Women's Golf Set For B1G Championships in CaliforniaWomen's Golf Set For B1G Championships in California

Women's Golf Set For B1G Championships in California

GLENDALE, Calif. – The Penn State women's golf team travels to the Big Ten Championships this weekend at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, California. This marks the first time the championships will be held in California after taking place in Maryland the past two years.

The Nittany Lions finished 15th last year led by then-senior Drew Nienhaus who finished the week 2-over, 218, and in a tie for 15th.

The format of the championship is a standard 54 holes and is scored by a play five count four with the top four scores from each round counting toward the team total. Each round will feature split tees with tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and 8:00 a.m. on Sunday.

All 18 Big Ten universities will be represented this week with Oregon looking to retain its 2025 Championship as the Ducks finished as the lone team in red figures at 12-under, 14 strokes clear of Michigan State in second.

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THE COURSE

  • Oakmont Country Club sits at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in Glendale, California. The championship course was designed by legendary architect William P. Bell, whose work throughout California is known for strategic shot values, natural movement of the land, and thoughtful bunkering.
  • The course stretches across a dramatic piece of terrain that features rolling fairways, elevated tees, and sweeping mountain views, creating a layout that requires both precision and thoughtful course management. While the routing offers generous corridors in places, the strategic placement of bunkers and subtly contoured greens provides a strong championship test.
  • The course remains largely faithful to Bell’s original design philosophy while undergoing careful agronomic and infrastructure improvements to maintain championship-level conditioning for modern competition.
  • The course will play as a Par-70 and stretch from 6,086 yards on Friday to the longest of the week 6,134 on Saturday before playing at 6,107 for Sunday’s final round.

Live scoring for the duration of the tournament will be available HERE.

THE TEAM

  • Of the Nittany Lions competing this weekend on sophomore Yaya Jiratthitinun participated in the B1G Championships last season finishing 9-over and tied for 46th in her first career B1G event.
  • Myranda Quinton, who is serving as the teams substitute this week, placed 82nd last year at Bulle Rock after tying for 72nd the year before in two B1G Championship appearances.
  • Jiratthitinun is joined in the lineup by fellow sophomores Hannah Rabb and Lauren Thompstone along with freshmen Audrey Lam and Mara King.
  • Lam leads the team with a 72.54 stroke average having competed in all nine prior events this year. Rabb is second with a 72.88 stroke average having also competed in all nine events. Thompstone has come on strong in the spring moving up to third on the team with a 73.73 stroke average just ahead of Jiratthitinun’s 74.08.
  • As a team the Nittany Lions are averaging 291.50 per 18 hole round and are coming off an 8th-place finish at the Terps Invitational three weeks ago.