Author Archives: Rebecca Lee

Ever since the Fall Preview tournament in September, the University of New Mexico’s Championship Golf Course has been transforming.

For the UCLA women’s golf team, anything short of a first-place finish is a letdown.

Last year, after a second-place finish at the Pac-10 tournament, the UCLA women’s golf team felt lucky to have earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional, despite being ranked 11th nationally going into the tournament.

Even with USC trailing the Bruins by one stroke at the end of round 1, the No. 1 UCLA women’s golf team was the favorite to take home the Pac-10 Championship at Palos Verdes Golf Club.

With five minutes to go before tee off, junior Tiffany Joh decided to check her pockets, a routine she completes every tournament to ensure she has extra golf balls and tees.

When members of the UCLA women’s golf team learned that freshman phenom Maria Jose Uribe was going to miss the PING/ASU Invitational at the Karsten Course to participate in the LPGA’s Kraft Nabisco Championship, they knew they would have to step up to avoid a collapse in the tournament.