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Rounds One/Two
Buffs Tied For Second At San Jose State
March 01, 2011 | Women's Golf
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The No. 21 University of Colorado women's golf team is tied for second at the 2011 Juli Inkster/San Jose State Spartan Invitational through one day and two rounds of action here at the Almaden Golf and Country Club.
The Buffs are tied with No. 31 Oregon at 28-over par 604 through the two rounds, both 16-strokes behind No. 9 California, who sit at 12-over par 588 on the par-72 course playing 6,121 yards. No. 22 UC Davis is in fourth at 32-over par 608 and Santa Clara rounds out the top five at 40-over par 616.
"It was an interesting day to say the least," CU coach Anne Kelly said. "We are so close; we just need everybody to fire on all cylinders at the same time."
Due to frost on the course, the start was delayed 75 minutes and because of that, many groups were forced to play under four-hour second rounds in order to finish before the dark. Many groups finished about five minutes before it would have been called.
Junior Jess Wallace and freshman Jenny Coleman both had great first rounds and then faltered a bit in their second rounds, while junior Emily Talley had the opposite happen, struggling to get her game together in the first round and improving nine strokes and shooting even par in the second round. Each of the three shot even or under par in one of the two rounds.
"Emily had to call a penalty on herself in the first round," Kelly said. "That shows the champion player that she is and that's the beauty of this game. She probably could have gotten away with it and had enough integrity to call it on herself and then had a great comeback in the afternoon."
Talley shot an 81 in the first round and on the ninth hole, she hit the wrong ball, not noticing until she got to the green. She had to take a two-stroke penalty and find her ball again, taking a triple-bogey on that hole.
"In the first round, I was trying to focus on my swing rather than just playing, so that didn't work out too well," Talley said. "Then I had that little mishap on the ninth. The second round, I started by driving into the water, but considering everything I thought I played well. I just decided to play and made some birdies after that."
Despite her bogey on the first hole of the second round, Talley played the front nine at 1-under par, including a stretch of three birdies in five holes. She pared out her last six holes to remain at even par, posting one of just five rounds at or under par in the second round and working herself back into contention. She is tied for 12th with her 81-72-153 and just five strokes out of fifth place entering the final round. Last year at this tournament, she was tied for 33rd entering the final round and shot 1-under par to surge into 11th place the final day.
"I felt like I've done this before," Talley said. "I was down and played my way back up at this tournament last year. It just shows you if you start off bad, you can always come back."
Wallace had almost the opposite day, shooting a 1-under par 71 in the first round and then struggling to a 7-over par 79 in the second. Still, on the strength of her first round, she is tied for sixth individually at 6-over par 150, seven strokes behind the leader. Her subpar round was sparked by opening with three birdies on her first six holes and is her seventh round under par this season, tying her with Talley for the team lead and school record, originally set by Dominique Ptylewski in 2009.
Jenny Coleman had a similar day to Wallace, shooting even par 72 in the first round, the best round of her young career, and then she also shot a 7-over par 79 in the second round. She is tied for eighth at 7-over par 151.
"Everything was working really well in the first round," Jenny Coleman said. "I made a lot more birdies than normal. Mostly my putting is coming together. Tomorrow I just want to play well, continue to putt well and make a lot of birdies."
Freshman Kristin Coleman matched Talley's two-round total of 153 and is also tied for 12th individually. She had perhaps the most consistent day for the Buffaloes, as she shot a 4-over par 76 in the first round and a 5-over par 77 in the second to sit tied for 12th at 9-over par 153.
Freshman Tessa The, playing individually, shot a 5-over par 77 in the first round at 7-over par 79 in the second round to sit tied for 26th at 12-over par 156. She is leading all individual players not scoring for their team, holding a 2-stroke advantage over Stanford's Lila Barton.
Sophomore Taylor Doyle shot a 7-over par 79 in the first round and a 6-over par 78 in the second and is tied for 34th at 13-over par 157.
"We aren't playing our best team-wide and we are still right there in the mix," Kelly said. "Hopefully tomorrow we can get everybody firing, it would be fun to see what happens if we pull it all together."
Action here concludes Tuesday with the third and final round, set to start at 8:30 a.m. local time in a shotgun start.
BUFFALOES INDIVIDUALS
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Rk. |
Team |
Score |
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t-6. |
71-79-150 |
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t-8. |
72-79-151 |
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t-12. |
76-77-153 |
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|
t-12. |
81-72-153 |
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t-26. |
77-79-156 |
|
|
t-34. |
79-78-157 |
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* |
Playing Individually |
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TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
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Rk. |
Team |
Score |
|
1. |
Emily Childs, California |
72-71-143 |
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2. |
Joanne Lee, California |
72-72-144 |
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3. |
Alice Kim, UC Davis |
73-72-145 |
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4. |
Kendra Little, Oregon |
74-72-146 |
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5. |
Anya Alvarez, Washington |
73-76-149 |
TEAM SCORES
|
Rk. |
Team |
Score |
|
1. |
California |
297-291-588 |
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t-2. |
Colorado |
298-306-604 |
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t-2. |
Oregon |
302-302-604 |
|
4. |
UC Davis |
302-306-608 |
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5. |
Santa Clara |
305-311-616 |
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6. |
UC Irvine |
313-305-618 |
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7. |
Washington |
312-308-620 |
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8. |
San Francisco |
312-311-621 |
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9. |
San Jose State |
310-311-621 |
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10. |
Colorado State |
323-308-631 |
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11. |
Fresno State |
325-315-640 |
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12. |
Hawai'i |
320-323-643 |
