Lee Posts First Eagle of the Season as Buffs Finish Fourth

Wednesday, March 29

Kapalua, Hawaii

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Colorado

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Lee led the Buffaloes with a 1-under 217 to finish in ninth place.

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Lee Posts First Eagle of the Season as Buffs Finish Fourth

March 29, 2017 | Women's Golf

By: Ryan Megay, Graduate Assistant SID

KAPALUA, HAWAI'I - The University of Colorado women's golf team finsihed fourth in the Anuenue Spring Break Classic here Tuesday, but did manage to defeat No. 1 Stanford in the process.

No. 7 UCLA won the tournament at 12-under par with an 852 team score, as the Bruins were the only team to shoot under par over the three rounds on the 6,012-yard, par-72 Kapalua Bay Course. No. 4 Arizona State (5-over) and No. 42 San Jose State (15-over) finished second and third, respectively, while the No. 33 Buffaloes had an 884 total (20-over par) with No. 1 Stanford rounding out the top five at 887 (plus-23).

"The team continued its great play with very fine ball striking this week," said head women's golf coach Anne Kelly. "The only difficulties that we faced were very grainy greens and windy conditions that were unusual for some of our players to face."

Esther Lee, the 25th-ranked individual in the nation, notched her third top-10 finish of the season with a ninth place effort with a 1-over 217 after carding a 1-over 73 in her final round. Lee was 1-over on the front nine holes, with bogeys on No. 4 (357-yard, par 4) and No. 8 (162-yard, par 3) and a birdie on the 154-yard, par 3 No. 5. The back nine, however, was a bit of a roller coaster for Lee as she recorded the first eagle of the season for the Buffs on the 451-yard, par 5 No. 15, but double-bogeyed the 160-yard, par 3 No. 12; Lee also had a birdie and bogey on the back nine. In total, Lee tallied one eagle, two birdies, 11 pars, three bogeys and one double-bogey.

Brittany Fan carded a 3-over, 75 in the third round, tying for 14th for the tournament at 5-over 221, her third top-20 finish of the season. The junior tallied two birdies and five bogeys with 11 pars for the round. Starting on No. 1, Fan pared seven of hir first nine holes with bogeys on No. 3 (176-yard, par 3) and No. 4. She started the back nine off strong with a birdie on the 489-yard, par 5 No. 10. After two straight pars, Fan would bogey three of her final six holes with a birdie No. 15.

Kirsty Hodgkins, No. 96 in the nation, posted a 2-over 74 in her final round, tying with fellow teammate Robyn Choi and four other golfers for 18th at 7-over for the tournament. It was her fourth top-20 finish of the season. Hodgkins had a rocky start, going three-over over her first eight holes including bogeys on No. 2, 4 and 8, and a double-bogey on the 413-yard par 4 No. 9, though she birdied two par 3's during that stretch (No. 3 and 5). Hodgkins came back over her final 10 holes going 1-under during that span with birdies on the 315-yard, par 4 No. 14 and 530-yard, par 5 No. 18. For the round, the freshman had nine pars, four birdies, four bogeys and one double-bogey.

Robyn Choi shot an even-par, 72 in the third round, finishing 7-over and tied for 18th in the tournament. It is her second top-20 finish of the season. After starting her round with a bogey on No. 3, Choi reeled off 10 straight pars before bogeying No. 14. She rebounded with back-to-back birdies on No. 15 and No. 16 (324-yard, par 4), but bogeyed the 144-yard, par 3 No. 17. Choi then finished with two more pars and a birdie on the 340-yard, par 4 No. 2. In total, the freshman had three birdies and three bogeys to go along with 12 pars.

Sophomore Gillian Vance finished the tournament 63rd at 22-over with a final round of 9-over, 81. She started her round off with a double-bogey on No. 4, before posting three straight pars. However, Vance struggled bogeying seven of her next nine holes before paring five straight. She had 10 pars, seven bogeys and one double-bogey.

Redshirt junior Tori Glenn, competing individually, came back after two rounds in the 80's to fire a 4-over, 76 in the final round of the tournament, putting her tied for 65th at 24-over. Starting on No. 17 with a bogey, Glenn was 1-under over her next seven holes with birdies on No. 3 and the 471-yard, par 5 No. 6. After a par on No. 7 (355-yard, par 4), she would bogey four of her final nine holes. In total, she had two birdies, six bogeys and 10 pars.

UCLA's 15th-ranked Lilia Vu won the tournament among individuals, shooting 12-under par over three rounds. Vu had a 35-hole stretch from her first to third round in which she did not post a score worse than par. During that stretch she had 13 birdies.

"With continued work on putting and short game shot, this team will continue to grow and improve towards the postseason" said Kelly.

Next, Colorado will play in the Silverado Showdown at the Silverado Resort in Silicon Valley, Calif. from April 9-11. It will be the last tournament for the Buffs before Pac-12 Championships in Tucson, Ariz. from April 24-26.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
9	Esther Lee	71-73-73-217
T14	Brittany Fan	72-74-75-221
T18	Kirsty Hodgkins	74-75-74-223
T18	Robyn Choi	76-75-72-223
63	Gillian Vance	78-79-81-238
T65	Tori Glenn*	81-83-76-240
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
1	Lilia Vu, UCLA	67-66-71-204
2	Monica Vaughn, Arizona State	72-70-68-211
3	My Leander, San Jose State	77-65-70-212
4	Mariel Galdiano, UCLA	72-70-67-213
5	Olivia Mehaffey, Arizona State	71-72-73-215



TEAM SCORES
Rank	Team	Score
1	UCLA	291-281-280-852
2	Arizona State	297-283-289-869
3	San Jose State	293-292-292-877
4	COLORADO	293-297-294-884
5	Stanford	299-292-296-887
6	Fresno State	300-303-300-903

T7	Gonzaga	304-311-292-907
T7	UC Davis	307-302-298-907
9	Santa Clara	303-310-299-912
10	Mercer	310-305-299-914
11	Hawaii	307-305-306-918
12	Osaka Gakuin	316-308-317-941
13	Utah Valley	316-326-306-948
14	Seattle	325-314-312-951
15	Albany	328-318-319-965