Women’s Golf Wins Kingsmill Intercollegiate

Monday, March 23

Williamsburg, Va. / Kingsmill Golf Club

Dartmouth College

Kingsmill Intercollegiate

Women’s Golf Wins Kingsmill Intercollegiate

3/24/2026 9:26:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Rebecca Osowski

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Dartmouth women's golf continued its spring season at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate this week, coming away with the win, its second straight team win to begin the spring.

The Big Green were -2 after one day of competition and finished 23 strokes ahead of second place Navy.

Sophie Thai impressed for the Big Green, leading the way to win the tournament. She was the only golfer to finish under par, posting a -2, eight strokes better than the second place finisher.

Thai was -4 through the first round, sinking four birdies. In round two, she sunk two birdies on the front half before tallying three on the back half to finish the round -2 and bring her two-round total to -6.

Thai collected one birdie during round three, finishing +4 to bring her tournament total to -2 and secure the individual victory.

Olivia Cong finished tied for second overall, posting a +6 three round total. Cong shot a -1 in the first round with four birdies, a +3 in the second round with two birdies, and rounded out the tournament with a +4 and one birdie on the final day of competition.

Claire Wan finished just behind her teammate, claiming fourth overall with a +7 tournament total. Wan also shot under in round one, going -1 with three birdies. She shot a +3 with one birdie during the second round and was five over par in the third round.

Success continued for the Big Green as Sophia Li finished tied for 6^th overall, finishing alongside Alissa Xu with a +10, just two strokes out of fifth place.

Li finished the first round +2 with two birdies before posting a +2 second round and sinking five birdies. She followed with two birdies in the final round on Tuesday to finish sixth,

Xu, competing as an individual in the Kingsmill Invitational, shot a -3 first round back half with three birdies, helping her to a +2 first round score. She followed with one birdie in round two before closing the tournament with an even final round.

Carolyn A. Pelzel '54a Head Coach of Women's Golf Alex Kirk was proud of his team, as the Big Green placed five in the top-ten.

"I am proud of the depth of DWG," Kirk said. "Sophie Thai crushed it to win by 8. And Olivia, Claire, Sophia and Alissa all in top 10 is very strong."

Despite so much success at the top, Kirk said the biggest challenge for his entire team was the weather.

"The River Course at Kingsmill was a good test of golf," Kirk said. "Over the two days, the wind and weather were the biggest challenge. It started out warm, then the temperature dropped forcing us to swing in many layers of clothing."

The Big Green also had four additional golfers on the course. Hope Hall, competing as an individual, finished 21^st overall, finished with six birdies over the course of the tournament.

Lauren Pham appeared next on the leaderboard, claiming 34^th overall. She finished the tournament with two birdies.

Caroline Chung (41^st) and Amanda Adams (70^th) also represented the Big Green. Chung and Adams each tallied three birdies; Chung sinking one in the first round and two in the second and Adams posting one in the second and two in the third.

The Big Green will now shift their focus to this upcoming weekend, when they continue their season in the Prospect Bay Invitational on Kent Island.

Kirk is excited for his team to get back on the course, noting there is something unique about this year's squad.

"We have a special group this year. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together," Kirk added.

The Prospect Bay Invitational is set to begin on Saturday, March 29. More information on live scoring and results will be available on DartmouthSports.com.