Sooners in 13th at Elite PING/ASU

Team Standings
		1	2	3	Total
1.	Arkansas	284	-	-	284
2.	Duke	286	-	-	286
3.	Arizona State	287	-	-	287
T4.	South Carolina	288	-	-	288
T4.	Stanford	288	-	-	288
T4.	Arizona	288	-	-	288

OU Players
		1	2	3	Total
T9.	A. Ruiz	70	-	-	70
T24.	V. Tanguay	72	-	-	72
T53.	H. Wood	75	-	-	75
T63.	A. Kaui	76	-	-	76
85.	R. Pedigo	82	-	-	82
T41.	M. Neece	74	-	-	74

Round-One Results

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma women's golf team finished Friday's opening round of the PING/ASU Invitational in 13th place. The 15-team event, which features 12 teams in Golfweek's top 25, is being played at the par-72, 6,223-yard ASU Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.

The Sooners, who carded a 293 (+5), are nine strokes behind tournament leader and No. 8-ranked Arkansas (-4). No. 3 Duke is in second place at 2 under and tournament-host and No. 16-ranked Arizona State finished round one in third at 1 under.

Freshman Ana Ruiz paced the Sooners on the day and is tied for ninth place out of 87 competitors at 70 (-2). Ruiz pocketed three birdies in the round.

OU freshman Valerie Tanguay, who collected a team-high four birdies in the round, fired a 72 (E) and is tied for 24th place.

Sooner freshman Hannah Wood is tied for 53rd place at 75 (+3), and sophomore Alexandra Kaui is tied for 63rd at 76 (+4). Freshman Rylee Pedigo shot an 82 (+10) and is tied for 85th place.

Oklahoma sophomore Maggie Neece is playing as an individual in the tournament and is unattached from team scoring. Neece logged a 74 (+2) and is tied for 41st place.

Sixth-year OU head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell said she was happy with how her team performed in the round.

“It's very encouraging to see how well we played today. I'm really proud of the way we fought throughout the round,” Drouin-Luttrell said. “We have two more days on a crowded leaderboard, so we need to keep doing our own thing and playing our own game.”

The Sooners are slated to tee off for Saturday's second round at 10:36 a.m. CT from hole 10. Live scoring and results can be found at GolfStat.com.