Olivia Mehaffey Wins Pac-12 Championship in Playoff

Junior Olivia Mehaffey won the Pac-12 women's golf championship in a playoff over Albane Valenzuela of Stanford at the Palos Verdes Golf Club (par 71/6,131 yards) in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., leading the Sun Devil squad to a third-place finish. She becomes the second Pac-12 individual winner in head coach Missy Farr-Kaye's four seasons, joining Linnea Strom in 2016, and the 13th Sun Devil to win the title, the best mark in the league as UCLA is second with seven.

"We are thrilled with Olivia winning her first Pac-12 championship," ASU head coach Missy Farr-Kaye said. "She fought hard all week and it paid off. It is a great accomplishment winning the championship because it is the strongest conference in the country.
 
"As a team we also finished strong beating two teams that are ranked ahead of us. I love how we played today and I want us to continue our great play and fight when we head to NCAA Regionals in two weeks."

Mehaffey shot a 4-under 209 (69-70-70) and shot par on No. 18 in the playoff to top Valenzuela, who made bogey. Mehaffey was the only player in the 55-team field to shoot under par in all three rounds. She trailed by four strokes entering the final round, but birdied the first hole and then 16 to put the pressue on Valenzuela, who was still on the course.

PAC-12 CHAMPION??@SunDevilWGolf's @OliviaMehaffey wins the individual title! pic.twitter.com/hUjNIFUCME

— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) April 17, 2019

2019 PAC-12 WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
PALOS VERDES GOLF CLUB
PAR 71/6,131 YARDS/55 PLAYERS
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA
TOP 4 TEAMS/ASU
1.USC 283-286-282=851/-1
2. Arizona 290-292-280=862/+10
3. Arizona State 293-293-281=867/+15
4. Stanford 289-287-292=868/+16

ASU FINISHES
T1. Olivia Mehaffey 69-70-70=209/-1 (wins playoff)
T1. Albane Valenzuela, Stanford 65-70-74=209/-1
T13. Alessandra Fanali 75-74-69=218/+5
T16. Alexandra Forsterling 75-75-69-
T20. Raquel Olmos 74-74-73=221/+8
T39. Madison Kerley 75-77-75=227/+14
 

Comeback queen! ??

After trailing the first two days, @OliviaMehaffey forced a playoff and won to be crowned the 2019 #Pac12Golf individual champion! pic.twitter.com/V7A0DWY8ee

— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) April 17, 2019

SUN DEVIL WOMEN'S GOLF INDIVIDUAL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS (13)
2019, Olivia Mehaffey
2016, Linnea Strom
2010, Carlota Ciganda
2009, Carlota Ciganda
2005, Louise Stahle
2002, Jimin Kang
1999, Grace Park
1995, Wendy Ward
1993, Wendy Ward
1990, Brandie Burton
1989, Pearl Sinn
1988, Pam Wright
1987, Danielle Ammaccapane
 

PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONS BY SCHOOL (1987-PRESENT)
ASU, 13
UCLA, 7
USC, 5
ARIZONA, 4
STANFORD, 1
CAL, 1
WASHINGTON, 1
OREGON, 1

2018-19 SUN DEVIL PAC-12 CHAMPIONS (7 TITLES BY 6 SUN DEVILS AS OF APRIL 17, 2019)Silja Kansakoski (women's 100 breast)
Olivia Mehaffey (women's golf)
Christian Pagdilao (wrestling/157 lbs)
Zach Poti (men's 100 back)
Youssef Selim (men's diving/1-M springboard and platform)
Josh Shields (wrestling/165 lbs)
Zahid Valencia (wrestling/174 lbs)

 

So happy for you!!! Stud @OliviaMehaffey https://t.co/VFj7XF3Qp2

— Hunter Bishop (@HunterBishop9) April 17, 2019