STANFORD, Calif. – The Stanford women’s golf team will be well represented this week in the ANA Inspiration, the LPGA Tour’s first major championship of 2016.
Incoming freshmen Andrea Lee and Albane Valenzuela will compete in the elite pro event that begins Thursday at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
Lee, of Hermosa Beach, California, fired a bogey-free 5-under-par 67 on Monday in the ANA Junior Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club to earn an invitation. She fashioned five birdies and secured medalist honors by three strokes.
Previously, Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland received an invitation for the elite 72-hole event.
“Fantastic accomplishment,” said Anne Walker, the Margot and Mitch Milias Director of Women’s Golf. “We couldn’t be more excited for both.”
Lee also qualified last year. She shot rounds of 73-75 and missed the cut by one stroke.
The highly-touted class of Lee, Valenzuela, Madeline Chou and Ziyi Wang will all play for the defending national champion Cardinal next fall.