The Stanford rookie finished with a 10-under 206 to earn the win in her collegiate debut. Glen View Club relentlessly challenged one of the deepest fields in women's college golf through. Only three (of 14) teams and 11 (of 78) individuals finished under par.
Established in 1918, Northmoor features 27 holes of golf, with its original 18 holes designed by legendary golf course designer Donald Ross.
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