Granbury, Texas – Saving their best for last, Sun Devil Women’s Golf did just that in the final round of the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate, obtaining a runner-up finish at -14 (850) for the week, shooting 9-under (279) on the day which was tied with Oregon for the best round on Wednesday at Halbert National Golf Club.

Oregon, placed first at 28-under (836), as Arizona State tied with Tennessee. The Sun Devils will quickly shift their focus to play in their final fall tournament at the Nanea Invitational in Hawai’i starting Sunday, October 26. It is the second, runner-up finish for Women’s Golf this season, finishing tied for second at the Mason Rudolph Championship last month.

Hear from head coach Missy Farr-Kaye:
“We are really excited by how well we finished today. We got better every day as a team.” said Farr-Kaye. “Patience (Rhodes) led us with a fantastic 5 under par and notched another Top 10! Amelia (Wan) had a strong week with a Top 5! And Fai (Rubrong) hung in there for another top 15.  We are trending in a great direction and have one more tournament to finish off the first half of our season before winter break.” added Farr-Kaye.

Sophomore Amelia Wan shot a bogey-free round of 70 (-2), finishing in a tie for fourth at 6-under (210). It is Wan’s second career top-5 finish in the last three tournaments, both coming as a Sun Devil. The Baylor transfer shot par or better in all three rounds and went bogey-free in her final 29 holes.

Fifth year Patience Rhodes rebounded with a 67 (-5), a seven stroke improvement from Tuesday where she jumped nine spots on the leaderboard to finish 5-under, 211 for the tournament which was good for sixth place. Rhodes, starting on the back nine shot 6-under (30) in her first nine holes which featured an eagle on the par-4, 13th and ended her best round of the fall season with a birdie on the ninth hole.

Sophomore Fai Rubrong had her second-straight round of 71 (-1) to finish even (216) for the week that was tied for 14th. The reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year obtained her fourth career top-20 finish and her first of the fall. Playing as an individual, Scottsdale native Isabella Cioe notched a career-best finish with a tie for 14th at even par (216) with Rubrong.

Sophomore Kate Dillon also had a round of 71 (-1) to finish +3 (219) for the week that was tied for 24th. Freshman Natalia Aparicio was also +3 (219) for the week which was tied for 24th.

Tough as Neels:

Amelia Wan’s tie for fourth is her second top-5 finish as a Sun Devil and is the best finish in a tournament so far in her collegiate career.
Wan has two career top-5 showings, both coming as a Sun Devil after having only one top-10 finish in 10 tournaments at Baylor last season.
Wan played her final 29 holes bogey-free, going 6-under in that stretch. Additionally, she had the fewest bogeys in the tournament field (of 48 players), only having four throughout the week with Amy Hodgkins (Louisville), Celina Yeo (Oregon), Tong An (Oregon).
Wan was one of five players during the week to shoot par or better in every round.
Amelia Wan was one of seven players to play the par 4’s under par, averaging 3.9 strokes and shooting -3 throughout the week.
Wan, ranked third in the tournament field with 40 pars on the week.

Patience is Key:

Patience Rhodes had her lowest round of the fall with a 67 (-5) and jumped nine spots on the leaderboard to obtain her 17th career top-10 finish.
Additionally, it is Rhodes’ 13th top-10 finish since the start of the 2025 season and is her eighth top-10 appearance in her last 10 starts for Arizona State.
Rhodes’ had her first eagle of the season in today’s third round and is her first since the second round of the Stanford Regional last May where she finished tied for sixth.
Patience Rhodes‘ round of 67 was the second-best round of the day and was the third biggest mover on the leaderboard, jumping nine spots.
The reigning Big 12 Player of the Year has saved the best for last through three starts this fall, averaging 68 strokes in the final round this season and shooting -10 in three, final rounds combined.
Rhodes’ was one of six players in the field this week with an eagle. Additionally, she was tied for fifth in the tournament field with 14 birdies. 
Rhodes’ shot 5-under on the par 5’s, averaging 4.58 strokes which was tied for third in the field.

Fai and Friends:

Sophomore Fai Rubrong notched her fourth top-20 showing and her first this season as a Sun Devil. Rubrong has imrpoved in every tournament so far this fall.
Rubrong and Natalia Aparicio were two of five players in the field to shoot under-par on the par 3’s, both going 1-under, averaging 2.92 strokes.
Sophomore Kate Dillon had her second under-par round of the season with a 71 (-1), her lowest round of the week.
Junior Isabella Cioe had a career-best finish in a tie for 12th, earning her first top-20 finish and was the top individual in the tournament. Before today, her best finish in a tournament was a tie for 29th at the Match in the Desert.
Arizona State, as a team, had the lowest round of the day with Oregon at 9-under (279) and was the only team to shoot even-par on the par 3’s throughout the week.Top-10 Finishes for Patience Rhodes:
2026: Abilene Christian Intercollegiate – T6
2026: Windy City Collegiate Classic – T10
2026: Mason Rudolph Championship – T2
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2026: NCAA Stanford Regional – T6
2026: Big 12 Championships – 4th
2025 Nanea Invitational – 10th
2025: Stanford Intercollegiate – 5th
2025: ANNIKA Intercollegiate – T10
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2025: NCAA Regionals – 2nd
2025: PING/ASU Invitational – 2nd
2025: Clover Cup – 7th
2025: Darius Rucker Intercollegiate – 6th
2025: Therese Hession Regional Challenge – T8
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2024: Windy City Collegiate Classic – T5
2024: Mason Rudolph Invitational – T5
2024: ANNIKA Intercollegiate – T6
2024: Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational – 3Leaders and Sun Devil Scores:
1. Celina Yeo – 70-71-65 = 206/-10 (Oregon)
T4. Amelia Wan = 72-68-70 = 210/-6
6. Patience Rhodes – 70-74-67 = 209/-5
T14. Fai Rubrong = 74-71-71 = 216/E
T12. Natalia Aparicio = 72-71-75 = 219/+3
T29. Kate Dillon = 75-73-71 = 219/+3
T12. Isabella Cioe (IND) = 72-71-73=216/E

Abilene Christian Intercollegiate
Oct. 19-21, 2026
Halbert National Golf Club (6,168/Par 72)
Teams (9)/(Clippd Top-25 Ranking)
1. Oregon (6) – 276-281-279/836/-28
T2. Arizona State (18) – 288-283-279/850/-14
T2. Tennessee (14) – 279-288-284/850/-14
4. Louisville – 288-282-289/859/-5
T5. Purdue – 294-290-285/869/+5
T5. Arizona – 297-280-292/869/+5
7. Baylor (23) – 294-287-294/875/+11
8. Cincinnati – 293-286-297/876/+12
9. Abilene Christian – 308-295-299/901/+37

About Halbert National Golf Club
Opening in 2025, it is located 40 miles southeast of Fort Worth on 170 acres along Lake Granbury. Privately owned by medical biotech entrepreneur and founder of Caris Life Sciences, David D. Halbert, and designed by legendary golf designer Tom Fazio, who is an alumnus of ACU and an Abilene native. The 7,542-yard, par-72 course will play host to the inaugural Abilene Christian Intercollegiate.