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NCAA Stroke Play - Day 3
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Bulldogs Advance In NCAA Championships
May 22, 2022 | Women's Golf
Bae blisters Grayhawk layout with a 5-under 67
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Led by a 5-under 67 from Jenny Bae – the low individual round of the 2022 NCAA Championships to date – the Georgia women's golf team posted a 10-over 298 in the third round of NCAA's stroke play qualifying at Grayhawk Golf Club on Sunday.
The Bulldogs are tied for ninth with No. 11 Southern California through 54 holes. The field was cut from 24 teams to 15 following Sunday's round. On Monday, Georgia will now attempt to move up to a top-eight spot, which would advance the Bulldogs to the championships' match play bracket beginning on Tuesday.
"This is fun," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We have a chance. We're among the last 15 teams in the country still playing for a national title, and we'll start the day inside the top 10. It's all you can ask for. It's so exciting. This is why you come to Georgia, why you coach, why you play. Now, we'll just go and enjoy the 18 holes and try to make the season go even longer."
No. 1 Stanford leads the field by nine shots at even-par 864 entering Monday. No. 2 Oregon is second at 873, No. 19 Texas A&M is third at 877 and No. 15 UCLA is fourth at 878. Following a seven-shot gap, there are eight teams within nine strokes from fifth through 12th – No. 17 Auburn at 885, No. 10 Florida State at 887, No. 5 San Jose State and No. 14 LSU both at 888, the Bulldogs and No. 11 Southern Cal at 892, Purdue at 893 and No. 7 Arizona State at 894.
Georgia also counted a 73 from Caterina Don, a 77 from Candice Mahé and an 81 from Jo Hua Hung on Sunday.
"I think our team did well," Bae said. "Of course, there's bound to be some form of ups and downs, but I think we're all good enough to get over it. Now that we have a tee time for tomorrow, that should be our main focus."
Georgia teed off from No. 10 and played the back side of the course first on Sunday. Bae birdied No. 11, No. 14 and No. 15 to turn at 3-under. She notched additional red numbers at No. 4, No. 7 and No. 8 to move to 6-under before her lone bogey of the day at No. 9.
"My day went really well," Bae said. "Especially today, everything clicked. All my shots went where I wanted them to go. My putter was on line and was rolling well."
Bae vaulted 17 spots into a tie for second place on the individual leaderboard at 2-under 214. Don and Mahé both are tied for 20th at 5-over 221.
Bae's 5-under effort was Georgia's second-best ever at the NCAA finals site, trailing only Vicki Goetze's 7-under 65 in the final round of the 1992 NCAAs when she passed Annika Sorenstam to capture Georgia's third individual national title. Her performance is even more impressive considering Bae was 6-over through her first six holes in Friday's opening round. Since then, she has played the last 48 holes at 8-under.
"She's one of the best players in the world, and she's got it going," Brewer said. "Going back on Day One, after nine holes I told her 'I looked up in the record books and you would would have the worst six-hole start ever to come back and win the (individual) championship.' She was 6-over through six. Now, she's in second place. You talk about a comeback and how tough that young lady is. It's pretty impressive where she finds herself after that start and explains how much internal fortitude she has."
"I really struggled the first nine," Bae said. "I got to the back nine and reminded myself that it was a new nine, which means I should have a brand new mindset. You never know what's going to happen in nine holes so I just continued with that."
Bae was the third Bulldog to supply Georgia's best individual round in as many days. Don was low on Friday, followed by Mahé on Saturday.
"We've had someone different get going every day," Brewer said. "Now, we know that and in a way we go into tomorrow thinking 'Who's Next? Who's going to step up?' That's the way we're looking at it. We feel like we're deep, and we feel like we've left shots out there. We're just looking forward to the challenge tomorrow and all I can say is Go Dawgs!"
Following Monday's round, the individual national champion will be crowned and the top eight teams will advance to match play. The match-play bracket will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday followed by finals on Wednesday.
The Golf Channel's live coverage of the NCAA Championships will begin on Monday. The network will air the conclusion of Monday's fourth round 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET, the match play quarterfinals and semifinals from Noon-2:30 p.m. and 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday and the national championship match from 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday. In addition, the Golf Channel's College Central show will begin an hour prior to the aforementioned times.
Georgia will be paired with Purdue and Arizona State on Monday, teeing off between 1:11-1:55 p.m. ET from No. 10. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Par 72; 6340 Yards
Sunday's Third-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Stanford 289-292-283=864
Oregon 297-288-288=873
Texas A&M 292-297-288=877
UCLA 295-291-292=878
Auburn 296-290-299=885
Florida State 296-295-296=887
LSU 296-291-301=888
San Jose State 307-296-285=888
Georgia 303-291-298=892
Southern California 298-294-300=892
Purdue 301-299-293=893
Arizona State 302-290-302=894
Texas 305-295-301=901
Virginia 304-299-299=901
Wake Forest 301-300-304=903
South Carolina 306-316-300=903
Mississippi State 299-306-306=905
Baylor 301-310-310=906
Oklahoma State 307-300-300=907
Michigan 301-310-310=911
Arkansas 307-305-301=913
Vanderbilt 308-306-299=913
TCU 300-301-311=913
Alabama 298-304-302=916
Individual Leaderboard
Rose Zhang, Stanford 68-70-69=207
Jenny Bae, Georgia 76-71-67=214
Tze-Han Lin, Oregon 72-71-71=214
Natasha Andrea Oon, SJSU 77-68-70=215
Anna Morgan, Furman 72-71-74=217
Sadie Englemann, Stanford 71-76-70=217
Jennie Park, Texas A&M 73-72-72=217
Ty Akabane, UCLA 71-74-72=217
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 74-70-73=217
Beth Lillie, Virginia 73-69-75=217
Rachel Heck, Stanford 76-72-70=218
Inez Wanamarta, Purdue 74-74-70=218
Zoe Slaughter, Texas A&M 69-78-71=218
Additional Georgia Scores
T20. Caterina Don 73-75-73=221
T20. Candice Mahé 75-69-77=221
T116. Jo Hua Hung 79-76-81=236
Céleste Dao sb-76-83
LoraLie Cowart 79-sb-sb
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Led by a 5-under 67 from Jenny Bae – the low individual round of the 2022 NCAA Championships to date – the Georgia women's golf team posted a 10-over 298 in the third round of NCAA's stroke play qualifying at Grayhawk Golf Club on Sunday.
The Bulldogs are tied for ninth with No. 11 Southern California through 54 holes. The field was cut from 24 teams to 15 following Sunday's round. On Monday, Georgia will now attempt to move up to a top-eight spot, which would advance the Bulldogs to the championships' match play bracket beginning on Tuesday.
"This is fun," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We have a chance. We're among the last 15 teams in the country still playing for a national title, and we'll start the day inside the top 10. It's all you can ask for. It's so exciting. This is why you come to Georgia, why you coach, why you play. Now, we'll just go and enjoy the 18 holes and try to make the season go even longer."
No. 1 Stanford leads the field by nine shots at even-par 864 entering Monday. No. 2 Oregon is second at 873, No. 19 Texas A&M is third at 877 and No. 15 UCLA is fourth at 878. Following a seven-shot gap, there are eight teams within nine strokes from fifth through 12th – No. 17 Auburn at 885, No. 10 Florida State at 887, No. 5 San Jose State and No. 14 LSU both at 888, the Bulldogs and No. 11 Southern Cal at 892, Purdue at 893 and No. 7 Arizona State at 894.
Georgia also counted a 73 from Caterina Don, a 77 from Candice Mahé and an 81 from Jo Hua Hung on Sunday.
"I think our team did well," Bae said. "Of course, there's bound to be some form of ups and downs, but I think we're all good enough to get over it. Now that we have a tee time for tomorrow, that should be our main focus."
Georgia teed off from No. 10 and played the back side of the course first on Sunday. Bae birdied No. 11, No. 14 and No. 15 to turn at 3-under. She notched additional red numbers at No. 4, No. 7 and No. 8 to move to 6-under before her lone bogey of the day at No. 9.
"My day went really well," Bae said. "Especially today, everything clicked. All my shots went where I wanted them to go. My putter was on line and was rolling well."
Bae vaulted 17 spots into a tie for second place on the individual leaderboard at 2-under 214. Don and Mahé both are tied for 20th at 5-over 221.
Bae's 5-under effort was Georgia's second-best ever at the NCAA finals site, trailing only Vicki Goetze's 7-under 65 in the final round of the 1992 NCAAs when she passed Annika Sorenstam to capture Georgia's third individual national title. Her performance is even more impressive considering Bae was 6-over through her first six holes in Friday's opening round. Since then, she has played the last 48 holes at 8-under.
"She's one of the best players in the world, and she's got it going," Brewer said. "Going back on Day One, after nine holes I told her 'I looked up in the record books and you would would have the worst six-hole start ever to come back and win the (individual) championship.' She was 6-over through six. Now, she's in second place. You talk about a comeback and how tough that young lady is. It's pretty impressive where she finds herself after that start and explains how much internal fortitude she has."
"I really struggled the first nine," Bae said. "I got to the back nine and reminded myself that it was a new nine, which means I should have a brand new mindset. You never know what's going to happen in nine holes so I just continued with that."
Bae was the third Bulldog to supply Georgia's best individual round in as many days. Don was low on Friday, followed by Mahé on Saturday.
"We've had someone different get going every day," Brewer said. "Now, we know that and in a way we go into tomorrow thinking 'Who's Next? Who's going to step up?' That's the way we're looking at it. We feel like we're deep, and we feel like we've left shots out there. We're just looking forward to the challenge tomorrow and all I can say is Go Dawgs!"
Following Monday's round, the individual national champion will be crowned and the top eight teams will advance to match play. The match-play bracket will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday followed by finals on Wednesday.
The Golf Channel's live coverage of the NCAA Championships will begin on Monday. The network will air the conclusion of Monday's fourth round 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET, the match play quarterfinals and semifinals from Noon-2:30 p.m. and 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday and the national championship match from 5:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday. In addition, the Golf Channel's College Central show will begin an hour prior to the aforementioned times.
Georgia will be paired with Purdue and Arizona State on Monday, teeing off between 1:11-1:55 p.m. ET from No. 10. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Par 72; 6340 Yards
Sunday's Third-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Stanford 289-292-283=864
Oregon 297-288-288=873
Texas A&M 292-297-288=877
UCLA 295-291-292=878
Auburn 296-290-299=885
Florida State 296-295-296=887
LSU 296-291-301=888
San Jose State 307-296-285=888
Georgia 303-291-298=892
Southern California 298-294-300=892
Purdue 301-299-293=893
Arizona State 302-290-302=894
Texas 305-295-301=901
Virginia 304-299-299=901
Wake Forest 301-300-304=903
South Carolina 306-316-300=903
Mississippi State 299-306-306=905
Baylor 301-310-310=906
Oklahoma State 307-300-300=907
Michigan 301-310-310=911
Arkansas 307-305-301=913
Vanderbilt 308-306-299=913
TCU 300-301-311=913
Alabama 298-304-302=916
Individual Leaderboard
Rose Zhang, Stanford 68-70-69=207
Jenny Bae, Georgia 76-71-67=214
Tze-Han Lin, Oregon 72-71-71=214
Natasha Andrea Oon, SJSU 77-68-70=215
Anna Morgan, Furman 72-71-74=217
Sadie Englemann, Stanford 71-76-70=217
Jennie Park, Texas A&M 73-72-72=217
Ty Akabane, UCLA 71-74-72=217
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 74-70-73=217
Beth Lillie, Virginia 73-69-75=217
Rachel Heck, Stanford 76-72-70=218
Inez Wanamarta, Purdue 74-74-70=218
Zoe Slaughter, Texas A&M 69-78-71=218
Additional Georgia Scores
T20. Caterina Don 73-75-73=221
T20. Candice Mahé 75-69-77=221
T116. Jo Hua Hung 79-76-81=236
Céleste Dao sb-76-83
LoraLie Cowart 79-sb-sb
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