The Arizona Wildcats women’s golf team closed out the first tournament of their season Tuesday in Palos Verdes, California, finishing in fifth place in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, a three-day event consisting of 16 schools, including host Ohio State.
The Wildcats, who were last year’s NCAA National Champions, were forced to wait longer than anticipated to begin their title defense, after the Los Angeles area had a rare day of heavy rainfall on Sunday, which pushed back the scheduled tee time of the event by nearly two hours.
Once proceedings got underway, the wet conditions proved to be challenging for the entire field, and the play over the first two days was discernibly impacted by the poor weather.