Senior
Isabelle Lendl (Goshen, Conn.) won the individual title at the Tar Heel
Invite Sunday afternoon by three strokes after firing a final round 69, her
best round of the weekend. The win is Lendl’s second straight in as many starts
and the third of her career as she was also the winner of the Dale McNamara
Invitational last month. The senior finished with a final score of 6-under
(210) for the tournament, three shots better than Baylor’s Hayley Davis, who
was the leader in the clubhouse after the first two days of play.
Lendl
had a nearly flawless round on Sunday as she holed six birdies with the only
setback coming at the par-four, 10th hole, where she suffered a
triple-bogey. She was 3-under at the turn before the triple, but bounced back
extremely well to rattle off three birdies on the next three holes and get back
to 3-under for the day. Lendl finished the day at 3-under and was the only
player in the field to shoot better than 70 in the final round. The 69 is the
Connecticut native’s third round in the 60s for the fall season and third best
personal score for the year. Her 210 tournament score also ties for her
career-best as the last time she achieved that score was also at the Dale
McNamara Invite last month.
“I
am really proud of Isabelle (Lendl),” Florida head coach Emily Bastel
said. “Back to back wins is very impressive. She bounced back from a triple
today on number ten and it showed there was no give up in her.”
For
the rest of the team, the same magic that Lendl found was hard to come by.
Combined, the Gators finished the tournament in 9th place with a
final score of 31-over (895). There were some bright spots on the course,
however, as sophomore Anna Young (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) had
her best outing of the weekend with a 7-over (79). Young was able to keep the
bogeys to a minimum and spread out enough pars to shoot under 80 and finish in
92nd-place overall with a 29-over (245).
Sophomore
Camilla Hedberg (Sitges, Spain) had an up and down day on Sunday. After
double-bogeying No. 2 and then bogeying No. 4, Hedberg seemed to right the ship
with two straight birdies on No. 6 and No. 7, which got her to 1-over for the
day, but a bogey at the turn on No. 9 took away some of that momentum as she
was only able to birdie one more hole before the end of her day. The Spaniard
finished the day at 5-over (77), but still completed the weekend in the top-20
as she tied for 19th place at 6-over (222).
Rounding
out the remaining Gators in the lineup, junior Elcin Ulu (Istanbul,
Turkey) finished tied for 60th in her first tournament as a Gator
after shooting a final round 77, placing her at 16-over (232) for the
tournament. Finally, freshman Ursa Orehek (Domzale, Slovenia), competing
in only the third collegiate tournament of her career, finished tied for 87th
after a third round 87. For the tournament, Orehek finished at 23-over (239).
“We
have a lot to learn from this tournament,” Bastel said. “We won’t waste any
time getting prepared for Texas and I am happy we get to compete again this
fall.”
The
Gators next and final tournament of the fall season comes on Oct. 28-30 at the
Betsy Rawls Invitational in Austin, Texas. The tournament is hosted by the
University of Texas and will be played at the UT Golf Club on the campus of the
University of Texas.
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Team
Scores After Round 3
Place School Score
1 North
Carolina +8 (872)
T2 Ole
Miss +21 (885)
T2 Baylor +21
(885)
4 Duke +23
(887)
T5 Virginia +24
(888)
T5 Arkansas +24
(888)
7 NC
State +25 (889)
8 LSU +29
(893)
9 Florida +31
(895)
10 Michigan
State +36 (900)
11
Louisville +38 (902)
T12 South
Carolina +46 (910)
T12
Kentucky +46 (910)
14 Auburn +57
(921)
15 UCF +60
(924)
16
Wake Forest +62 (926)
T17 Colorado +66
(930)
18 Michigan +83
(947)
Individual
Top 10 Through Round 3
Place Player(School) Score
1 Isabelle
Lendl (Florida) -6 (210)
2 Hayley
Davis (Baylor) -3 (213)
3 Brittany
Altomare (Virginia) -2 (214)
T4 Haley
Sanders (Ole Miss) -1 (215)
T4 Lauren
Taylor (Baylor) -1 (215)
6 Maia
Schechter (UNC) +1 (217)
T7 Casey
Grice (UNC) +2 (218)
T7 Madelene
Sagstrom (LSU) +2 (218)
T9 Amanda
Baker (NC State) +3 (219)
T9 Lindy
Duncan (Duke) +3 (219)
T9 Jackie
Chang (UNC) +3 (219)
Florida
Results After Round 3
Place Player Score
1 Isabelle
Lendl -6 (210)
T19 Camilla
Hedberg +6 (222)
T60
Elcin Ulu +16 (232)
T87
Ursa Orehek +23 (239)
92 Anna
Young +29 (245)
