After carding the lowest team score of the
final round, the University of Florida women’s golf team climbed up the
leaderboard to finish in third-place at the 2012 Liz Murphey Collegiate
Classic. The Gators’ final round 283 (-5) was the second-lowest round of the
tournament. UF finished with a tournament total of 867 (286-298-283, +3), one
shot back of host school University of Georgia.
“That was one heck of a round today and I
am very proud of the entire them. We were the low round by 6 shots today, on a
great test of golf,” said head coach Jan Dowling
Senior Evan Jensen (Belleair, Fla.)
paced the Gators with a tournament total of 213 (71-70-72, -3), while recording
her best finish of the year, a tie for sixth. Jensen had only seven bogeys
throughout the tournament, her lowest total this season.
“I am very proud of Evan. She finished
strong in a great field of players. She didn't hit the ball as well today, and
fought hard to post a very good score,” Dowling added.
Tying her best finish this season, senior Andrea
Watts (Bradenton, Fla.) finished tied for 15th after shooting her first
under par round of the season with a third round 69 (-3). Watts finished with a
54-hole total of 217 (73-75-69, +1).
Freshman Camilla Hedberg (Sitges,
Spain) finished in the top-10 for the third time this season after tying for
10th-place. Hedberg handed in a tournament total of 214 (69-75-70, -2).
“Both Camilla and Andrea hit the ball superbly today,
resulting in under par scores. They sure stepped up big time,” Dowling said.
Junior Mia Piccio (Bacolod City,
Philippines) carded her best round of the tournament on the final day with a 72
(E). Piccio finished in a tie for 33rd after shooting a 223 (73-78-72, +7)
throughout the tournament.
“Mia had a great comeback after her
front-nine yesterday, and she should be proud of that,” Dowling said “She has
learned a lot this week, and excited for the post season for her.”
Junior Isabelle Lendl (Goshen,
Conn.) shot a five-over 77 in the final round to give her a tournament total of
234 (+18).
Second-ranked Alabama won the team title
shooting a 10-under 854 at the UGA Golf Club. The Crimson tide finished 12
shots better than second-place Georgia. Jennifer Kirby of Alabama
won medalist honors after posting a seven-under 209 through 54 holes.
