She was 4-over three holes into the CIF State girls golf championship, but when she got ready to make the turn, everything changed for Kaitlin Park. The Beckman sophomore, the only Orange County player to qualify for this tournament, chipped in an eagle from 50 yards out on the par-five No. 9 at Poppy Hills. As she teed it up on the tenth, she was now just 1-over.

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MURRIETA - Kaitlin Park's nerves were starting to get the best of her, her hands shaking every time she stood over a putt at the SCGA Members Course.

The Beckman sophomore knew she had a good round going, one that just might deliver a WSCGA Southern California Championship.

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SAN CLEMENTE - She had never seen the course before she teed off on Monday at Talega, and the strong ocean breezes made it even more challenging.

Still Esther Lee managed to post a score that put her among the select group of seven golfers, who were the only ones break par at the CIF Southern Section girls golf Individual Championships.

The Los Alamitos freshman holed four birdies and finished with a 1-under 71.

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She has played with the pros at the U.S. Women's Open and helped the United States defeat some of the best young European golfers at the Junior Solheim Cup.

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POMONA - Torrance moved into a very familiar spot in Monday at Mountain Meadows Golf Course, while the Canyon girls golf team watched its breakout season come to an end.

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CHINO - The checks have been filled out and signed for some time now, sitting at the bottom of Coach Jan McKendrick-Harold's briefcase just waiting to pay for Canyon's trip to the CIF girls golf State Championship tournament.

And the postseason has just barely begun.

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For the past couple of years, Torrance has been the team to beat come CIF tournament time. This season, though, thanks to two extremely talented freshmen Jessica Vasilic and Elisabeth Bernabe - Canyon is proving it should definitely be among the favorites when the CIF Team Championship competition begins later this week.

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HEMET - The longest putt was the only one to go one to go in during the sudden-death playoff at Landmark Golf Club, and when the 20-foot downhill right-to-left breaker dropped to the bottom of the cup, Ani Gulugian had a birdie on the par-5 No. 10 and her second consecutive victory in the CIF SS Individual girls golf Southern Regional.

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HEMET - It happened on the ninth hole here at Seven Hills Golf Club, the shot that turned Santa Margrita's Amy Alston into the Trinity League champion.

She rolled in an eagle on the 438-yard, par-five and that helped her leap ahead of Victoria Nguyen to claim a 1-stroke victory over the Mater Dei junior on Thursday.

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA - She is one of the top junior golfers in the country, a teenager who played against the top pros inthe world at the U.S. Open, but only once during her high school career has she qualified for the CIF State championship.

And Ani Gulugian has only got one more chance to win the most coveted prize in girls high school golf.

"That (winning state) is the only thing that matters to me as far as high school golf is concerned," Gulugian said.

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All six players from the top-ranked University golf team made it to the final round of the Pacific Coast League individual tournament which will completed today at Tijeras Creek.

Uni senior Ani Gulugian, one of the top junior golfers in the nation, wasn't the Trojans leader in the clubhouse. She played through some pretty bad flu-like symptoms and  shot a 3-0ver 75 at El Prado in Chino Hills. Her sophomore teammate, Melissa Wattana posted a 73 to lead Uni, which saw four of its six players break 80.

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After posting victories against Marina, Corona del Mar and Edison last week, the Newport Harbor girls golf team reached a milestone that they hoped would be theirs last year: a perfect season.

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