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Mason Rudolph Championship
Georgia Golfers Climb Mason Rudolph Leaderboard
September 25, 2010 | Women's Golf
Sept. 25, 2010
FRANKLIN, Tenn. --- The No. 8-ranked Georgia women's golf team shot 2-under 286 on Saturday to climb from fifth to fourth in the Mason Rudolph Championships at the Vanderbilt Legends Club.
Marta Silva Zamora caught fire late in the day to propel the Bulldogs into red numbers as a team. She birdied her final three holes to finish with a 4-under 68 individually and also push Georgia from 1-over to 2-under on the day.
Tess Fordham carded a career-low 72 for the Bulldogs, who also counted a pair of 73s from Emilie Burger and Amelia Hill. Milena Savich carded a 75.
"I was very pleased with Tess and her even-par round today," head coach Kelley Hester said. "Amelia had another very solid day and Milena showed a lot of determination. She birdied her last two holes to post a solid score.
"Marta was having a very good day that turned into a great day with her three birdies late," Hester continued. "Emilie hung in there. Today was the type of round where she just couldn't seem to get anything going. She gave us what was certainly not a bad round when things weren't going well for her. That's a difficult thing to do."
No. 2 LSU remained atop the team leaderboard after shooting 282. The Tigers are at 560 with 18 hole remaining, a single shot better than No. 20 Purdue. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 11 Cal at 564, the Bulldogs and Wake Forest at 570, No. 1 Alabama at 571, No. 10 UCLA at 572, No. 3 Southern Cal at 573, No. 12 Vanderbilt at 574 and No. 6 Duke at 580.
Wake Forest's Michelle Shin shot a 2-under 70 to move to 9-undre 135 through 36 holes. She owns a one-stroke edge over Cal's Pia Halberg and Purdue's Maude-Aimee LeBlanc.
For Georgia, Silva Zamora is fifth, thee shots back at 6-under 138, Burger is tied for 11th at 141, Hill is tied for 39th at 145, Fordham is tied for 52nd at 148 and Savich is tied for 57th at 149.
Silva Zamora was 1-under through nine after she birdied No. 3 and No. 7 and bogeyed No. 8. She remained there until her birdies at No. 16, No. 17 and No. 18.
Fordham recoded the first par-or-better loop as a Bulldog by combining 14 pars with birdies at No. 9 and No. 16 and bogeys at No. 2 and No. 13.
Through 36 holes, the Bulldogs have discarded to very strong scores, a 76 on Friday and a 76 on Saturday.
"We've shown a lot of depth this season," Hester said. "For us to be able to display that kind of depth, especially so early in the season, is great to see."
Live scoring during Sunday's final round will be updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
Mason Rudolph Championship
Vanderbilt Legends Club
Franklin, Tenn.
Par 72; 6281 Yards
Saturday's Second-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
LSU 278-282=560
Purdue 279-282=561
California 279-285=564
Georgia 284-286=570
Wake Forest 286-284=570
Alabama 285-286=571
UCLA 284-288=572
Southern Cal 286-287=573
Vanderbilt 289-285=574
Duke 283-297=580
Florida 286-295=581
Auburn 294-287=581
Texas 294-293=587
North Carolina 289-303=592
Stanford 298-294=592
Oklahoma State 293-300=593
College of Charleston 307-303=610
Individaul Leaderboard
Michelle Shin, Wake Forest 65-70=135
Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue 67-69=136
Pia Halbig, Cal 68-68=136
Brooke Pancake, Alabama 67-70=137
Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia 70-68=138
Camilla Lennarth, Alabama 68-71=139
Mary Michael Maggio, LSU 69-70=139
Tessa Teachman, LSU 67-72=139
Ani Gulugian, UCLA 70-70=140
Emilie Burger, Georgia 68-73=141
Additional Georgia Scores
T39. Amelia Hill, Georgia 72-73=145
T52. Tess Fordham, Georgia 76-72=148
T57. Milena Savich, Georgia 74-75=149
