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Saturday, May 20
Grayhawk Golf Club / Scottsdale, Ariz.
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NCAA Championships Stroke Play - Day 2
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Bulldogs At Even-Par & In 11th At NCAA Championships
May 20, 2023 | Women's Golf
Georgis shoots third-best round of afternoon wave
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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Georgia carded a 2-over 290, the third-best round of the 15 team competing in the afternoon wave of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships on Saturday. The Bulldogs are at even-par 576 and slipped from third to 11th on the team leaderboard at Grayhawk Golf Club as many of the morning teams took advantage of idyllic conditions to post low scores.
"Strangely, it's not what the leaderboard is going to say, but I thought today we showed more grit and grind than we did yesterday," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were a touch off all day, but we finished really well and it gives us a little momentum going into tomorrow. Now, we're in a good position to finally have our round of the tournament, which a lot of other schools have already done.
"We need to go tomorrow and if the course is set up the same way, be ready to make some birdies," Brewer added.
Jenny Bae paced the Bulldogs with a 1-under 71, again bettering her own school record by posting her 25th par-or-better score of the season. Both Jo Hua Hung and Candice Mahé fired even-par efforts, and Georgia also counted a 75 from LoraLie Cowart.
Bae closed strong, playing the final five holes at 3-under.
"The start was a struggle, but Josh came by and was like 'What's up?,'" Bae said. "He kept me high spirited, and I just told myself 'You only have five holes left. At this point, you have nothing to lose. You have to go up and help the team.' I just tried my best, and I made three birdies."
Overall, Bae is tied for 17th at 3-under 213, Hung is tied for 32nd at 1-under 215, Cowart is tied for 62nd at 146, Mahé is tied for 69th at 147 and Isabella Holpfer, who shot 76 on Saturday, is tied for 102nd at 222.
"It was playing hard this afternoon because the greens were really fast," Mahé said. "A lot of teams went low this morning. Course management is a bit different when you play in the morning and when you play in the afternoon."
No. 2 Wake Forest remained atop the team leaderboard at 17-under 559 after 36 holes. The Demon Deacons lead No. 1 Stanford, which shot 15-under on Saturday, by two shots. No. 4 South Carolina is at 14-under followed by a six-shot gap to No. 11 Texas in fourth. Georgia is one of eight teams bunched together by eight strokes between fourth and 11th.
Following Sunday's third round, the field will be cut to 15 teams for Monday's final 18 holes of stroke play qualifying. Georgia is nine shots clear of that mark at this point.
"You have to make the cut to win a national title but if you're worried about that, you're not going to be winning come Tuesday or Wednesday," Brewer said. "Our goal is to get ourselves in position for that Monday round to get ourselves into match play."
After Monday's round, a second cut will be made for the top-eight teams to advance to a bracketed match play competition to determine the national champion.
Georgia will be paired with New Mexico and Baylor on Sunday, teeing off from No. 10 between 10:27-11:11 am ET. Live scoring is being updated on a hole-by-hole basis at golfstat.com.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Par 72; 6368 Yards
Saturday's Second-Round Morning Wave Standings
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 279-280=559
Stanford 288-273=561
South Carolina 286-276=562
Texas 292-276=568
Oklahoma State 280-291=571
Texas A&M 287-284=571
Southern California 296-276=572
Pepperdine 295-279=574
Florida State 288-286=574
New Mexico 287-288=575
Georgia 286-290=576
Baylor 289-290=579
Arizona 292-288=580
LSU 294-288=582
Duke 288-296=584
San Jose State 292-293=585
SMU 291-295=586
Clemson 299-287=586
Michigan State 293-294=587
Ole Miss 300-288=588
TCU 293-295=588
Mississippi State 301-288=589
Texas Tech 291-298=589
Oregon State 297-293=590
Virginia 298-293=591
Augusta 296-297=593
Northwestern 303-291=594
Vanderbilt 305-292=597
Tulsa 301-306=607
N.C. State 305-304=609
Individual Leaderboard
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest 67-67=134
Catherine Park, USC 71-64=135
Madison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma St. 66-70=136
Adela Cernousek, Texas A&M 69-68=137
Lucia Lopez-Ortega, San Jose St. 68-69=137
Rose Zhang, Stanford 72-67=139
Kajsa Arwefjall, San Jose St. 71-68=139
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 70-69=139
Angela Heo, Texas 74-66=140
Latanna Stone, LSU 73-67=140
Hannah Darling, S. Carolina 71-69=140
Sadie Englemann, Stanford 71-69=140
Sera Hasegawa, Baylor 70-70=140
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest 70-70=140
Rina Tatematsu, Oklahoma St. 68-72=140
Megha Ganne, Stanford 68-72=140
Additional Georgia Scores
T17. Jenny Bae 70-71=141
T32. Jo Hua Hung 71-72=143
T62. LoraLie Cowart 71-75=146
T69. Candice Mahé 75-72=147
T102. Isabella Holpfer 74-76=150
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Georgia carded a 2-over 290, the third-best round of the 15 team competing in the afternoon wave of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships on Saturday. The Bulldogs are at even-par 576 and slipped from third to 11th on the team leaderboard at Grayhawk Golf Club as many of the morning teams took advantage of idyllic conditions to post low scores.
"Strangely, it's not what the leaderboard is going to say, but I thought today we showed more grit and grind than we did yesterday," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We were a touch off all day, but we finished really well and it gives us a little momentum going into tomorrow. Now, we're in a good position to finally have our round of the tournament, which a lot of other schools have already done.
"We need to go tomorrow and if the course is set up the same way, be ready to make some birdies," Brewer added.
Jenny Bae paced the Bulldogs with a 1-under 71, again bettering her own school record by posting her 25th par-or-better score of the season. Both Jo Hua Hung and Candice Mahé fired even-par efforts, and Georgia also counted a 75 from LoraLie Cowart.
Bae closed strong, playing the final five holes at 3-under.
"The start was a struggle, but Josh came by and was like 'What's up?,'" Bae said. "He kept me high spirited, and I just told myself 'You only have five holes left. At this point, you have nothing to lose. You have to go up and help the team.' I just tried my best, and I made three birdies."
Overall, Bae is tied for 17th at 3-under 213, Hung is tied for 32nd at 1-under 215, Cowart is tied for 62nd at 146, Mahé is tied for 69th at 147 and Isabella Holpfer, who shot 76 on Saturday, is tied for 102nd at 222.
"It was playing hard this afternoon because the greens were really fast," Mahé said. "A lot of teams went low this morning. Course management is a bit different when you play in the morning and when you play in the afternoon."
No. 2 Wake Forest remained atop the team leaderboard at 17-under 559 after 36 holes. The Demon Deacons lead No. 1 Stanford, which shot 15-under on Saturday, by two shots. No. 4 South Carolina is at 14-under followed by a six-shot gap to No. 11 Texas in fourth. Georgia is one of eight teams bunched together by eight strokes between fourth and 11th.
Following Sunday's third round, the field will be cut to 15 teams for Monday's final 18 holes of stroke play qualifying. Georgia is nine shots clear of that mark at this point.
"You have to make the cut to win a national title but if you're worried about that, you're not going to be winning come Tuesday or Wednesday," Brewer said. "Our goal is to get ourselves in position for that Monday round to get ourselves into match play."
After Monday's round, a second cut will be made for the top-eight teams to advance to a bracketed match play competition to determine the national champion.
Georgia will be paired with New Mexico and Baylor on Sunday, teeing off from No. 10 between 10:27-11:11 am ET. Live scoring is being updated on a hole-by-hole basis at golfstat.com.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships
Grayhawk Golf Club
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Par 72; 6368 Yards
Saturday's Second-Round Morning Wave Standings
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest 279-280=559
Stanford 288-273=561
South Carolina 286-276=562
Texas 292-276=568
Oklahoma State 280-291=571
Texas A&M 287-284=571
Southern California 296-276=572
Pepperdine 295-279=574
Florida State 288-286=574
New Mexico 287-288=575
Georgia 286-290=576
Baylor 289-290=579
Arizona 292-288=580
LSU 294-288=582
Duke 288-296=584
San Jose State 292-293=585
SMU 291-295=586
Clemson 299-287=586
Michigan State 293-294=587
Ole Miss 300-288=588
TCU 293-295=588
Mississippi State 301-288=589
Texas Tech 291-298=589
Oregon State 297-293=590
Virginia 298-293=591
Augusta 296-297=593
Northwestern 303-291=594
Vanderbilt 305-292=597
Tulsa 301-306=607
N.C. State 305-304=609
Individual Leaderboard
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest 67-67=134
Catherine Park, USC 71-64=135
Madison Hinson-Tolchard, Oklahoma St. 66-70=136
Adela Cernousek, Texas A&M 69-68=137
Lucia Lopez-Ortega, San Jose St. 68-69=137
Rose Zhang, Stanford 72-67=139
Kajsa Arwefjall, San Jose St. 71-68=139
Mathilde Claisse, S. Carolina 70-69=139
Angela Heo, Texas 74-66=140
Latanna Stone, LSU 73-67=140
Hannah Darling, S. Carolina 71-69=140
Sadie Englemann, Stanford 71-69=140
Sera Hasegawa, Baylor 70-70=140
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest 70-70=140
Rina Tatematsu, Oklahoma St. 68-72=140
Megha Ganne, Stanford 68-72=140
Additional Georgia Scores
T17. Jenny Bae 70-71=141
T32. Jo Hua Hung 71-72=143
T62. LoraLie Cowart 71-75=146
T69. Candice Mahé 75-72=147
T102. Isabella Holpfer 74-76=150
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