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Monday, February 14
Duran Golf Club / Melbourne, Fla.
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Columbia Classic - Day 2
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Bae, Don Notch Top-10 Finishes In Columbia Classic
February 14, 2022 | Women's Golf
Bulldogs finish 5th in team field
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MELBOURNE, Fla. — Senior Jenny Bae and junior Caterina Don notched fourth- and sixth-place individual finishes, respectively, to lead the Georgia women's golf team to fifth place in the Columbia Classic presented by Moon Golf. The 54-hole event at Duran Golf Club wrapped up on Monday.
"Jenny and Caterina had really solid tournaments," head coach Josh Brewer said. "For them, those were only their fifth and sixth competitive rounds of golf since we finished the fall season at Stanford so they're really still working their way back in competition shape. This week was a really good start to the spring."
Georgia completed play at 888, eight shots off the pace of Virginia Tech, after closing with a 301. The Hokies bested Texas Tech by a stroke followed by No. 2 Oklahoma State at 884 and Illinois at 886. There was a 10-shot gap between the Bulldogs and the rest of the field.
Bae, Jo Hua Hung and Candice Mahé all signed for 75s on Monday, while Don's 76 rounded out the Bulldogs' counting scores.
Overall, Bae finished at 1-over 217, three shots behind medalist Isabella Fierro of Oklahoma State. Don shot 219, followed by Hung in 24th at 227 and Mahé and Isabella Holpfer both in 27th at 228. Zoë Walker, who competed as an individual, tied for 52nd at 236.
Monday's round was played under extremely windy conditions, with scores climbing more than 2.5 strokes per golfer over Sunday's second round.
"The conditions today were about as tough as we're going to face all year I hope," Brewer said. "It was a really good day or golf for us. We gave ourselves a chance to finish in a better position. When you want to win, and winning is obviously what we want to do every time out, you have to put yourselves in a better position earlier. We'll focus on that going forward."
Georgia will return to action in exactly two weeks when the Bulldogs compete in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Columbia Classic presented by Moon Golf
Duran Golf Club
Par 72, 6357 Yards
Melbourne, Fla.
Monday's Final-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Virginia Tech 289-293-298=880
Texas Tech 289-291-301=881
Oklahoma State 292-292-300=884
Illinois 295-288-303=886
Georgia 296-291-301=888
Northwestern 299-297-302=898
Tulsa 303-291-309=903
Purdue 301-299-312=912
Yale 298-311-316=925
Princeton 299-317-311=927
Boston 303-304-330=938
Columbia 314-311-322=947
Dartmouth 323-315-326=965
Albany 323-316-336=974
Individual Leaderboard
Isabella Fierro, Oklahoma St 70-72-72=214
Becca DiNunzio, Virginia Tech 71-73-72=216
Amy Taylor, Texas Tech 74-69-73=216
Jenny Bae, Georgia 74-68-75=217
Emily Mahar, Virginia Tech 69-72-76=217
Caterina Don, Georgia 72-71-76=219
Lilly Thomas, Tulsa 74-68-77=219
Inez Wanamarta, Purdue 75-72-73=220
Gala Dumez, Texas Tech 71-73-76=220
Symone Henriques, Virginia Tech 73-72-76=221
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma St. 70-75-76=221
Additional Georgia Scores
T24. Jo Hua Hung 75-77-75=227
T27. Isabella Holpfer 75-75-78=228
T27. Candice Mahé 75-79-75=228
*T52. Zoë Walker 79-82-75=235
* denotes competing individually
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Senior Jenny Bae and junior Caterina Don notched fourth- and sixth-place individual finishes, respectively, to lead the Georgia women's golf team to fifth place in the Columbia Classic presented by Moon Golf. The 54-hole event at Duran Golf Club wrapped up on Monday.
"Jenny and Caterina had really solid tournaments," head coach Josh Brewer said. "For them, those were only their fifth and sixth competitive rounds of golf since we finished the fall season at Stanford so they're really still working their way back in competition shape. This week was a really good start to the spring."
Georgia completed play at 888, eight shots off the pace of Virginia Tech, after closing with a 301. The Hokies bested Texas Tech by a stroke followed by No. 2 Oklahoma State at 884 and Illinois at 886. There was a 10-shot gap between the Bulldogs and the rest of the field.
Bae, Jo Hua Hung and Candice Mahé all signed for 75s on Monday, while Don's 76 rounded out the Bulldogs' counting scores.
Overall, Bae finished at 1-over 217, three shots behind medalist Isabella Fierro of Oklahoma State. Don shot 219, followed by Hung in 24th at 227 and Mahé and Isabella Holpfer both in 27th at 228. Zoë Walker, who competed as an individual, tied for 52nd at 236.
Monday's round was played under extremely windy conditions, with scores climbing more than 2.5 strokes per golfer over Sunday's second round.
"The conditions today were about as tough as we're going to face all year I hope," Brewer said. "It was a really good day or golf for us. We gave ourselves a chance to finish in a better position. When you want to win, and winning is obviously what we want to do every time out, you have to put yourselves in a better position earlier. We'll focus on that going forward."
Georgia will return to action in exactly two weeks when the Bulldogs compete in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Columbia Classic presented by Moon Golf
Duran Golf Club
Par 72, 6357 Yards
Melbourne, Fla.
Monday's Final-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Virginia Tech 289-293-298=880
Texas Tech 289-291-301=881
Oklahoma State 292-292-300=884
Illinois 295-288-303=886
Georgia 296-291-301=888
Northwestern 299-297-302=898
Tulsa 303-291-309=903
Purdue 301-299-312=912
Yale 298-311-316=925
Princeton 299-317-311=927
Boston 303-304-330=938
Columbia 314-311-322=947
Dartmouth 323-315-326=965
Albany 323-316-336=974
Individual Leaderboard
Isabella Fierro, Oklahoma St 70-72-72=214
Becca DiNunzio, Virginia Tech 71-73-72=216
Amy Taylor, Texas Tech 74-69-73=216
Jenny Bae, Georgia 74-68-75=217
Emily Mahar, Virginia Tech 69-72-76=217
Caterina Don, Georgia 72-71-76=219
Lilly Thomas, Tulsa 74-68-77=219
Inez Wanamarta, Purdue 75-72-73=220
Gala Dumez, Texas Tech 71-73-76=220
Symone Henriques, Virginia Tech 73-72-76=221
Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma St. 70-75-76=221
Additional Georgia Scores
T24. Jo Hua Hung 75-77-75=227
T27. Isabella Holpfer 75-75-78=228
T27. Candice Mahé 75-79-75=228
*T52. Zoë Walker 79-82-75=235
* denotes competing individually
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