Glencoe, ILL. – Sun Devil women's golf had a pair of top-10 finishers on the final day of competition at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, highlighted by fifth-year Patience Rhodes who shot -2 (69) to finish +3 (216) for the tournament and freshman Natalia Aparicio who talled her first career top-10 finish at +3 (216).
Rhodes, shot the fourth-lowest round of the day and had third birdies in her final 18 holes, opening the round with 12 straight holes with par or better. The two-time All-American notched her 16th career top-10 finish and her seventh top 10 finish in her last nine starts dating back to the start of the 2025 season.
Arizona State finished sixth overall for the tournament, shooting +21 (873), beating out two-time defending champion Iowa State and in-state rival Arizona.
Hear from Associate Head Coach Ryan Heisey:
"The Girls battled hard with a long day yesterday. Today they battled just as hard. It was a great opportunity to play in difficult conditions this early in the season, it really gave us a good test to see where we're at. See what we need to improve and get ready for for the next event." said associate head coach Ryan Heisey. "Really nice leadership today by Patience (Rhodes) with one of the rounds of the day and then kind of a collective effort from the rest to put together some solid rounds. Heading into a little break before we go back at it in Texas." added Heisey.
Up Next:
The Sun Devils will return to action in two weeks, playing in the inaugrual Abilene Christian Intercollegiate at Halbert National in Abilene, Texas starting Oct. 19-21 with live coverage on Golf Channel for all three rounds.
Windy City Collegiate Classic
Oct. 5-6, 2026
Lake Shore Country Club
Teams (12)
1. Stanford - 287-272-297 = +4/856
T2. Duke - 293-285-284 = +10/862
T2. Virginia - 286-286-290 = +10/862
4. Oregon - 284-283-297 = +12/864
5. Purdue - 286-290-293 = +17869
6. Arizona State - 296-286-292 = +21/873
T7. Illinois - 295-289-296 = +28/880
T7. Columbia - 284-294-302 = +28/880
9. Northwestern - 302-287-295 = +32/884
10. Iowa State - 290-300-296 = +34/886
T11. Tulsa - 302-285-301 = +36/888
T11. Arizona - 294-292-302 = +36/888
Leaders and Sun Devil Scores:
1. Jaclyn LaHa - 67-72-67 = -7/206 (Virginia)
T10. Natalia Aparicio - 71-69-76 = +3/216
T10. Patience Rhodes - 74-73-69 = +3/216
T24. Fai Rubrong - 76-71-72 = +6/219
T42. Amelia Wan - 75-75-75 = +12/225
T47. Johanna Axelsen (IND) - 77-74-76 = +14/227
T51. Kate Dillon - 75-73-80 = +15/228
Top-10 finishes for Patience Rhodes
2026: Windy City Collegiate Classic - T10
2026: Mason Rudolph Championship - T2
2026: NCAA Stanford Regional - T6
2026: Big 12 Championships - 4th
2025 Nanea Invitational - 10th
2025: Stanford Intercollegiate - 5th
2025: ANNIKA Intercollegiate - T10
2025: NCAA Regionals - 2nd
2025: PING/ASU Invitational - 2nd
2025: Clover Cup - 7th
2025: Darius Rucker Intercollegiate - 6th
2025: Therese Hession Regional Challenge - T8
2024: Windy City Collegiate Classic - T5
2024: Mason Rudolph Invitational - T5
2024: ANNIKA Intercollegiate - T6
2024: Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational - 3