Wednesday, March 3
Columbia Country Club / Columbia, S.C.
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University of Georgia
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Gamecock Intercollegiate - Round 3
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Bulldogs Finish Ninth In Gamecock Intercollegiate
March 03, 2021 | Women's Golf
Don's 1-under 71 leads Georgia in final round
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The No. 13-ranked Georgia women's golf shot 297 in the final round of the Gamecock Intercollegiate and wrapped up the 54-hole event in ninth place on Wednesday. The Bulldogs were among 11 top-25 teams in the tournament's field, which featured four top-5 squads.
"This was definitely the toughest field we've faced this season," head coach Josh Brewer said. "You have all of the top SEC teams, the top-two teams from the ACC and the No. 1 team in the country. The hard part about our sport is how hard it is to win. I want to be at the top of the leaderboard, but we have to realize we did beat seven, eight, nine good teams here. We got wins against some really good teams. A lot of times you focus on who you lost to and forget about those wins.
"This week was a good barometer of where we stand right now," Brewer said. "We know we're really close to putting things together as a team but at the same time, this keeps us hungry. We're working hard. We want to be the team everyone is clapping for at the end of the tournament."
Third-round play was suspended on Tuesday evening and the teams returned to the course at 11:30 to complete the final round. Georgia's six golfers had 9-10 holes of play on Wednesday.
Caterina Don led the Bulldogs in the final round with a 1-under. Georgia also counted Candice Mahé's 75 and a pair of 76s from Jenny Bae and Joe Hua Hung. Caroline Craig's 77 was the Bulldogs' drop score. In addition, Isabella Holpfer, who was competing individually, shot 74.
Don teed off from No. 15 with yesterday's shotgun start and played 10 holes on Tuesday at ever par. She birdied No. 15 and No. 3 to move to 2-under on the day but bogeyed No. 5 and No. 6 to fall back to even when play was suspended. On Wednesday, Don birdied No. 8 and bogeyed No. 9 before a final birdie at No. 12 pushed her back into red numbers.
Duke earned a sweep of the team and individual titles. Erica Shepherd won medalist honors at 7-under 209, three shots better than South Carolina's Lois Kaye Go. Among the Bulldogs, Bae tied for 15th at 2-over 218, Don tied for 29th at 221, Hung tied for 51st at 225, Craig and Holpfer both tied for 60th at 227 and Mahé tied for 67th at 228.
The No. 22-ranked Blue Devils wrapped up play at even-par 864, three strokes ahead of runner-up No. 5 Wake Forest. The remaining top-10 teams on the leaderboard were No. 2 South Carolina at 870, No. 4 LSU at 878, No. 11 Auburn at 879, Vanderbilt at 880, Mississippi State at 881, No. 7 Ole Miss at 886, the Bulldogs at 887, No. 20 Alabama at 889 and top-ranked Baylor at 890.
Georgia will return to action in two and a half weeks when the Bulldogs host the 40th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia Golf Course. The tournament will be held March 19-21, and the field will feature primarily SEC teams along with Southern Cal, Louisville and College of Charleston.
"It's just another week of an SEC Championship hosted by another SEC school," Brewer quipped. "I think it speaks to not only Coach Murphey's legacy and our program but also to the quality of our golf course and the city of Athens that the best teams in the country want to come here to compete every spring. Maybe playing at home will kickstart us on a special run through the end of the year."
Gamecock Intercollegiate
Columbia Country Club
Columbia, S.C.
Par 72; 6297 Yards
Wednesday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Duke 282-291-291=864
Wake Forest 290-290-287=867
South Carolina 287-285-298=870
LSU 286-295-297=878
Auburn 287-291-301=879
Vanderbilt 291-300-289=880
Mississippi State 287-303-291=881
Ole Miss 294-299-293=886
Georgia 301-288-298=887
Alabama 299-294-296=889
Baylor 294-301-295=890
Arkansas 299-294-298=891
North Carolina 290-301-301=892
Tennessee 303-298-291=892
Kentucky 298-297-301=896
Furman 309-293-304=905
Florida 302-306-304=912
Texas A&M 300-309-307=916
Individual Leaderboard
Erica Shepherd, Duke 69-70-70=209
Lois Kaye Go, S. Carolina 69-69-74=212
Phoebe Brinker, Duke 69-73-72=214
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 70-71-73=214
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama 70-70-74=214
Ana Paleaz, S. Carolina 75-71-70=216
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt 70-74-72=216
Nicole Adam, N. Carolina 69-74-73=216
Mychael O'Berry, Auburn 71-69-76=216
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest 76-71-70=217
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 70-77-70=217
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest 73-72-72=217
Julia Johnson, Ole Miss 71-72-74=217
Blair Stockett, Miss. St. 69-74-74=217
Georgia Scores
T15. Jenny Bae 73-69-76=218
T29. Caterina Don 79-71-71=221
T51. Jo Hua Hung 76-73-76=225
T60. Caroline Craig 75-75-77=227
*T60. Isabella Holpfer 78-75-74=227
T67. Candice Mahé 77-76-75=228
* denotes competing individually
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The No. 13-ranked Georgia women's golf shot 297 in the final round of the Gamecock Intercollegiate and wrapped up the 54-hole event in ninth place on Wednesday. The Bulldogs were among 11 top-25 teams in the tournament's field, which featured four top-5 squads.
"This was definitely the toughest field we've faced this season," head coach Josh Brewer said. "You have all of the top SEC teams, the top-two teams from the ACC and the No. 1 team in the country. The hard part about our sport is how hard it is to win. I want to be at the top of the leaderboard, but we have to realize we did beat seven, eight, nine good teams here. We got wins against some really good teams. A lot of times you focus on who you lost to and forget about those wins.
"This week was a good barometer of where we stand right now," Brewer said. "We know we're really close to putting things together as a team but at the same time, this keeps us hungry. We're working hard. We want to be the team everyone is clapping for at the end of the tournament."
Third-round play was suspended on Tuesday evening and the teams returned to the course at 11:30 to complete the final round. Georgia's six golfers had 9-10 holes of play on Wednesday.
Caterina Don led the Bulldogs in the final round with a 1-under. Georgia also counted Candice Mahé's 75 and a pair of 76s from Jenny Bae and Joe Hua Hung. Caroline Craig's 77 was the Bulldogs' drop score. In addition, Isabella Holpfer, who was competing individually, shot 74.
Don teed off from No. 15 with yesterday's shotgun start and played 10 holes on Tuesday at ever par. She birdied No. 15 and No. 3 to move to 2-under on the day but bogeyed No. 5 and No. 6 to fall back to even when play was suspended. On Wednesday, Don birdied No. 8 and bogeyed No. 9 before a final birdie at No. 12 pushed her back into red numbers.
Duke earned a sweep of the team and individual titles. Erica Shepherd won medalist honors at 7-under 209, three shots better than South Carolina's Lois Kaye Go. Among the Bulldogs, Bae tied for 15th at 2-over 218, Don tied for 29th at 221, Hung tied for 51st at 225, Craig and Holpfer both tied for 60th at 227 and Mahé tied for 67th at 228.
The No. 22-ranked Blue Devils wrapped up play at even-par 864, three strokes ahead of runner-up No. 5 Wake Forest. The remaining top-10 teams on the leaderboard were No. 2 South Carolina at 870, No. 4 LSU at 878, No. 11 Auburn at 879, Vanderbilt at 880, Mississippi State at 881, No. 7 Ole Miss at 886, the Bulldogs at 887, No. 20 Alabama at 889 and top-ranked Baylor at 890.
Georgia will return to action in two and a half weeks when the Bulldogs host the 40th annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia Golf Course. The tournament will be held March 19-21, and the field will feature primarily SEC teams along with Southern Cal, Louisville and College of Charleston.
"It's just another week of an SEC Championship hosted by another SEC school," Brewer quipped. "I think it speaks to not only Coach Murphey's legacy and our program but also to the quality of our golf course and the city of Athens that the best teams in the country want to come here to compete every spring. Maybe playing at home will kickstart us on a special run through the end of the year."
Gamecock Intercollegiate
Columbia Country Club
Columbia, S.C.
Par 72; 6297 Yards
Wednesday's Second-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Duke 282-291-291=864
Wake Forest 290-290-287=867
South Carolina 287-285-298=870
LSU 286-295-297=878
Auburn 287-291-301=879
Vanderbilt 291-300-289=880
Mississippi State 287-303-291=881
Ole Miss 294-299-293=886
Georgia 301-288-298=887
Alabama 299-294-296=889
Baylor 294-301-295=890
Arkansas 299-294-298=891
North Carolina 290-301-301=892
Tennessee 303-298-291=892
Kentucky 298-297-301=896
Furman 309-293-304=905
Florida 302-306-304=912
Texas A&M 300-309-307=916
Individual Leaderboard
Erica Shepherd, Duke 69-70-70=209
Lois Kaye Go, S. Carolina 69-69-74=212
Phoebe Brinker, Duke 69-73-72=214
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU 70-71-73=214
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama 70-70-74=214
Ana Paleaz, S. Carolina 75-71-70=216
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt 70-74-72=216
Nicole Adam, N. Carolina 69-74-73=216
Mychael O'Berry, Auburn 71-69-76=216
Lauren Walsh, Wake Forest 76-71-70=217
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 70-77-70=217
Mimi Rhodes, Wake Forest 73-72-72=217
Julia Johnson, Ole Miss 71-72-74=217
Blair Stockett, Miss. St. 69-74-74=217
Georgia Scores
T15. Jenny Bae 73-69-76=218
T29. Caterina Don 79-71-71=221
T51. Jo Hua Hung 76-73-76=225
T60. Caroline Craig 75-75-77=227
*T60. Isabella Holpfer 78-75-74=227
T67. Candice Mahé 77-76-75=228
* denotes competing individually
