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Buffs Drop To 11th At Pac-12 Championship
April 18, 2023 | Women's Golf
PHOENIX — The University of Colorado dropped one spot into 11th place after the second round of the 2023 Pac-12 Conference Women's Golf Championship, Tuesday, at the Papago Golf Club.
Colorado shot 10-over-par, 298, a one-more stroke than Monday's first round, to move to 19-over, 595 through 36 holes. The Buffaloes are one-shot back of No. 28 ranked UCLA which matched at Colorado 10-over, representing the high score for the field on the day.
No. 29 Arizona and No. 14 USC head into the final round of the Pac-12 Championship tied for the team lead at 8-under, 568. Top-ranked Stanford had the low second round at 4-under, 284, and is just three spots back of the leaders at 5-under. No. 9 Oregon is in fourth place at 2-under.
Starting off the back nine, Colorado had a slow start. The Buffaloes were 7-over for the first half of its round and had their struggles in the same spot as in round one. Colorado played holes No. 16 through No. 18 at 5-over. The Buffaloes dropped four strokes on those three holes in Monday's first round.
Colorado bounced back to play the front nine at 3-over, logging seven of the team's 10 birdies for that round on that side of the course.
Colorado's top three golfers through the second round all experienced adverse moments, but rebounded nicely. Morgan Miller, Natalie Vo and Haylin Harris each had a double bogey at some point in their round, only to bounce back immediately with multiple birdies.
Miller remains Colorado's leader through two rounds and is tied for 24th at 2-over, 146. She was 2-over on the day and was the first of the three Buffs to jump back from a rough stretch. Miller was 3-over through four holes following a double bogey at the 347-yard, par 4, No. 13. She erased that double immediately though with back-to-back birdies at No. 14 and No. 15.
Miller climbed back to even on the day following the turn with a birdie on the course's longest hole, the par 5 No. 1 playing at 532 yards. She remained even through the fifth, but dropped a shot on the next two holes before rounding out the day with a pair of pars.
Vo is tied for 27th overall, one shot back of Miller at 3-over, 147. Vo shot 2-over, 74, in the second round and had arguably the bumpiest ride to get there.
Vo started her round with six-straight pars, but ran into trouble toward the end of the back nine. She played No. 16 through the turn at No. 1 at 5-over, but rallied with birdies on three of the next four holes to get back to 2-over. Vo stayed even over her last four holes to finish off her round of 74.
Harris shot 4-over, 76, in the second round. She played the back nine at 2-over and had her rough stretch at the turn. Harris had back-to-back bogeys at No. 1 and No. 2 and settled for double bogey 5 on the par 3, No. 4. She immediately responded with a birdie on the short-par 4 at No. 5 (260 yards) and picked up another at the 378-yard, par 4, No. 7, to get back to 4-over.
Harris is tied for 40th overall at 6-over, 150.
Senior Issy Simpson had the "quiet" round of the group, but loud enough to tie Vo and Miller for the team-low, second round at 2-over, 74. Simpson made par on her first seven holes, before dropping a stroke at the long-par 3, No. 17 (214 yards). She got back to even after the turn with a birdie at No. 1. Simpson played her final eight holes at 2-over to secure her second-best round of the spring. She is tied for 44th overall at 8-over, 152.
Fifth-year senior Malak Bouraeda, playing in just her fifth round of the season, is in 54th place at 15-over, 159. She shaved three strokes off her round one score with a 6-over, 78 on Tuesday.
"We had some bounce back after a rough stretch of holes today so that was good to see," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "Unfortunately, we just didn't get any one at par or under. That's what it takes to compete; having a couple that can shoot even or under par.
"But we never gave up, they competed hard and fought. We need to eliminate a few more mistakes; less three putts and make some more birdies. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day and we can end our season on a positive note."
Stanford's Rose Zhang is the individual leader at 9-under, 135. Zhang shot 4-under, 68, in the second round and has a four-shot lead over USC's Catherine Park and Arizona's Carolina Melgrati, both at 5-under.
Colorado will pair with Washington State and UCLA once again in Wednesday's final round. The group will start off the back nine beginning at 9:26 a.m. MDT.
Colorado shot 10-over-par, 298, a one-more stroke than Monday's first round, to move to 19-over, 595 through 36 holes. The Buffaloes are one-shot back of No. 28 ranked UCLA which matched at Colorado 10-over, representing the high score for the field on the day.
No. 29 Arizona and No. 14 USC head into the final round of the Pac-12 Championship tied for the team lead at 8-under, 568. Top-ranked Stanford had the low second round at 4-under, 284, and is just three spots back of the leaders at 5-under. No. 9 Oregon is in fourth place at 2-under.
Starting off the back nine, Colorado had a slow start. The Buffaloes were 7-over for the first half of its round and had their struggles in the same spot as in round one. Colorado played holes No. 16 through No. 18 at 5-over. The Buffaloes dropped four strokes on those three holes in Monday's first round.
Colorado bounced back to play the front nine at 3-over, logging seven of the team's 10 birdies for that round on that side of the course.
Colorado's top three golfers through the second round all experienced adverse moments, but rebounded nicely. Morgan Miller, Natalie Vo and Haylin Harris each had a double bogey at some point in their round, only to bounce back immediately with multiple birdies.
Miller remains Colorado's leader through two rounds and is tied for 24th at 2-over, 146. She was 2-over on the day and was the first of the three Buffs to jump back from a rough stretch. Miller was 3-over through four holes following a double bogey at the 347-yard, par 4, No. 13. She erased that double immediately though with back-to-back birdies at No. 14 and No. 15.
Miller climbed back to even on the day following the turn with a birdie on the course's longest hole, the par 5 No. 1 playing at 532 yards. She remained even through the fifth, but dropped a shot on the next two holes before rounding out the day with a pair of pars.
Vo is tied for 27th overall, one shot back of Miller at 3-over, 147. Vo shot 2-over, 74, in the second round and had arguably the bumpiest ride to get there.
Vo started her round with six-straight pars, but ran into trouble toward the end of the back nine. She played No. 16 through the turn at No. 1 at 5-over, but rallied with birdies on three of the next four holes to get back to 2-over. Vo stayed even over her last four holes to finish off her round of 74.
Harris shot 4-over, 76, in the second round. She played the back nine at 2-over and had her rough stretch at the turn. Harris had back-to-back bogeys at No. 1 and No. 2 and settled for double bogey 5 on the par 3, No. 4. She immediately responded with a birdie on the short-par 4 at No. 5 (260 yards) and picked up another at the 378-yard, par 4, No. 7, to get back to 4-over.
Harris is tied for 40th overall at 6-over, 150.
Senior Issy Simpson had the "quiet" round of the group, but loud enough to tie Vo and Miller for the team-low, second round at 2-over, 74. Simpson made par on her first seven holes, before dropping a stroke at the long-par 3, No. 17 (214 yards). She got back to even after the turn with a birdie at No. 1. Simpson played her final eight holes at 2-over to secure her second-best round of the spring. She is tied for 44th overall at 8-over, 152.
Fifth-year senior Malak Bouraeda, playing in just her fifth round of the season, is in 54th place at 15-over, 159. She shaved three strokes off her round one score with a 6-over, 78 on Tuesday.
"We had some bounce back after a rough stretch of holes today so that was good to see," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "Unfortunately, we just didn't get any one at par or under. That's what it takes to compete; having a couple that can shoot even or under par.
"But we never gave up, they competed hard and fought. We need to eliminate a few more mistakes; less three putts and make some more birdies. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day and we can end our season on a positive note."
Stanford's Rose Zhang is the individual leader at 9-under, 135. Zhang shot 4-under, 68, in the second round and has a four-shot lead over USC's Catherine Park and Arizona's Carolina Melgrati, both at 5-under.
Colorado will pair with Washington State and UCLA once again in Wednesday's final round. The group will start off the back nine beginning at 9:26 a.m. MDT.
| BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| T24. | Morgan Miller | 72-74—146 (+2) | ||
| T27. | Natalie Vo | 73-74—147 (+3) | ||
| T40. | Haylin Harris | 74-76—150 (+6) | ||
| T44. | Issy Simpson | 78-74—152 (+8) | ||
| 54. | Malak Bouraeda | 81-78—159 (+15) | ||
| TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS | ||||
| Rank | Name | Score (To Par) | ||
| 1. | Rose Zhang, Stanford | 67-68—135 (-9) | ||
| T2. | Carolina Melgrati, Arizona | 68-71—139 (-5) | ||
| T2. | Catherine Park, USC | 69-70—139 (-5) | ||
| T4. | Ashley Menne, Arizona State | 70-71—141 (-3) | ||
| T4. | Annika Borrelli, California | 71-70—141 (-3) | ||
| T4. | Madelyn Gamble, Washington State | 71-70—141 (-3) | ||
| TEAM SCORES | ||||
| Rank | Team | Score (To Par) | ||
| T1. | Arizona | 282-286—568 (-8) | ||
| T1 | USC | 279-289—568 (-8) | ||
| 3. | Stanford | 287-284—571 (-5) | ||
| 4. | Oregon | 288-286—574 (-2) | ||
| 5. | Arizona State | 290-286—576 (E) | ||
| 6. | California | 288-293—581 (+5) | ||
| 7. | Oregon State | 292-291—583 (+7) | ||
| 8. | Washington | 294-291—585 (+9) | ||
| 9. | Washington State | 297-293—590 (+14) | ||
| 10. | UCLA | 296-298—594 (+18) | ||
| 11. | Colorado | 297-298—595 (+19) | ||
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