University of Georgia Athletics

Georgia Slips To Second At Mason Rudolph Invitational

September 16, 2006 | Women's Golf

FRANKLIN, Tenn. --- The No. 3-ranked Georgia women's golf team watched a second straight spectacular round slip through its grasp late in the day at the Mason Rudolph Championships.

After opening the 2006-07 season with an 8-under 280 on Friday, the Bulldogs were at 3-under through 14 holes at the Vanderbilt Legends Club on Saturday. Georgia faltered late in the day, however, and finished with a 6-over 294.

"I'm disappointed by the way we finished," head coach Todd McCorkle said. "We just hit some bad shots at the wrong time. I don't have an explanation for why we didn't finish it off. We were striking the ball well. We were making putts. We just let a really good round get away from us. It happened so quick. Still, we're within striking distance and I expect us to go out and compete to win tomorrow."

Top-ranked Duke carded a 284 on Saturday and is at 567 through 36 holes, seven shots ahead of the Bulldogs. No. 5 UCLA is third at 576, followed by No. 17 Stanford at 582, No. 16 Oklahoma State and No. 11 Wake Forest at 587, No. 9 Virginia and No. 12 Arizona at 588, No. 8 Purdue at 592 and No. 19 LSU at 594.

Individually, junior Garrett Phillips posted the Dogs' best loop of the second round with a 1-under 71. She posted birdies on No. 2, No. 5, No. 12 and No. 13 to move to 4-under before double-bogeying No. 15 and bogeying No. 18.

Georgia also counted a 72 from Taylor Leon, a 75 from Mallory Hetzel and a 76 from Carolina Andrade. Alina Lee shot 80.

Overall, Leon and Phillips are tied for third at 3-under 141. They are three shots off the pace of co-leaders Tiffany Joh of UCLA and Jennie Lee of Duke. Hetzel is tied for 10th at 144, Andrade is tied for 30th at 148 and
Lee is 63rd at 155.

Three-hole live scoring for Sunday's final round is available on the internet at www.golfstat.com.

Mason Rudolph Championship
Franklin, Tenn.
Vanderbilt Legends Course
Par 72; 6347 yards

Saturday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Duke    283-284=567
Georgia    280-294=574
UCLA    287-289=576
Stanford    291-291=582
Oklahoma State    299-288=587
Wake Forest    300-287=587
Virginia    293-295=588
Arizona    292-296=588
Purdue    298-294=592
LSU    298-296=594
Vanderbilt    301-297=598
Missouri    304-301=605
Arkansas    300-306=606
Alabama    305-302=607
High Point    325-315=640

Individual Leaderboard
Tiffany Joh, UCLA    69-69=138
Jennie Lee, Duke    71-67=138
Taylor Leon, Georgia    69-72=141
Garrett Phillips, Georgia    70-71=141
J. Tangtiphaiboontana, Stanford    72-69=141
Amanda Blumenherst, Duke    73-69=142
Melissa Eaton, LSU    70-73=143
Mandy Goins, Wake Forest    76-67=143
Alison Walshe, Arizona    71-72=143
Mallory Hetzel, Georgia    69-75=144
Mari Chun, Stanford    70-74=144
Maria Hernandez, Purdue    70-74=144
Jennifer Pandolfi, Duke    70-74=144

Additional Georgia Scores
T30. Carolina Andrade    72-76=148
63. Alina Lee    75-80=155

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