{"id":7417,"date":"2025-05-21T23:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/northwestern-shocks-stanford-and-wins-its-first-ncaa-golf-title\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:21:19","slug":"northwestern-shocks-stanford-and-wins-its-first-ncaa-golf-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/northwestern-shocks-stanford-and-wins-its-first-ncaa-golf-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern Shocks Stanford and Wins its First NCAA Golf Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Northwestern Wins NCAA Women’s Golf Championship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a final filled with emotion and suspense, Northwestern claimed its first title at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. Dianna Lee, with a five-foot par putt on the 18th hole, secured the 3-2 victory over Stanford, the top-seeded team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanford, which had dominated the stroke-play phase with a record score, was seeking its third title in four years and to become the first team to win consecutive championships since the change to the match-play format in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tension held until the last moment at La Costa, where Lee, after having previously missed crucial putts, made the most important putt of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than doing what people didn’t believe we could do, it’s this group believing in what I thought I could do.<\/p>Emily Fletcher, Northwestern Coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Dianna Lee celebra tras lograr el putt decisivo para Northwestern. Orlando Ramirez\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Megha Ganne of Stanford earned a 5 and 4 victory in the first match, while Hsin Tai Lin of Northwestern secured a 3 and 2 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Nguyen brought the Wildcats closer to the title with a 7-foot birdie putt, securing a 1-up victory over Paula Martin Sampedro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This left Northwestern one point away from victory, which could come from Dianna Lee, who had a 3-hole lead with five to play, or from Elise Lee, who had taken the lead over Stanford’s Kelly Xu on the 15th hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanford didn’t give up easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xu, after missing a 4-foot putt that put her behind for the first time in the match, responded with a 15-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a wedge shot to 10 feet for birdie on the 17th, regaining control. They tied the 18th hole, giving Xu a 1-up victory and tying the team score at 2-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all came down to the final match, which Dianna Lee had firmly in her grasp. Revuelta bogeyed holes 11 and 12, going 3 down with five holes to play, but won the 14th with a par and holed a 15-foot birdie putt on 15 to get within one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee was in a back bunker, got out to 7 feet and missed his par putt on 16. Reeling, however, he missed his 4-foot par putt to go 1 down. On the next hole, Lee had a 12-foot birdie putt to win the match and missed it, leaving himself almost 5 feet. He missed it and the match was tied. He made it to stay 1 up heading to 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final hole, a par 5, became a wedge test with a creek protecting the green. Both players had about 18 feet. Lee’s uphill putt veered sharply from the left edge and rolled 5 feet past. Revuelta left her downhill putt short, giving Lee a 5-foot putt for the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, he did it and Northwestern’s celebration, which had reached the final once before in 2017, began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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