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Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic - Day 1
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Bulldogs 8th After First Round Of Liz Murphey
March 25, 2022 | Women's Golf
Georgia fights back after slow start
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ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women's golf team posted a 13-over 301 in Friday's opening round of the 50th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia. The No. 31-ranked Bulldogs are in eighth place in a field that features eight top-25 teams. Georgia's "B" team carded a 306 on Friday and is in 11th.
The Bulldogs started slowly, covering the first four holes at 9-over before bouncing back to play their final 14 at 4-over.
"We played the last 14 holes really well," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were excited and probably a little nervous playing at home. Now we're past that and ready for the rest of the tournament. We've just got to use that 14-hole stretch to ride into tomorrow morning when we tee off early. We definitely showed there's some toughness and fight there. You just wish the fight was there to go out and put up a really special golf score instead of trying to keep it respectable. That's the piece we've got to figure out because it would give us a chance to be leading this golf tournament come Sunday."
Birdies by Jenny Bae and Caroline Craig at No. 5 and another by Isabella Holpfer at No. 6 helped put Georgia back on track. The Bulldogs played their best golf on the back side, covering the second half of the UGA layout at 3-under.
"That's kind of a tell-tale of our whole season," Craig said. "We always that those little spurts in our rounds that we get really high, but we also have a comeback mindset and get back on track. If we can just get on track in the beginning and stay on track, it would definitely be beneficial. It's exciting to have a team that's able to come back, especially in these conditions. We've talked about a process-oriented approach and staying moment-by-moment and giving ourselves as many opportunities as possible, which definitely helps in finishing strong."
Georgia's "B" also turned at 11-over and played the back side at an improved 7-over clip.
Craig led the Bulldogs on Friday with a 1-over 73. Georgia also counted a 75 from Bae, a 76 from Holpfer and a 77 from Jo Hua Hung while dropping Caterina Don's 78.
Freshman Caroline Cowart led the "B" team with a 75, followed by a pair of 76s from Candice Mahé and Zoë Walker amd a 79 from Alison Crenshaw.
No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 16 Texas A&M grabbed the first-round lead by shooting 5-over 293, one shot better than No. 17 Arkansas. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 4 South Carolina at 295, No. 12 Alabama and No. 13 Southern California both at 299, Louisville at 300, the Bulldogs at 301, No. 22 Ole Miss at 302 and Mississippi State at 302.
Alabama's Polly Mack, Southern California's Michaela Morand and Mississippi State's Julia Lopz Ramirez are the individual co-leaders. Each shot 2-under 70.
For Georgia, Craig is tied for 12th; Bae and Cowart are tied for 26th; Holpfer, Mahé and Walker all tied for 36th; Hung is 45th; Don is tied for 46th; Crenshaw is tied for 55th; and Dao, who shot 80 on Friday, is tied for 59th.
"I'm very excited," Craig said. "It was pretty tough out there. The wind was very strong. It really changed the golf course completely. We were just discussing as a team how much it changed from Tuesday to now. It was night and day. I was just really trying to stay in my round, stay focused, ignore the distractions in the weather and just hit the best shot that I could."
Saturday's tee times will flip from Friday's, with teams that played in the morning teeing off in the afternoon and vice versa. All 10 Georgia golfers will begin at No. 10. The Bulldogs' first five golfers will hit the course between 8:32-9:08, and the "B" squad following between 9:17-9:53. Live scoring is being updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
50th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
UGA Golf Course
Athens, Ga.
Par 72; 6317 Yards
Friday's First-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 293
Texas A&M 293
Arkansas 294
South Carolina 295
Alabama 299
Southern Cal 299
Louisville 300
Georgia 301
Ole Miss 302
Mississippi State 303
Georgia "B" 306
Houston 308
Mercer 309
Georgia Southern 312
Texas 312
Charleston 322
Individual Leaderboard
Polly Mack, Alabama 70
Michaela Morand, Southern Cal 70
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Miss. St. 70
Hana Ryskova, Louisville 71
Hailee Cooper, Texas A&M 71
Kajal Mistry, Arkansas 72
Worapitcha Anudit, S. Carolina 72
Kendall Griffin, Louisville 72
Natacha Husted, Ole Miss 72
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 72
Brooke Tyree, Texas A&M 72
Georgia Scores
T12. Carolina Craig 73
T26. Jenny Bae 75
* T26. LoraLie Cowart 75
T36. Isabella Holpfer 76
* T36. Candice Mahé 76
* T36. Zoë Walker 76
45. Jo Hua Hung 77
T46. Caterina Don 78
* T55. Alison Crenshaw 79
* T59. Céleste Dao 80
* indicates competing for Georgia "B" team
ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women's golf team posted a 13-over 301 in Friday's opening round of the 50th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia. The No. 31-ranked Bulldogs are in eighth place in a field that features eight top-25 teams. Georgia's "B" team carded a 306 on Friday and is in 11th.
The Bulldogs started slowly, covering the first four holes at 9-over before bouncing back to play their final 14 at 4-over.
"We played the last 14 holes really well," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were excited and probably a little nervous playing at home. Now we're past that and ready for the rest of the tournament. We've just got to use that 14-hole stretch to ride into tomorrow morning when we tee off early. We definitely showed there's some toughness and fight there. You just wish the fight was there to go out and put up a really special golf score instead of trying to keep it respectable. That's the piece we've got to figure out because it would give us a chance to be leading this golf tournament come Sunday."
Birdies by Jenny Bae and Caroline Craig at No. 5 and another by Isabella Holpfer at No. 6 helped put Georgia back on track. The Bulldogs played their best golf on the back side, covering the second half of the UGA layout at 3-under.
"That's kind of a tell-tale of our whole season," Craig said. "We always that those little spurts in our rounds that we get really high, but we also have a comeback mindset and get back on track. If we can just get on track in the beginning and stay on track, it would definitely be beneficial. It's exciting to have a team that's able to come back, especially in these conditions. We've talked about a process-oriented approach and staying moment-by-moment and giving ourselves as many opportunities as possible, which definitely helps in finishing strong."
Georgia's "B" also turned at 11-over and played the back side at an improved 7-over clip.
Craig led the Bulldogs on Friday with a 1-over 73. Georgia also counted a 75 from Bae, a 76 from Holpfer and a 77 from Jo Hua Hung while dropping Caterina Don's 78.
Freshman Caroline Cowart led the "B" team with a 75, followed by a pair of 76s from Candice Mahé and Zoë Walker amd a 79 from Alison Crenshaw.
No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 16 Texas A&M grabbed the first-round lead by shooting 5-over 293, one shot better than No. 17 Arkansas. Rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 4 South Carolina at 295, No. 12 Alabama and No. 13 Southern California both at 299, Louisville at 300, the Bulldogs at 301, No. 22 Ole Miss at 302 and Mississippi State at 302.
Alabama's Polly Mack, Southern California's Michaela Morand and Mississippi State's Julia Lopz Ramirez are the individual co-leaders. Each shot 2-under 70.
For Georgia, Craig is tied for 12th; Bae and Cowart are tied for 26th; Holpfer, Mahé and Walker all tied for 36th; Hung is 45th; Don is tied for 46th; Crenshaw is tied for 55th; and Dao, who shot 80 on Friday, is tied for 59th.
"I'm very excited," Craig said. "It was pretty tough out there. The wind was very strong. It really changed the golf course completely. We were just discussing as a team how much it changed from Tuesday to now. It was night and day. I was just really trying to stay in my round, stay focused, ignore the distractions in the weather and just hit the best shot that I could."
Saturday's tee times will flip from Friday's, with teams that played in the morning teeing off in the afternoon and vice versa. All 10 Georgia golfers will begin at No. 10. The Bulldogs' first five golfers will hit the course between 8:32-9:08, and the "B" squad following between 9:17-9:53. Live scoring is being updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
50th Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
UGA Golf Course
Athens, Ga.
Par 72; 6317 Yards
Friday's First-Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 293
Texas A&M 293
Arkansas 294
South Carolina 295
Alabama 299
Southern Cal 299
Louisville 300
Georgia 301
Ole Miss 302
Mississippi State 303
Georgia "B" 306
Houston 308
Mercer 309
Georgia Southern 312
Texas 312
Charleston 322
Individual Leaderboard
Polly Mack, Alabama 70
Michaela Morand, Southern Cal 70
Julia Lopez Ramirez, Miss. St. 70
Hana Ryskova, Louisville 71
Hailee Cooper, Texas A&M 71
Kajal Mistry, Arkansas 72
Worapitcha Anudit, S. Carolina 72
Kendall Griffin, Louisville 72
Natacha Husted, Ole Miss 72
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 72
Brooke Tyree, Texas A&M 72
Georgia Scores
T12. Carolina Craig 73
T26. Jenny Bae 75
* T26. LoraLie Cowart 75
T36. Isabella Holpfer 76
* T36. Candice Mahé 76
* T36. Zoë Walker 76
45. Jo Hua Hung 77
T46. Caterina Don 78
* T55. Alison Crenshaw 79
* T59. Céleste Dao 80
* indicates competing for Georgia "B" team
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