Buckeyes Compete at Big Ten Championships This Weekend
4/17/2025 10:36:00 AM | Women's Golf
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 14 Ohio State women's golf team will compete in the Big Ten Championships this Friday-Sunday at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Md.
Tournament Info
Tournament Info
- The tournament will feature three rounds of stroke play, with one round played each day. Tee times will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday.
- Live coverage of the final round will air on Big Ten Network from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
- Live scoring will be provided by Clippd.
- Bulle Rock Golf Course is a 7,375-yard par 72.
- The Buckeyes' lineup for the conference championships will be Kary Hollenbaugh, Nellie Ong, Faith Choi, Marina Joyce-Moreno and Mandy Song. Kavya Ajjarapu will serve as a substitute. Hollenbaugh will carry the Folds of Honor bag.
- The Buckeyes placed sixth at last year's Big Ten Championships with a 54-hole score of 872 (+8). Hollenbaugh was the top finisher for Ohio State; she tied for 10th place after carding a one-under 215 over three rounds. Choi tied for 20th place with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2).
- The Buckeyes have had a phenomenal spring season and are coming off back-to-back victories at the Clemson Invitational and the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational.
- At the Clemson Invitational, Ohio State fired a team score of 819 (-45), which is a program record and is the tournament record. The Buckeyes also set records in team 18-hole score (272, -16) and team 36-hole score (547, -29).
- Ohio State won the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational for the fourth straight season, and 19th time in tournament history, with a 54-hole score of 866 (+2).
- Hollenbaugh, currently ranked the No. 21 amateur in the world, has won four events this spring, which is tied for the most wins in a single season in program history. She has claimed the titles at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge, the Spartan Suncoast Invitational, the Clemson Invitational and the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational. Hollenbaugh has fired a team-high 12 rounds in the 60s and she is averaging a career-best score of 70.79 per round. She also leads the Buckeyes in birdies with 82. Of her 24 rounds played this season, she has shot under-par in 14 and she fired a career-low 64 (-8) in the final round of the Clemson Invitational.
- Ong earned her best career finish at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational, placing fourth with a 54-hole score of 215 (-1). She has earned six top 20 finishes in her freshman campaign and is second on the team with a scoring average of 72.58. She has carded three rounds in the 60s and has 67 birdies.
- Choi has earned five top 20 finishes this season, with her best finish coming at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational last weekend; she tied for seventh place with a three-round score of 220 (+4). She is second on the team in birdies with 73 and second in under-par rounds with nine. She has shot three rounds in the 60s and is averaging a score of 72.75 per round.
- Joyce-Moreno earned her best career finish at the Clemson Invitational; she fired three rounds in the 60s, finishing in fourth place with a 54-hole score of 205 (-11). She has earned three top 20 finishes during her freshman season. She has carded four rounds in the 60s, which is the second-most on the team. She has 61 birdies and is averaging a score of 74.08 per round.
- Song fired a career-best score of 64 (-8) in the second round of the Clemson Invitational. She also earned her best career finish at that tournament, tying for 21st with a 54-hole score of 211 (-5). She has a scoring average of 76.38 and has 46 birdies on the season.
- The Buckeyes are once again participating in the Folds of Honor program, each year carrying a bag bearing the name of a fallen service member or first responder. This season, the Buckeye women and men will both honor Technical Sergeant Anthony Campbell. TSgt. Campbell served with the Air Force's 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron as an explosive ordnance disposal technician. He deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in late 2009, and was forward deployed to Afghanistan. During his deployment, he assisted in recovering over 280 pieces of ordnance and bulk explosive charges, disposing of over one ton of explosives used in IEDs. In December 2009, Campbell lost his life on an overnight mission with his team where he identified an IED. He selflessly moved his team out of danger, placing himself between them and the IED before it detonated. Founded in 2007, the mission of Folds of Honor is to provide educational scholarships to the spouses and children of America's fallen or disabled service members and first responders. Since its inception, over 44,000 scholarships have been awarded.
- The Buckeyes host NCAA Regionals at the OSU Scarlet Course May 5-7.
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