Tuesday, November 1
Kailua Kona, Hawaii
All Day
Colorado
vs
Second Round
Photo by: Tony Harman
November 01, 2022 | Women's Golf
KAILUA KONA, Hawai'i — The University of Colorado women's golf team maintained its spot in ninth place after two rounds of the 2022 Pac-12 Preview played at the Nanea Country Club on Tuesday.
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The Buffaloes were 17-over-par, 309, on the day to stay in the ninth position at 23-over, 607 through two rounds.
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Higher scorers were the norm for the field on the 6,449-yard par 73 Nanea Course. Tougher hole placements and increasing winds during the later portion of the day had the field playing two-plus strokes higher than Monday's first round.
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Top-ranked Stanford, at 14-under, 570, has a nine-stroke lead over No. 6 Oregon (-5, 579) after 36-holes. The Cardinal and Ducks were the only two teams in the red in the second round, both at 1-under. Eight of the 12 teams in the field were double-digits over par.
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Colorado caught a bit of bad luck in the scoring. The Buffaloes would have been four-strokes better, but freshman Morgan Miller signed an incorrect card, an error she acknowledged herself, which erased a 78, the team's fourth-best round of the day. Instead, Colorado had to count its fifth score, an 82 by junior Hailey Schalk.
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The scoring change didn't change Colorado's spot in the standings. The Buffaloes still would have been ninth after the day, but are now nine strokes behind eighth-place Oregon State instead of five.
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"Rough day for our team," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We had stretches of good holes, but too many big numbers. Unfortunately, Morgan Miller signed an incorrect card; she signed for a score on No. 10 that was lower than her actual score."
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Sophomore Natalie Vo leads Colorado after two rounds, tied for 15th at 1-over, 147. Vo shot the Buffaloes' first sub-par round of the tournament, with a 1-under, 72. She birdied her first hole, at the 464-yard, par-5, No. 13, with the shotgun start. Vo made her way to 3-under with birdies at the 342-yard, par-4, No. 2 and the 466-yard, par-5, No. 4. She fell back to even with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch at the end of the front nine, but got back into the red with her fourth birdie of the day at No. 10.
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"Natalie was our bright spot today," Kelly said. "She played a very solid round of golf, especially toward the end when the wind really picked up on the final six or seven holes."
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Senior Issy Simpson is tied for 40th at 8-over, 154, after back-to-back rounds of 77. Lauren Gooding is tied for 54th at 13-over, 159, shaving off three strokes from her first round with a 78 on Tuesday. Schalk is tied for 43rd at 12-over, 155.
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Stanford's Rose Zhang is the Pac-12 Preview leader after 36 holes at 9-under, 137, two shots better than Oregon's Ashleigh Park.
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Colorado will pair with Washington, Washington State and Hawai'i in the final round, set for a shotgun start on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. MT. The four teams will begin between holes No. 11 and No. 15.
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The Buffaloes were 17-over-par, 309, on the day to stay in the ninth position at 23-over, 607 through two rounds.
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Higher scorers were the norm for the field on the 6,449-yard par 73 Nanea Course. Tougher hole placements and increasing winds during the later portion of the day had the field playing two-plus strokes higher than Monday's first round.
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Top-ranked Stanford, at 14-under, 570, has a nine-stroke lead over No. 6 Oregon (-5, 579) after 36-holes. The Cardinal and Ducks were the only two teams in the red in the second round, both at 1-under. Eight of the 12 teams in the field were double-digits over par.
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Colorado caught a bit of bad luck in the scoring. The Buffaloes would have been four-strokes better, but freshman Morgan Miller signed an incorrect card, an error she acknowledged herself, which erased a 78, the team's fourth-best round of the day. Instead, Colorado had to count its fifth score, an 82 by junior Hailey Schalk.
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The scoring change didn't change Colorado's spot in the standings. The Buffaloes still would have been ninth after the day, but are now nine strokes behind eighth-place Oregon State instead of five.
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"Rough day for our team," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We had stretches of good holes, but too many big numbers. Unfortunately, Morgan Miller signed an incorrect card; she signed for a score on No. 10 that was lower than her actual score."
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Sophomore Natalie Vo leads Colorado after two rounds, tied for 15th at 1-over, 147. Vo shot the Buffaloes' first sub-par round of the tournament, with a 1-under, 72. She birdied her first hole, at the 464-yard, par-5, No. 13, with the shotgun start. Vo made her way to 3-under with birdies at the 342-yard, par-4, No. 2 and the 466-yard, par-5, No. 4. She fell back to even with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch at the end of the front nine, but got back into the red with her fourth birdie of the day at No. 10.
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"Natalie was our bright spot today," Kelly said. "She played a very solid round of golf, especially toward the end when the wind really picked up on the final six or seven holes."
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Senior Issy Simpson is tied for 40th at 8-over, 154, after back-to-back rounds of 77. Lauren Gooding is tied for 54th at 13-over, 159, shaving off three strokes from her first round with a 78 on Tuesday. Schalk is tied for 43rd at 12-over, 155.
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Stanford's Rose Zhang is the Pac-12 Preview leader after 36 holes at 9-under, 137, two shots better than Oregon's Ashleigh Park.
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Colorado will pair with Washington, Washington State and Hawai'i in the final round, set for a shotgun start on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. MT. The four teams will begin between holes No. 11 and No. 15.
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| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T15. | Natalie Vo | 75-72—147 (+1) | ||
| T40. | Issy Simpson | 77-77—154 (+8) | ||
| T43. | Hailey Schalk | 73-82—155 (+9) | ||
| T54. | Lauren Gooding | 81-78—159 (+13) | ||
| 60. | Morgan Miller | 73-DQ | ||
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| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| 1. | Rose Zhang, Stanford | 67-70—137 (-9) | ||
| 2. | Ashleigh Park, Oregon | 70-69—139 (-7) | ||
| T3. | Gile Bite Starkute, Arizona | 70-70—140 (-6) | ||
| T3. | Zoe Campos, UCLA | 69-71—140 (-6) | ||
| 5. | Grace Summerhays, Arizona State | 68-74—142 (-4) | ||
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| TEAM SCORES | ||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||
| 1. | Stanford | 279-291—570 (-14) | ||
| 2. | Oregon | 288-291—579 (-5) | ||
| 3. | Arizona | 280-300—580 (-4) | ||
| 4. | Arizona State | 275-311—586 (+2) | ||
| 5. | California | 283-304—587 (+3) | ||
| 6. | UCLA | 285-305—590 (+6) | ||
| 7. | USC | 296-297—593 (+9) | ||
| 8. | Oregon State | 291-307—598 (+14) | ||
| 9. | Colorado | 298-309—607 (+23) | ||
| T10. | Washington | 307-303—610 (+26) | ||
| T10. | Washington State | 305-305—610 (+26) | ||
| 12 | Hawai'i | 302-312—614 (+30) | ||
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