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Runner-Up Finish For Women's Golf at PING/ASU

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Runner-Up Finish For Women's Golf at PING/ASURunner-Up Finish For Women's Golf at PING/ASU

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PHOENIX - Sun Devil Women's Golf ended the 2024 PING/ASU Invitational strong, moving up the leaderboard on the final day at Papago Golf Club.

No. 13 Arizona State (-8/856) finished with the best round of the day allowing them to jump six spots into a tie for second. The PING/ASU Invitational runner-up results is another impressive performance for Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye's team, as the field featured eight Top-15 teams. The Maroon & Gold only trailed PING/ASU Invitational Team Champions No. 11 Northwestern by three strokes as they leap-frogged several teams thanks to a fantastic effort on Saturday. ASU finished ahead of No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 USC, No. 7 Texas, and No. 12 Oregon, while matching No. 4 UCLA's second-place outcome. 

Two Sun Devils finished in the Top-10 of the individual race, as both Ashley Menne (-3/213) and Grace Summerhays (-3/213) tied for ninth. The duo used rounds in the 60s to make a major move up the standings, as Summerhays' 68 (-4) was the second-best score of the day with Menne following behind with a 69 (-3). Joining Menne and Summerhays in capping their event by climbing the standings were Beth Coulter and Paula Schulz-Hanssen, who both contributed to the Sun Devils carding the lowest round of the day.

Arizona State has now finished second or better in three straight tournaments, hitting their stride at the ideal time. Coach Farr-Kaye and her team get ready to travel to Pullman, Washington for the 2024 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championships. They take place April 21-23 at Palouse Ridge Golf Course, as the Sun Devils look for their ninth Pac-12 team title in the final year of the league's championship event.

ROUND BREAKDOWN
Ashley Menne (213/-3/T9)
TODAY'S ROUND: 69 (-3)
BIRDIES (4): Hole 4 (Par 3; 161 yards), Hole 12 (Par 4; 322 yards), Hole 13 (Par 4; 365 yards), Hole 15 (Par 5; 508 yards)
NOTABLES:
-- Seventh round in the 60s this season
-- 13th career Top-10 finish; 24th-career Top-20 finish
-- 3rd time finishing in Top-10 at PING/ASU (2023 - T6th, 2022 - T2nd)
-- Moved up 12 spots on the final day

Grace Summerhays (213/-3/T9)
TODAY'S ROUND: 68 (-4)
BIRDIES (5): Hole 7 (Par 4; 378 yards), Hole 9 (Par 5; 512 yards), Hole 13 (Par 4; 365 yards), Hole 15 (Par 5; 508 yards), Hole 16 (Par 4; 402 yards)
NOTABLES:
-- Third round in the 60s this season
-- 7th career Top-10 finish; 24th-career Top-20 finish
-- Moved up 21 spots on the final day
-- Second-consecutive year finished tied for ninth at PING/ASU
-- Finished the tournament with a team-high 11 birdies

Patience Rhodes (218/+2/T34)
TODAY'S ROUND: 74 (+2)
BIRDIES (1): Hole 12 (Par 4; 322 yards)

Beth Coulter (219/+3/T37)
TODAY'S ROUND: 71 (-1)
BIRDIES (3): Hole 3 (Par 4; 424 yards), Hole 9 (Par 5; 512 yards), Hole 15 (Par 5; 508 yards)
NOTABLES:
-- Four of her last five rounds at Papago Golf Club have been under par (dating back to 2023 Pac-12 Championship)
-- Moved up 18 spots on the final day
-- Finished with a 2.75 scoring average on par 3 holes, tied for the best of any golfer in the field

Paula Schulz-Hanssen (225/+9/T69)
TODAY'S ROUND: 72 (E)
BIRDIES (2): Hole 7 (Par 4; 378 yards), Hole 9 (Par 5; 512 yards)
NOTABLES: 
-- Moved up 9 spots on the final day
-- Improved on her score each of the three days

QUOTABLES
"Our goal is to take it one day at a time," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "We struggled a little bit yesterday with our course management and paid for it. They handled themselves really well today. I am so excited to see them get rewarded for their hard work."

"I'm so happy that the team got to have a good last day," Coach Farr-Kaye added. "Ashley Menne gets to leave as a senior playing really well at home. This is a great way to end the regular season and now we move on to postseason."

"We have been learning a lot about ourselves on and off the golf course," Coach Farr-Kaye concluded. "The timing is good to be heading in this direction. Now we have to get ready for Pac-12s and take it one tournament at a time. We are going to celebrate when we have days like today."

NOTABLES
-- Arizona State's 280 (-8) is tied for the 25th-best 18 hole score vs. par in program history; Six of the Top-25 18 hole scores vs. par in program history have come this season
-- By virtue of shooting 856 (-8), the Sun Devils recorded their 13-best 54-hole score vs. par in program history; Three of the 13 best 54-hole socres vs. par in program history have come this season
-- Third-consecutive tournament finishing second or better
-- Second place in a field with eight of the Top-15 & 14 of the Top-50 teams
-- Arizona State's scoring average of 3.02 on par 3 holes was the best of any team
-- Two Sun Devils finished in the Top-10 of a field containing 14 of the Top-50, 28 of the Top-100, and 55 of the Top-200 ranked golfers in the nation
-- ASU's 191 pars were the second-most of any team

TEAM STANDINGS

Place Team 1 2 3 To Par
1 #11 Northwestern 284 285 284 -11
T2 #13 Arizona State 281 295 280 -8
T2 #4 UCLA 284 285 287 -8
T2 #27 California 285 290 281 -8


INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

Place Player 1 2 3 To Par
T1 Zoe Campos, UCLA 69 70 68 -9
T1 Emma Bunch, NMSU 69 70 68 -9
T9 Grace Summerhays 71 74 68 -3
T9 Ashley Menne 71 73 69 -3
T34 Patience Rhodes 69 75 74 +2
T37 Beth Coulter 70 78 71 +3
T69 Paula Schulz-Hanssen 80 73 72 +9

UP NEXT
Pac-12 Championship – April 21-23 (Pullman, WA)

Washington State will have difficult shoes to fill as they follow Arizona State as the host of the Pac-12 Women's Golf Championship. Papago Golf Course received rave reviews as the hosts of the 2023 edition. In 2024, Palouse Ridge Golf Club plays host for the final conference championship with all 12 teams involved. No team has enjoyed more success at the Pac-10/12 Women's Golf Championships than Arizona State. Their 13 individual champions are six more than any other team, while their eight team championships are tied for first. Most recently, Olivia Mehaffey claimed the 2019 Individual Championship by coming back from four strokes down on the final day. The Sun Devils last one as a team back in 2009 on their way to the program's seventh of eight NCAA Championships, with Coach Farr-Kaye serving as an Assistant Coach that year.
 
Legendary Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Linda Vollstedt could be considered the queen of the Pac-10/12 Championships. Her teams won it a total of six times, including the first two in 1987 & 1988. Later in her career, Arizona State ran off four straight titles during their dominant run in the mid-90s, a feat that has never been matched since. ASU has three Top-3 finishes at the conference championships under Coach Farr-Kaye, finishing third in 2016, 2019, and 2021.

SUN DEVILS IN THE RANKINGS
Clipp'd, backed by the NCAA, are now responsible for the 2024 NCAA Golf Rankings. Arizona State moved up to No. 13 in the ranking, gaining three spots after their victory at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Intercollegiate. Three Sun Devils are in the Top-100 after both Beth Coulter and Patience Rhodes made a massive jump. Here is where each of the Sun Devils' rank in the latest Clipp'd Individual Rankings:

No. 41 Ashley Menne UP 22 spots
No. 69 Patience Rhodes UP 32 spots
No. 82 Beth Coulter UP 29 spots
No. 125 Grace Summerhays
No. 138 Paula Schulz-Hanssen UP 23 spots

THE COMPETITION (CLIPP'D RANKINGS)
All 17 teams at the PING/ASU Invitational are ranked in the Top-78 of the latest Clipp'd National Team Rankings. Arizona State is one of eight Top-15 teams in the field. In total, 14 of the Top-50 teams in the country will be competing at Papago this week. The loaded event features ranked golfers in the nation, including No. 41 Ashley Menne, No. 69 Patience Rhodes, and No. 82 Beth Coulter from Arizona State. In total, 55 of the Top-200 individuals will be vying for the PING/ASU crown, including all five members of the Sun Devil lineup.

#13 Arizona State
#1 Stanford #4 UCLA
#6 USC #7 Texas
#11 Northwestern #12 Oregon
#14 Arizona #27 California
#39 Oklahoma State #41 Kansas
#42 Oregon State #48 Denver
#50 Baylor #70 New Mexico
#71 Colorado #78 New Mexico State

BEST ROUNDS IN 2023-24
64/-8 Ashley Menne (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
65/-7 Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
66/-6  Ashley Menne (Match in the Desert/Jan. 22, 2024)
67/-5  Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
67/-4  Ashley Menne (Stanford Intercollegiate second round/Oct. 21, 2023)
---> 68/-4 Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational third round/March 30, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
68/-4 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational first round/March 17, 2024)
68/-4 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
68/-4  Patience Rhodes (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023) 
68/-3  Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3  Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate first round/March 4, 2024)
68/-3  Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate second round/March 5, 2024)
---> 69/-3 Ashley Menne (PING/ASU Invitational first round/March 28, 2024)
---> 69/-3 Patience Rhodes (PING/ASU Invitational first round/March 28, 2024)
69/-3 Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
69/-3 Ashley Menne (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational third round/March 19, 2024)
69/-3 Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational second round/March 18, 2024)
69/-3 Ashley Menne (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational first round/March 17, 2024)
69/-3  Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational third round/Sept. 24, 2023)
69/-3  Beth Coulter (Mason Rudolph Invitational first round/Sept. 22, 2023)
69/-3  Ashley Menne (McGuire Invitational first round/Sept. 11, 2023)
69/-3  Beth Coulter (McGuire Invitational second round/Sept. 11, 2023)
69/-3  Calynne Rosholt (Windy City first round/Oct. 2, 2023)
69/-2  Patience Rhodes (Stanford Intercollegiate third round/Oct. 23, 2023)

TOP FINISHES IN 2023-24
1st - Ashley Menne (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T2nd - Ashley Menne (Match in the Desert)
3rd - Patience Rhodes (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
5th - Beth Coulter (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
T5th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Mason Rudolph Invitational)
6th - Paula Schulz-Hanssen (Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational)
6th - Ashley Menne (McGuire Invitational)
T7th - Grace Summerhays (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T9th - Ashley Menne (PING/ASU Invitational)
T9th - Grace Summerhays (PING/ASU Invitational)
T12th - Patience Rhodes (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T12th - Beth Coulter (Darius Rucker Intercollegiate)
T14th - Grace Summerhays (McGuire Invitational)

BIRDIES BY SUN DEVIL (SEASON TOTALS)
Ashley Menne - 75 (plus 1 Eagle)
Grace Summerhays - 75 (plus 4 Eagles)
Patience Rhodes - 71 (plus 2 Eagles)
Beth Coulter - 71 (plus 2 Eagles)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen - 62 (plus 3 Eagles)

CAREER APPEARANCES 
Ashley Menne, 40 (37 stroke; 3 match)
Grace Summerhays, 30 (27 stroke; 3 match)
Beth Coulter, 21 (18 stroke; 3 match)
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 21 (18 stroke; 3 match)
Patience Rhodes, 10 (8 stroke; 2 match)

CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES
Ashley Menne, 24
Grace Summerhays, 13
Paula Schulz-Hanssen, 9
Beth Coulter, 7
Patience Rhodes, 4

2023-24 CAMPAIGN
Arizona State will be tested throughout 2023-24 as Coach Farr-Kaye built one of the nation's toughest slates once again. The Maroon and Gold will compete in a total of ten regular season events, four in the Fall and six in the Spring. The postseason begins April 21 at the Pac-12 Championship, with NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships scheduled for the month of May.

ARIZONA STATE WOMEN'S GOLF SCHEDULE
McGuire Invitational – Sept. 11-12 (Albuquerque, NM)
Mason Rudolph Invitational – Sept. 22-24 (Franklin, TN)
Windy City Collegiate Classic – Oct. 2-3 (Chicago, IL)
Stanford Intercollegiate – Oct. 20-22 (Palo Alto, CA)
Match in the Desert – January 22 (Gold Canyon, AZ)
Therese Hession Regional Challenge – Feb. 3-4 (Palos Verdes, CA)
Duel in the Desert (vs. Denver) – Feb. 25 (Phoenix, AZ)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – March 4-6 (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational – March 17-19 (Honolulu, HI)
PING/ASU Invitational – March 28-30 (Phoenix, AZ) - HOSTED BY ASU
Pac-12 Championship – April 21-23 (Pullman, WA)
NCAA Regionals – May 6-8 (Auburn/Cle Elum/College State/East Lansing/Las Vegas/Winston-Salem)
NCAA Championship – May 17-22 (La Costa, CA; Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Champions Course)

HOW TO FOLLOW
For the latest updates and information on the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, follow our Twitter/Instagram accounts (@SunDevilWGolf), like our Facebook page (facebook.com/sundevilwgolf/), and visit our website (thesundevils.com). Find Coach Farr-Kaye (@missymkaye) and Coach Tatman (@CoachMikayla_) on Twitter as well.