Gigi Stoll (Oregon) tops the first-round leaderboard at the Four Winds Invitational, opening with a 6-under-par 66. After carding seven birdies on Friday, the 2018 National Championship team member at the University of Arizona holds a one-stroke advantage over seven players in a tie for second.
“The front nine is significantly shorter, so I had some wedges into the greens there and stuck a few shots close, then made the putts,” said Stoll. “I think [the course] sets up to my eye pretty well. I play a fade off the tee and there’s quite a few shots I can take off the left side. I grew up in Portland, and the greens are really similar to the pacific northwest and catch my eye.”
On the “Road to the LPGA” in 2021, Stoll owns a solo third result at the Casino Del Sol Golf Classic and four additional top-25 finishes. Currently No. 27 in the Race for the Card, she has missed two of the last three cuts and hoping this round kickstarts a turnaround.
“It was definitely a round I needed to have. I have been, not struggling, but not where I wanted to be the last few weeks, to get a good round under my belt feels really good,” said Stoll. “I missed the cut last week, and I actually took a flight out the next morning to Minnesota to see my coach. I was over there for a couple of days and had a lot of really good conversations with her on where my focus is going forward, and I think that is going to help me a lot along the way.”
Player Notes
Gigi Stoll (66)
- Born on November 25, 1996
- Stoll is a native of Beaverton, Oregon
- She is in her third year on the Epson Tour
- Coached by former LPGA Tour pro Barbara Moxness
- 2015 Oregon Women’s Stroke Play Championship winner
- Three-time Oregon Junior Amateur champion (2011, 2013, 2014)
- Three-time Oregon Women’s Amateur champion (2014, 2015, 2017)
- Stoll hit 10 of 14 fairways and 16 greens with 30 putts in the first round
- A four-time Pacific Northwest Golf Association Player of the Year selection
- Member of the 2018 National Championship team at the University of Arizona
- Completed 72 holes at Stage II of the 2018 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to first earn Epson Tour membership as a 2019 rookie
- The 6-under par 66 in the first round matches a career-low score, which Stoll first set in the final round of the 2019 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic. She has now recorded a 66 on five occasions in her career on the “Road to the LPGA.”
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