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Haylin Harris shot a season-best 69 in the final round.
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Colorado Places 10th At The Jim West Challenge
October 24, 2022 | Women's Golf
SAN MARCOS, Texas — The University of Colorado women's golf team had its best of three rounds at the Jim West Challenge, but dropped one spot in the standings to finish 10th at 15-over-par, 879, on Monday at the Kissing Tree Golf Club.
Monday's round of 3-over, 291, was Colorado's third best in relation to par of the fall season, but was only the ninth best of the day in the field. Oklahoma State won the team title at 9-under, 855, two strokes better than SMU at 7-under.
Colorado got off to a great start. Beginning the round between tees No. 16 and 18 with the shotgun start, the Buffaloes combined for six birdies on those first three holes. Colorado continued to have success early, playing the first four holes of the front nine at 3-under, moving up to the fifth-place range at the mid-point of the round.
"We started out well this morning, we were 7-under for quite a while, but then ran into some trouble," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "The finish is not what we wanted, but the team continues to learn and we'll keep working to improve."
The Buffaloes begin to slide toward the turn. While Colorado was able to avoid the big numbers – only one hole higher than bogey in the entire round – the Buffaloes were held without a birdie on a nine-hole stretch beginning at No. 5 and unable to climb in the standings.
Sophomore Lauren Gooding was Colorado's top finisher, tying for 11th place overall at 2-under. After a pair of even rounds on Sunday, Gooding birdied the two par-4s out of the gate at No. 16 and No. 18 to quickly get to 2-under. She had a pair of bogeys later in the round, but in each instance answered with a birdie on the next hole to shoot 70 and solidify her third top 20 finish in four fall tournaments.
Gooding's 54-hole total of 214 is her collegiate best and is Colorado's low tournament for this fall season.
Graduate Haylin Harris and sophomore Natalie Vo tied for 43rd overall at 7-over, 223. Harris had Colorado's best single round of the tournament on Monday at 3-under, 69.
Shaking off a pair of 77s in the first two rounds, Harris birdied the first three, and four of her first five holes to vault to 4-under on the day. She fell back to 1-under with three bogeys in a six-hole stretch straddling the turn, but rallied with birdies at the 125-yard, par-3, No. 15 and the 473-yard, par-5, No. 17, to cement Colorado's third sub-70 round of the fall.
Vo shot 3-over, 75, in the final round. She had birdies on the par-4s at No. 18 and No. 1, but couldn't get much else going. She stayed at 2-under through seven holes, but had a stretch of four bogeys over five holes on the back to finish tied for Colorado's second spot with Harris.
"Lauren played an excellent round and tying for 11th in this tournament is very good," Kelly said. "Haylin also made a nice comeback today shooting 3-under."
Senior Issy Simpson tied for 55th overall at 9-over, 225, after shooting a 79 in the final round. Freshman Morgan Miller finished tied for 60th at 11-over, 227.
Tulane's Carla Bernat and Houston's Moa Svedenskiold shared medalist honors at 8-under, 208.
Colorado will wrap up its fall schedule next week with the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea Country Club in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i, Oct. 31 through Nov. 2.
Monday's round of 3-over, 291, was Colorado's third best in relation to par of the fall season, but was only the ninth best of the day in the field. Oklahoma State won the team title at 9-under, 855, two strokes better than SMU at 7-under.
Colorado got off to a great start. Beginning the round between tees No. 16 and 18 with the shotgun start, the Buffaloes combined for six birdies on those first three holes. Colorado continued to have success early, playing the first four holes of the front nine at 3-under, moving up to the fifth-place range at the mid-point of the round.
"We started out well this morning, we were 7-under for quite a while, but then ran into some trouble," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "The finish is not what we wanted, but the team continues to learn and we'll keep working to improve."
The Buffaloes begin to slide toward the turn. While Colorado was able to avoid the big numbers – only one hole higher than bogey in the entire round – the Buffaloes were held without a birdie on a nine-hole stretch beginning at No. 5 and unable to climb in the standings.
Sophomore Lauren Gooding was Colorado's top finisher, tying for 11th place overall at 2-under. After a pair of even rounds on Sunday, Gooding birdied the two par-4s out of the gate at No. 16 and No. 18 to quickly get to 2-under. She had a pair of bogeys later in the round, but in each instance answered with a birdie on the next hole to shoot 70 and solidify her third top 20 finish in four fall tournaments.
Gooding's 54-hole total of 214 is her collegiate best and is Colorado's low tournament for this fall season.
Graduate Haylin Harris and sophomore Natalie Vo tied for 43rd overall at 7-over, 223. Harris had Colorado's best single round of the tournament on Monday at 3-under, 69.
Shaking off a pair of 77s in the first two rounds, Harris birdied the first three, and four of her first five holes to vault to 4-under on the day. She fell back to 1-under with three bogeys in a six-hole stretch straddling the turn, but rallied with birdies at the 125-yard, par-3, No. 15 and the 473-yard, par-5, No. 17, to cement Colorado's third sub-70 round of the fall.
Vo shot 3-over, 75, in the final round. She had birdies on the par-4s at No. 18 and No. 1, but couldn't get much else going. She stayed at 2-under through seven holes, but had a stretch of four bogeys over five holes on the back to finish tied for Colorado's second spot with Harris.
"Lauren played an excellent round and tying for 11th in this tournament is very good," Kelly said. "Haylin also made a nice comeback today shooting 3-under."
Senior Issy Simpson tied for 55th overall at 9-over, 225, after shooting a 79 in the final round. Freshman Morgan Miller finished tied for 60th at 11-over, 227.
Tulane's Carla Bernat and Houston's Moa Svedenskiold shared medalist honors at 8-under, 208.
Colorado will wrap up its fall schedule next week with the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea Country Club in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i, Oct. 31 through Nov. 2.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T11. | Lauren Gooding | 72-72-70—214 (-2) | ||
| T43. | Natalie Vo | 71-77-75—223 (+7) | ||
| T43. | Haylin Harris | 77-77-69—223 (+7) | ||
| T55. | Issy Simpson | 75-71-79—225 (+9) | ||
| T60. | Morgan Miller | 75-75-77—227 (+11) | ||
| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T1. | Carla Bernat, Tulane | 70-73-65—208 (-8) | ||
| T1. | Moa Svedenskiold, Houston | 72-68-68—208 (-8) | ||
| 3. | Caitlyn Macnab, TCU | 66-72-71—209 (-7) | ||
| T4. | Mikhaela Fortuna, Oklahoma | 71-70-70—211 (-5) | ||
| T4. | Mackenzie Lee, SMU | 73-67-71—211 (-5) | ||
| T4. | Grace Kilcrease, Tulsa | 68-71-72—211 (-5) | ||
| TEAM SCORES | ||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||
| 1. | Oklahoma State | 285-282-288—855 (-9) | ||
| 2. | SMU | 294-280-283—857 (-7) | ||
| 3. | Houston | 293-284-284—861 (-3) | ||
| 4. | Texas Tech | 291-288-284—863 (-1) | ||
| 5. | Tulane | 292-292-281—865 (+1) | ||
| 6. | Tulsa | 292-284-291—867 (+3) | ||
| T7. | Ohio State | 293-295-281—869 (+5) | ||
| T7. | TCU | 294-286-289—869 (+5) | ||
| 9. | Oklahoma | 294-287-292—873 (+9) | ||
| 10 | Colorado | 293-295-291—879 (+15) | ||
| 11. | UNLV | 293-302-288—883 (+19) | ||
| 12. | Texas State | 306-288-291—885 (+21) | ||
| 13. | New Mexico | 295-298-295—888 (+24) | ||
| 14. | UTSA | 301-301-291—893 (+29) | ||
| 15. | Missouri | 308-300-296—904 (+40) | ||
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