The sun rose on Round 2 and continued to shine the entire day. Today was the California weather we were all expecting to have this week, wind and all. With gusts up to 15 mph in the afternoon, the second wave of golfers had their work cut out for them.
Like yesterday’s round, there was a lot of give and take among individuals and teams, with some schools charging up the leaderboard only to fall in the final holes.
There is one round left before the field is cut down to 15 teams for the final day of stroke play on Monday.
2024 NCAA DI Women’s Golf Leaderboard After Round 2
Team Leaderboard
1. Texas A&M (-11)
2. Stanford (-6)
3. Clemson (-3)
4. UCLA (-2)
T5. Auburn (-1)
T5. LSU (-1)
7. Oregon (+1)
T8. Arkansas (+2)
T8. Northwestern (+2)
10. Duke (+3)
11. Southern California (+6)
12. Mississippi State (+8)
13. Texas (+9)
T14. Wake Forest (+11)
T14. Arizona State (+11)
16. Florida State (+13)
T17. Pepperdine (+14)
T17. San Jose State (+14)
T19. Michigan State (+17)
T19. South Carolina (+17)
21. Oregon State (+18)
T22. Oklahoma State (+19)
T22. Baylor (+19)
T22. Vanderbilt (+19)
25. Ole Miss (+20)
26. North Carolina (+29)
27. Tulsa (+30)
T28. Purdue (+31)
T28. Virginia (+31)
30. SMU (+35)
Top 10 Individuals
1. Adela Cernousek (Texas A&M, -8)
2. Annabelle Pancake (Clemson, -6)
3. Lottie Woad (Florida State, -5)
T4. Maria José Marin (Arkansas, -4)
T4. Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State, -4)
T4. Casey Weidenfeld (Auburn, -4)
T7. Kiara Romero (Oregon, -3)
T7. Aine Donegan (LSU, -3)
T7. Ashley Yun (Northwestern, -3)
T7. Anna Davis (Auburn, -3)
T7. Carolina Canales (UCLA, -3)
T7. Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio (Texas A&M, -3)
T7. Sophie Linder (Ole Miss, -3)
Morning Wave Leaders
In the first wave, Adela Cernousek, Texas A&M’s junior from Antibes, France, shot 4-under for the second day in a row to rise to first place. She continues to lead by two strokes even after the afternoon wave wrapped up.
Arkansas’ Maria José Marin, a freshman from Cali, Colombia, also moved up 34 spots on the leaderboard to T4 after shooting 4-under on top of her even round yesterday.
Two players – Oregon’s Kiara Romero and Texas’ Farah O’Keefe – shot 6-under today to each improve more than 80 places on the leaderboard to T7 and T14, respectively.
While UCLA, Oregon and Southern California all collectively shot 5-under today, Texas A&M’s overall 4-under performance moved them solidly into the lead at 11-under, 5 strokes ahead of Stanford.
Afternoon Wave Leaders
Yesterday’s leader, Lottie Woad from Florida State, had a colorful scorecard and finished two-over today and ended up in 3rd place at 5-under overall. Clemson’s Annabelle Pancake, who played with Woad yesterday, shot 3-under to move into second place at 6-under overall.
Sophie Linder of Ole Miss finished with a birdie on 18 to maintain a T7 finish at 3-under total, losing a stroke today. Clemson’s Isabella Rawl also moved down to T48 after a few rough holes causing her to shoot 8-over in Round 2.
Fun Facts
- Adela Cernousek of Texas A&M now holds the most birdies made thus far at 11
- 7 players, including Lottie Woad, Isabella Rawl and Maria José Marin, are tied for second with most birdies (10)
With one more round left to ensure the teams make the cut, the pressure is on for teams hovering around 15th place (currently at +11 overall). The top 15 teams will tee off in the first wave tomorrow, with the afternoon wave fighting to get into those top spots before sundown.
Stay tuned for Round 3 coverage and follow along for real-time, on-course highlights on Instagram (@fairwaytogreen).
