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Tuesday, February 23
UF Mark Bostick Golf Course / Gainesville, Fla.
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Gators Invitational - Round 3
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Georgia Finishes Sixth At Gators Invitational
February 23, 2021 | Women's Golf
Craig shoots 69 to lead Bulldogs in final round
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The No. 10-ranked Georgia women's golf team shot 292 in Tuesday's final round of the Florida Gators Invitational at UF's Mark Bostick Golf Course, putting the Bulldogs in sixth place on the team leaderboard.
Georgia played much of the day near par as a team before struggling late. The Bulldogs turned at 3-over before playing the final nine holes at 9-over.
"A sub-par number was out there for us today," head coach Josh Brewer said. "Overall, each person made a few mistakes that didn't allow us to shoot that or get to the top (of the leaderboard). We were headed in that direction for a good bit of the day but didn't get there. I'm getting sort of tired of saying 'We're close.' We know we're eventually going to grind it out and make that next step of learning what it takes to win."
Caroline's Craig's 1-under 69 led the Bulldogs, who also counted at 73 from Jo Hua Hung, a 74 from Jenny Bae and a 76 from Caterina Don.
"Caroline had a very good round today to lead us on the final day," Brewer said. "Hat's off to her."
Craig teed off from No. 10 with Tuesday's shotgun start and played the back side of the layout first. She turned at 3-under after recording birdies at No. 11, No. 17 and No. 18, but then gave two of those strokes back with front-side bogeys at No. 4 and No. 6.
Overall, Don tied for 20th at 218; Bae, Craig and Céleste Dao, who shot 78 on Tuesday, all tied for 29th at 220; and Hung tied for 44th at 223.
No. 4 Ole Miss and No. 16 Florida tied for the team title at 856. Rounding out the top-10 teams were No. 20 Alabama and Maryland both at 863; No. 15 Miami at 866; the Bulldogs at 872; No. 14 UCF at 875; No. 24 Tennessee at 878; Ohio State at 881; and Kentucky at 882.
The Bulldogs will return to action quickly, playing in the Gamecock Intercollegiate next Monday-Wednesday at the Columbia Country Club in Columbia, S.C.
"We just have to go to work and figure out why we're not playing as well as we know we should," Brewer said. "It happens some times in golf. Justin Thomas goes out and almost finishes last last week, and he's obviously one of the top golfers in the world. We just need to go back and look for the things all of us have to work on to get better. We have to take that approach if we want to win a tournament."
Florida Gators Invitational
UF Mark Bostick Golf Course
Gainesville, Fla.
Par 70, 6002 Yards
Tuesday's Final-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Ole Miss 293-279-284=856
Florida 287-291-278=856
Alabama 291-287-285=863
Maryland 289-282-290=863
Miami 296-281-289=866
Georgia 296-284-292=872
UCF 283-290-302=875
Tennessee 286-296-296=878
Ohio State 289-298-294=881
Kentucky 303-287-292=882
Vanderbilt 300-292-292=884
Campbell 297-289-300=886
Mississippi St. 304-295-288=887
Penn State 307-290-293=890
Individual Leaderboard
Annabell Fuller, Florida 67-72-66=205
Julia Johnson, Ole Miss 72-69-67=208
Virunpat Olankitkunchai, Maryland 70-68-70=208
Aneka Seumanutafa, Ohio St. 70-68-70=208
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama 73-67-70=210
Kayla Holden, Tennessee 71-70-71=212
Nataliya Guseva, Miami 72-67-73=212
Renate Grimstad, Miami 75-69-69=213
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 70-71-72=213
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss 72-67-74=213
Additional Georgia Scores
T20. Caterina Don 71-71-76=218
T29. Jenny Bae 74-72-74=220
T29. Celeste Dao 73-69-78=220
T29. Caroline Craig 78-73-69=220
T44. Jo Hua Hung 78-72-73=223
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The No. 10-ranked Georgia women's golf team shot 292 in Tuesday's final round of the Florida Gators Invitational at UF's Mark Bostick Golf Course, putting the Bulldogs in sixth place on the team leaderboard.
Georgia played much of the day near par as a team before struggling late. The Bulldogs turned at 3-over before playing the final nine holes at 9-over.
"A sub-par number was out there for us today," head coach Josh Brewer said. "Overall, each person made a few mistakes that didn't allow us to shoot that or get to the top (of the leaderboard). We were headed in that direction for a good bit of the day but didn't get there. I'm getting sort of tired of saying 'We're close.' We know we're eventually going to grind it out and make that next step of learning what it takes to win."
Caroline's Craig's 1-under 69 led the Bulldogs, who also counted at 73 from Jo Hua Hung, a 74 from Jenny Bae and a 76 from Caterina Don.
"Caroline had a very good round today to lead us on the final day," Brewer said. "Hat's off to her."
Craig teed off from No. 10 with Tuesday's shotgun start and played the back side of the layout first. She turned at 3-under after recording birdies at No. 11, No. 17 and No. 18, but then gave two of those strokes back with front-side bogeys at No. 4 and No. 6.
Overall, Don tied for 20th at 218; Bae, Craig and Céleste Dao, who shot 78 on Tuesday, all tied for 29th at 220; and Hung tied for 44th at 223.
No. 4 Ole Miss and No. 16 Florida tied for the team title at 856. Rounding out the top-10 teams were No. 20 Alabama and Maryland both at 863; No. 15 Miami at 866; the Bulldogs at 872; No. 14 UCF at 875; No. 24 Tennessee at 878; Ohio State at 881; and Kentucky at 882.
The Bulldogs will return to action quickly, playing in the Gamecock Intercollegiate next Monday-Wednesday at the Columbia Country Club in Columbia, S.C.
"We just have to go to work and figure out why we're not playing as well as we know we should," Brewer said. "It happens some times in golf. Justin Thomas goes out and almost finishes last last week, and he's obviously one of the top golfers in the world. We just need to go back and look for the things all of us have to work on to get better. We have to take that approach if we want to win a tournament."
Florida Gators Invitational
UF Mark Bostick Golf Course
Gainesville, Fla.
Par 70, 6002 Yards
Tuesday's Final-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Ole Miss 293-279-284=856
Florida 287-291-278=856
Alabama 291-287-285=863
Maryland 289-282-290=863
Miami 296-281-289=866
Georgia 296-284-292=872
UCF 283-290-302=875
Tennessee 286-296-296=878
Ohio State 289-298-294=881
Kentucky 303-287-292=882
Vanderbilt 300-292-292=884
Campbell 297-289-300=886
Mississippi St. 304-295-288=887
Penn State 307-290-293=890
Individual Leaderboard
Annabell Fuller, Florida 67-72-66=205
Julia Johnson, Ole Miss 72-69-67=208
Virunpat Olankitkunchai, Maryland 70-68-70=208
Aneka Seumanutafa, Ohio St. 70-68-70=208
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama 73-67-70=210
Kayla Holden, Tennessee 71-70-71=212
Nataliya Guseva, Miami 72-67-73=212
Renate Grimstad, Miami 75-69-69=213
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 70-71-72=213
Andrea Lignell, Ole Miss 72-67-74=213
Additional Georgia Scores
T20. Caterina Don 71-71-76=218
T29. Jenny Bae 74-72-74=220
T29. Celeste Dao 73-69-78=220
T29. Caroline Craig 78-73-69=220
T44. Jo Hua Hung 78-72-73=223
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