PAT LESSER HARBOTTLE INVITATIONAL
October 3-4, 2022
Tacoma, Wash. - Tacoma Country and Golf Club

UCI will compete in the eighth annual Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational Monday and Tuesday (October 3-4) at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Tacoma, Wash.

The course is 6,195-yards, playing at Par 72.

Monday features 36 holes with an 8 a.m. shotgun start followed by 18 holes Tuesday also with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.

Scoring available on Birdiefire.com.

Tournament field includes UBC, Cal State Fullerton, California Baptist, Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, Idaho, Montana State, Nevada, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Portland State, Santa Clara, South Dakota, Southern Miss., Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton, UC Davis, Utah Valley and Weber State. Host Seattle U will have an A & B team compete.

Megan Yang, Kiana Briggs, Nicole Zhang, Jasmine Chen and Charlotte Ryoo will represent UC Irvine.

Pat Lesser Harbottle was the first female to play on a collegiate men's golf team, changing the landscape of women's collegiate golf. She is the only player ever to win the US Juniors, National Collegiate and US Amateur championships and first to hold The National Amateur, Western Amateur, Doherty Cup and South Atlantic titles in the same year. The 1955 U.S. Women Amateur Champion, Lesser Harbottle has been inducted into the State of Washington Sports, Pacific Northwest Golf, PNGA and Seattle University Hall of Fame. 

At last year's event, UCI finished in 15^th position with a three-round total of 929 (305-306-318). Ryoo led the Anteaters with a 54^th place performance, recording a score of 232 (76-78-78).

IN THE CLUBHOUSE
In her first tournament of the season, senior Megan Yang put her name in the record book once again with a three-round total of 206 (69-71-66) at the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic, the second best 54-hole score in program history.

Her final round of 66 was one shy of her own school record of 65 set in 2021 and she tied her career-best with a second-place finish.

Sophomore Nicole Zhang had a career-best 69 on the final round of the tournament.

Zhang and freshman Kiana Briggs follow Yang (68.67) in scoring average at 76.83 over six rounds.