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USA Today
15-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Breaking down the resumes of the Annika Award front runners heading into the postseason
Breaking down the resumes of the Annika Award front runners heading into the postseason After a few years of runaway performances in the Annika Award race, there are numerous players in contention for the women's college golf Player of the Year award with a month left in the season. The last four winners – Rachel Heck, Rose Zhang (x2) and Ingrid Lindblad – had dominant seasons and all but locked up the award heading into the postseason, and their performances down the stretch just cemented their name on the award. But in the 2024-25 season, there has been no player to separate from the field. There are, however, numerous players still in contention for the award, and there are a handful more who could make their case with dominant performances in conference championships, NCAA Regionals and the NCAA Championship. There's about a month left in the season, with the NCAA Women's Golf Championship concluding May 21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. Voting for the Annika Award ends on the Monday of stroke play, May 19. More: 2025 NCAA women's college golf conference championship dates and results The three frontrunners for the Annika Award: Kary Hollenbaugh The junior at Ohio State has been dominant this spring. Hollenbaugh has won four of her five events in 2025, coming at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, Spartan Suncoast Invitational, Clemson Invitational and the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational. The only tournament she didn't win, the Darius Rucker, she tied for 13th. Hollenbaugh's worst finishes this season are a pair of T-22s coming in the fall. But this spring, Hollenbaugh has been arguably the best in college golf, and she's riding a hot streak heading into the Big 10 Championship. Jasmine Koo If the college golf season had ended in the fall, the freshman at USC would've won the Annika Award by a landslide. She has had a stellar debut in college golf, collecting four wins at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, Stanford Intercollegiate, East Lake Cup and Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational. Although Koo has only one win this spring, she has finished in the top six in four of her five starts. Her and Hollenbaugh in the Big 10 Championship will be fun to watch. There have been numerous standout freshmen this season on the women's side, but none have four wins like Koo. Mirabel Ting Ting, a junior at Florida State, has had a season for the ages. On the same squad as top-ranked amateur Lottie Woad, Ting has risen to the top of the NCAA golf rankings and No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. She has collected five victories this season, coming at the Folds of Honor Collegiate, Schooner Fall Classic, Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara, Briar's Creek Invitational and the Florida State Match Up. The five wins are the most in Power 4 Conferences, and Ting has lost to only five golfers all season in stroke-play events. She has put together a dominant resume that can become stronger with postseason success. Note: Just because a player isn't mentioned here doesn't mean they're not in contention for the award.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ohio State golfer Kary Hollenbaugh makes final round of Augusta National Women's Amateur
Ohio State golfer Kary Hollenbaugh will compete in the final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday, having shot 2-under par 70 on each of the first two days of the tournament. Hollenbaugh is in a three-way tie for ninth place (140), five shots behind co-leaders Kiara Romero and Lottie Woad. Advertisement The top 30 golfers plus ties made the cut for Saturday's final round. Ohio State junior golfer Kary Hollenbaugh, a graduate of New Albany, tees off during a practice round Tuesday, prior to the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Hollenbaugh, a junior at OSU and graduate of New Albany who has won three events this season for the Buckeyes, had four birdies, two bogeys and 12 pars in each of the first two rounds. She is one of four golfers in the 71-woman field to have shot the same score Wednesday and Thursday. The final round will be played at Augusta National, the site of The Masters, which takes place April 10-13. The first two were at Champions Retreat Golf Club. Hollenbaugh was OSU's top scorer as a sophomore, finishing with a team-leading 71.69 average, one tournament victory and five rounds in the 60s. That was almost two full shots better than her average as a freshman. Ohio State golfer Kary Hollenbaugh gives a tee to a young fan during the first round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Wednesday. Earlier Thursday, Hollenbaugh was named one of three Big Ten women's golfers of the week, along with Purdue's Natasha Keil and Northwestern's Dianna Lee, after winning the Clemson Invitational. Hollenbaugh scored a career-best 200 with three rounds in the 60s, including a 64 in the final round. Advertisement She has earned the conference honor three times since Feb. 6. Hollenbaugh was part of four Division I state championships at New Albany from 2018-21 and shot a 60 in the Centerville Lady Elk Invitational as a senior – a round that included her first hole-in-one. High school sports reporter Dave Purpura can be reached at dpurpura@ and at @dp_dispatch on X. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State's Kary Hollenbaugh makes cut at Augusta National Amateur
NBC Sports
02-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
From following Kupcho to opening Augusta National Women's Amateur in 70, Hollenbaugh comes full circle
EVANS, Ga. – Kary Hollenbaugh has been working on picking smarter targets. That's been a point of emphasis as Ohio State head coach Lisa Strom has tried to rein in the ultra-aggressive Buckeye. That doesn't mean that Hollenbaugh is afraid to take on pins; she just doesn't fire at every one. The results have followed. Hollenbaugh kicked off the year with a solo third at the Patriot All-America before winning the Sally, a prestigious amateur event. She then she's won three more times in four college starts, including against a loaded field at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge and most recently at the Clemson Invitational. After rising to a career-best 22nd in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on Wednesday, Hollenbaugh continued her sizzling run with a 2-under 70 at Champions Retreat in what was her debut round at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. It wasn't her first time at this tournament, though. When Hollenbaugh was 14 years old, her dad, Paul, took her to the inaugural ANWA in 2019. A family friend hooked them up with a ticket, though Paul had to scalp his after finding out that it was originally just one ticket. That final round, the Hollenbaughs followed the last six holes of Jennifer Kupcho's epic duel with Maria Fassi. 'Honestly, the way that they interacted with each other, like they're kind of rooting for each other,' Hollenbaugh said on what she took away from that day. 'And it was really cool to see at the end how Maria Fassi just kind of praised Jennifer Kupcho. Like if you're going to lose, you want someone to win it, you know. I think that Jennifer Kupcho did that.' DUBLIN, OH - SEPTEMBER 16: Kary Hollenbaugh hits a drive during the girls 12-13 driving competition during the Drive, Chip and Putt Championship at Muirfield Village Golf Club on September 16, 2017 in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo byfor DC&P Championship) Kirk Irwin During Monday night's dinner for the players inside Augusta National's clubhouse, highlights from that first ANWA were played. 'It brought back so many good memories of me as a kid wishing to be here,' Hollenbaugh said. 'So, it's cool to see it come full circle.'
