University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
SEC Championships
Silva Zamora Second At SEC Women's Golf
April 17, 2011 | Women's Golf
April 17, 2011
AUBURN, Ala. --- Despite a valiant effort, Marta Silva Zamora's run at the SEC women's golf individual title came up one stroke shy at the Auburn University Club on Sunday. Silva Zamora fired a 5-under 67 in the final round to finish at 5-under 211 but was still a shot off the pace of Tennessee's Erica Popson.
Silza Zamora, who was paired with Popson on Sunday, began the final round four shots back and tied for fifth.
That margin was quickly cut in half after Silva Zamora birdied No. 1 and Popson bogeyed No. 3. Both birdied No. 4 before Silva Zamora trimmed another shot off the lead with a birdie at No. 6. Popson regained some breathing room with a birdie at No. 8. Both goflers birdied No. 12 and the margin remained at two until Silva Zamora birdied No. 17 to again close the gap to a single stroke.
Silva Zamora and Popson parred No. 18.
"Marta was so impressive," head coach Kelley Hester said. "To shoot 5-under side-by-side with the leader was very impressive. I have to give it to Erica Popson, though. She had ice water in her veins. Marta really came out of the gates at her, but she was steady. It was fun to watch and definitely the highlight of the weekend."
The 11th-ranked Bulldogs recorded a 10-over 298 and finished eighth overall at 899. Other than Silva Zamora's 67, Georgia also counted a 76 from Emilie Burger, a 77 from Amelia Hill and a 78 from Milena Savich. Kiara Hayashida shot 79.
"I'm obviously very disappointed with an eight-place finish," Hester said. "I told the girls afterward that we need to see where we are, regroup and find out where we need to go as a team to get ready for Regionals."
Overall, Burger tied for 19th at 225, Hayashida tied for 29th at 228, and Savich and Hill both tied for 49th at 237.
Homestanding Auburn completed its wire-to-wire lead over the team field. The Tigers finished at 864, 11 shots better than No. 3 Alabama. Rounding out the top-10 teams were No. 8 LSU at 887, No. 12 Arkansas at 893, South Carolina at 893, No. 14 Tennessee at 895, No. 21 Vanderbilt at 897, the Bulldogs at 899, Florida at 907 and Kentucky at 927.
Silva Zamora notched her seventh top-10 finish in eight tournaments finished this season. Over the weekend, she recorded her 17th and 18th par-or-better rounds in 26 loops played during the 2010-11 campaign. Silva Zamora is now a combined 17-under this season.
Georgia will now await its Regional assignment for the NCAA Championships. Twenty-four teams will compete in the East, Central and West Regionals on May 5-7, with the top-eight teams from each advancing to the NCAA Championships on May 18-21 at the Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas. The East Regional will be in Daytona, Fla., the Central Regional will be in South Bend, Ind., and the West Regional will be in Seattle, Wash.
SEC Women's Golf Championships
Auburn University Club
Auburn, Ala.
Par 72; 6,364 Yards
Sunday's Final-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Auburn 283-290-291=864
Alabama 291-291-293=875
LSU 287-300-300=887
Arkansas 289-305-298=892
South Carolina 302-304-287=893
Tennessee 285-308-302=895
Vanderbilt 295-308-295=897
Georgia 292-309-298=899
Florida 301-310-296=907
Kentucky 315-305-308=927
Ole Miss 315-314-301=931
Mississippi State 315-324-316=955
Individual Leaderboard
Erica Popson, Tennessee 66-74-70=210
Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia 70-74-67=211
Cydney Clanton, Auburn 69-72-73=214
Stephanie Meadow, Alabama 71-73-71=215
Emily Tubert, Arkansas 69-72-74=215
Hannah Collier, Alabama 76-70-71=217
Brooke Pancake, Alabama 70-72-75=217
Anna Leigh Keith, Vanderbilt 70-76-72=218
Austin Ernst, LSU 73-71-75=219
Suzie Lee, S. Carolina 73-73-73=219
Additional Georgia Scores
T19. Emilie Burger, Georgia 72-77-76=225
T29. Kiara Hayashida, Georgia 71-78-79=228
T49. Milena Savich, Georgia 79-80-78=237
T49. Amelia Hill, Georgia 80-80-77=237
