Buffs in 10th After Strong Winds at NCAA Columbus Regional

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Buffs in 10th After Strong Winds at NCAA Columbus Regional

May 08, 2017 | Women's Golf

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By: Maggie Still, Assistant SID

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Colorado women's golf team is in 10^th place after shooting 25-over par 313 in the opening round of the NCAA Columbus Regional here Monday afternoon.

The 20^th-ranked Buffaloes fought against considerable wind conditions to stay in the top 10 after a slow start. Colorado started the morning on the No. 1 tee, struggled with some big numbers on the front nine. A steady wind and frost delay made the par 72 course play even longer than its already tough distance of 6,416 yards.

"Rough day for our team. Tough conditions," head coach Anne Kelly said "We didn't have our best stuff today, but the good news was Robyn [Choi] really finished strong. Brittany also played the back nine well. Although we didn't play well we still have a chance. We just have to play hard the next few days."

With the tough conditions, no team shot under par as No. 4 ranked Florida holds the lead with a 9-over 297. Florida State sits in second place at 11-over 299 while Purdue and Ohio State are tied for third at 14-over 302. Texas A&M rounds out the top-5 carding a 20-over 308.

Freshman Robyn Choi paced the Buffaloes in the first round, shooting a 3-over 75 and finds herself tied for 12th in the standings. Choi made nine pars and a team high three birdies against six bogeys. Just like the rest of the team, Choi struggled a little on the front nine recording five of her bogeys, but on hole No. 9 Choi dropped a birdie which set up her nicely for a strong back nine. She fired off four straight pars and a birdie to begin her back nine and stayed steady to finish her back nine at 1-under.

Brittany Fan had the second lowest round for the Buffs. She is in with at 5-over 77 after the first 18 holes. Fan began the day carding five pars on the front nine to four bogeys to finish 4-over. Fan settled in as she usually does to fire out seven pars on the back nine to finish at only 1-over. She currently has the third most pars among the strong field with 13. Fan is currently sitting tied for 22^nd.

Freshman Kirsty Hodgkins recorded an 8-over par, 80 in round one as she shot plus five on the front nine and finished with plus three on the back. A quick birdie to start the back nine looked to kick-start Holdgkins, but she couldn't hold on as she followed it with a bogey. Hodgkins collected nine bogeys against eight pars and one birdie. She currently sits tied for 52^nd overall.

Senior Esther Lee struggled a little more than usual in the opening round as she carded a 9-over par 81 and sits tied for 65^th. Lee fought hard to bounce back and hit a birdie on hole No. 13 to turn it around but then followed it by an unfortunate double bogey as she went up plus eight.

Lauryn Keating fought through a tough day of strong winds to finish at 18-over par 90 and is sitting in 94^th overall. Keating carded five bogeys and a double in the front nine to finish at 7-over and fought hard against the conditions but struggled more on the back nine. She added two double bogeys and a triple to finish the back nine at 11-over par.

Individually Purdue's Marta Martin Garcia sits in first place as the only golfer to shoot under par at 2-under 70. Gabby Curtis of Wisconsin and Morgane Metraux of Florida State are tied for second carding an even-par 72. The trio of Maddie Szeryk (Texas A&M), Jaclyn Lee (Ohio State) and Marta Perez (Florida) are all tied for fourth place with a 1-over 73.

The NCAA Regional continues Tuesday with the second round. The Buffs will tee-off from the first hole and are paired with Louisville and Wisconsin. Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS

T22	Brittany Fan	77
T65	Esther Lee	81
T12	Robyn Choi	75
T52	Kirsty Hodgkins	80
94	Lauryn Keating	90

TOP INDIVIDUALS

1	Marta Martin Garcia, Purdue	70
T2	Gabby Curtis, Wisconsin	72
T2	Morgane Metraux, Florida State	72
T4	Maddie Szeryk, Texas A&M	73
T4	Jaclyn Lee, Ohio State	73
T4	Marta Perez, Florida	73

TEAM STANDINGS

1	Florida	297
2	Florida State	299
T3	Purdue	302
T3	Ohio State	302
5	Texas A&M	308
T6	Arkansas	309
T6	South Carolina	309
8	San Jose State	310
9	Michigan	312
10	COLORADO	313
T11	Louisville	314
T11	Wisconsin	314
13	Delaware	320
14	Houston	323
15	Missouri State	324
16	Kentucky	326
17	Old Dominion	327
18	Cleveland State	340