University of Washington
Edean Ilhanfeldt Invitational
Parmlid Leads USC to Ihlanfeldt Victory by 15 Strokes
October 09, 2002 | Women's Golf
Oct. 9, 2002
Tacoma - Led by senior All-American Mikaela Parmlid and U.S. Amateur Open champion Becky Lucidi, the USC women's golf team ran away from the field during the final round of play at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. The Trojans expanded on the seven-stroke lead they held going into the final round, bettering second place Washington by 15 strokes.
USC shot 9-over 885 while the Huskies finished at 24-over 900, beating Pepperdine by one stroke. It marked the second consecutive tournament the Huskies have finished as runners up.
Parmlid took medalist honors after winning a one-hole playoff with Pepperdine's Lindsey Wright. Parmlid pared the 371-yard first hole while Wright missed a four-foot putt for par and bogeyed. Both players finished the tournament at 5-under 70. Parmlid carded a 5-under 68 during her final round.
"This is probably one of my best rounds," Parmlid said. "I had five birdies and no bogies. It was just a solid round. I played with Lindsey Wright and she made seven birdies, so it felt like match play out there between us."
Parmlid opened the tournament by shooting 1-over 74 on Monday and 1-under 72 on Tuesday. After her second round she decided to change her putting stance and felt that was the difference maker. It took some extra work on the putting green and her hotel room to make her completely comfortable with the new approach.
"Yesterday, I went back to the putting green and I decided to step a little closer to the ball," she said. "Then, last night, I was in my hotel room and I putted a little bit more and it felt better. I decided to try it today."
No, Parmlid and the Trojans did not spend the night in a Holiday Inn, but like the characters in the popular advertisement campaign, the next day results were noticeable.
"I'm hitting the ball well, striking the ball perfect," Parmlid said. "I've been doing that for most of the last year. I just wanted to get those putts to role in. That's how you win tournaments."
The victory marked USC's third straight championship at the Ihlanfeldt Invitational under head coach Andrea Gaston.
"Mikaela coming out today and charging and shooting that 65 really helped us," Gaston said. "I know that she was out her a long while yesterday afternoon working on her putting, but I didn't know she was doing that in her room last night.
"That does not surprise me," Gaston added. "She's dead serious about what she wants to do and this being her senior year, she had a great season last year being a first-team All-American and I know her sights are on that this year. This is her second tournament victory and I think it was a little bigger for her because last year she was a 36-hole event and this was 54 holes."
Washington coach Mary Lou Mulflur was also pleased with her team's second straight runner-up showing after finishing behind New Mexico at the Comcast-Dick McGuire Invitational.
"We know we can win," Mulflur said. "They're very capable of that. The good news is that two weeks in a row we've put ourselves in a position where we've had a chance to win. We keep doing that and the wins will come."
Husky junior Lindsay Morgan agreed.
"I feel like we left a lot of shots out there today," said Morgan, who tied with teammate Paige Mackenzie for 13th at 6-over 225. "There are some I'd like to have over again. I think we put a good effort forth, it was just that some stuff didn't go in. That's hard."
Washington was led by Louise Friberg who shot 3-over 222 to tie for seventh. Husky freshman Sung Ea Lee was 19th at 9-over 228 after posting three straight rounds of 76. Michelle Grafos was 32nd at 15-over 234.
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational
Tacoma Country and Golf Club
Par 72, 6,102 yards
3rd Round Results
Team Standings
1 Southern California 292 301 292 885 +9 2 Washington 296 304 300 900 +24 3 Pepperdine 300 300 301 901 +25 4 California 299 303 301 903 +27 5 Stanford 307 304 294 905 +29 6 UCLA 303 301 304 908 +32 7 San Francisco 314 306 299 919 +43 8 Brigham Young 300 308 316 924 +48 9 Oregon State 301 313 313 927 +51 10 Long Beach State 315 308 312 935 +59 11 Oregon 312 315 315 942 +66
Individual Results
1 Mikaela Parmlid** USC 74 72 68 214 -5
2 Lindsey Wright Pepperdine 73 71 70 214 -5
3 Katherine Hull Pepperdine 71 72 72 215 -4
Becky Lucidi USC 65 77 73 215 -4
5 Therese Wenslow Oregon 71 76 72 219 E
6 Kim Rowton Stanford 76 71 74 221 +2
7 Hayley Wilkinson Long Beach 76 74 72 222 +3
Susannah Laing USF 73 71 78 222 +3
Vikki Laing California 74 74 74 222 +3
Louise Friberg Washington 74 75 73 222 +3
Mika Takayama California 73 72 77 222 +3
12 Charlotte Mayorkas UCLA 72 78 74 224 +5
13 Paige Mackenzie Washington 72 76 77 225 +6
Lindsay Morgan Washington 74 77 74 225 +6
Kelly Husted Stanford 76 77 72 225 +6
16 Gina Umeck UCLA 76 73 77 226 +7
Susie Mathews UCLA 76 73 77 226 +7
18 Angela Rho Stanford 76 78 73 227 +8
19 Sung Ea Lee Washington 76 76 76 228 +9
20 Margaraet Gibby BYU 76 75 78 229 +10
Tanya Dergal USC 74 79 76 229 +10
22 Sarah Huarte California 74 77 79 230 +11
Jessica Gardner BYU 74 76 80 230 +11
Leah Whiting Oregon St. 71 79 80 230 +11
25 Joan M. Shimozaki USF 79 79 73 231 +12
Irene Cho USC 79 75 77 231 +12
27 Yvonne Choe UCLA 79 77 76 232 +13
Rachel Kyono Pepperdine 76 77 79 232 +13
29 Wendra Liang Stanford 79 78 76 233 +14
29 Symantha Mendenhall BYU 77 78 78 233 +14
*Sophia Sheridan California 79 76 78 233 +14
32 Laura Skinner Oregon St. 80 77 77 234 +15
Natalie Newren BYU 75 79 80 234 +15
Anna Temple California 78 80 76 234 +15
Stacie Ferguson Oregon St. 73 78 83 234 +15
Ashlei Pendleton Oregon St. 77 79 78 234 +15
Michelle Grafos Washington 76 80 78 234 +15
38 Rachel Bell USC 83 77 75 235 +16
Claire Dury California 81 80 74 235 +16
Jordan Auten USF 81 79 75 235 +16
41 Kim Kouwabunpat Stanford 82 79 75 236 +17
42 Marie Louise Juul Long Beach 80 78 79 237 +18
43 Nikki Jacoby USF 88 77 73 238 +19
44 Erin Andrews Oregon 78 80 81 239 +20
45 Alexandra Lee Oregon St. 83 79 78 240 +21
Johnna Nealy Oregon 79 80 81 240 +21
Courtney Clark Pepperdine 80 80 80 240 +21
48 Teal Thron Long Beach 77 83 81 241 +22
Carla Legaspi Long Beach 82 79 80 241 +22
50 *Seiko Onoue Pepperdine 81 79 82 242 +23
*Alexandra Lucio Oregon St. 79 81 82 242 +23
52 Nicole Newren BYU 75 84 84 243 +24
53 Hana Kim UCLA 79 82 83 244 +25
Lisa Chen USF 81 84 79 244 +25
55 *Jess Carlyon Oregon 78 84 83 245 +26
56 Melissa Keller Long Beach 84 77 85 246 +27
Michelle Timpani Oregon 86 79 81 246 +27
58 Annie Davis Oregon 84 80 83 247 +28
59 Maria C. Arenas Pepperdine 84 85 84 253 +34
60 *Breana Minnitti Washington 83 91 88 262 +43
* Competed as individual
** Won playoff for medalist honors
Results by Team
1 Southern California 292 301 292 885 ** 1 Mikaela Parmlid 74 72 68 214 T 3 Becky Lucidi 65 77 73 215 T 20 Tanya Dergal 74 79 76 229 T 25 Irene Cho 79 75 77 231 T 38 Rachel Bell 83 77 75 2352 Washington 296 304 300 900 T 7 Louise Friberg 74 75 73 222 T 13 Paige Mackenzie 72 76 77 225 T 13 Lindsay Morgan 74 77 74 225 19 Sung Ea Lee 76 76 76 228 T 32 Michelle Grafos 76 80 78 234
3 Pepperdine 300 300 301 901 2 Lindsey Wright 73 71 70 214 T 3 Katherine Hull 71 72 72 215 T 27 Rachel Kyono 76 77 79 232 T 45 Courtney Clark 80 80 80 240 59 Maria C. Arenas 84 85 84 253
4 California 299 303 301 903 T 7 Vikki Laing 74 74 74 222 T 7 Mika Takayama 73 72 77 222 T 22 Sarah Huarte 74 77 79 230 T 32 Anna Temple 78 80 76 234 T 38 Claire Dury 81 80 74 235
5 Stanford 307 304 294 905 6 Kim Rowton 76 71 74 221 T 13 Kelly Husted 76 77 72 225 18 Angela Rho 76 78 73 227 T 29 Wendra Liang 79 78 76 233 41 Kim Kouwabunpat 82 79 75 236
6 UCLA 303 301 304 908 12 Charlotte Mayorkas 72 78 74 224 T 16 Gina Umeck 76 73 77 226 T 16 Susie Mathews 76 73 77 226 T 27 Yvonne Choe 79 77 76 232 T 53 Hana Kim 79 82 83 244
7 San Francisco 314 306 299 919 T 7 Susannah Laing 73 71 78 222 T 25 Joan M. Shimozaki 79 79 73 231 T 38 Jordan Auten 81 79 75 235 43 Nikki Jacoby 88 77 73 238 T 53 Lisa Chen 81 84 79 244
8 Brigham Young 300 308 316 924 T 20 Margaraet Gibby 76 75 78 229 T 22 Jessica Gardner 74 76 80 230 T 29 Symantha Mendenhall 77 78 78 233 T 32 Natalie Newren 75 79 80 234 52 Nicole Newren 75 84 84 243
9 Oregon State 301 313 313 927 T 22 Leah Whiting 71 79 80 230 T 32 Laura Skinner 80 77 77 234 T 32 Stacie Ferguson 73 78 83 234 T 32 Ashlei Pendleton 77 79 78 234 T 45 Alexandra Lee 83 79 78 240
10 Long Beach State 315 308 312 935 T 7 Hayley Wilkinson 76 74 72 222 42 Marie Louise Juul 80 78 79 237 T 48 Teal Thron 77 83 81 241 T 48 Carla Legaspi 82 79 80 241 T 56 Melissa Keller 84 77 85 246
11 Oregon 312 315 315 942 5 Therese Wenslow 71 76 72 219 44 Erin Andrews 78 80 81 239 T 45 Johnna Nealy 79 80 81 240 T 56 Michelle Timpani 86 79 81 246 58 Annie Davis 84 80 83 247
Individual Results
T 29 Sophia Sheridan California 79 76 78 233 T 50 Seiko Onoue Pepperdine 81 79 82 242 T 50 Alexandra Lucio Oregon St. 79 81 82 242 55 Jess Carlyon Oregon 78 84 83 245 60 Breana Minnitti Washington 83 91 88 262
