Oct. 3, 2000
Waco, Texas - The University of Missouri women's golf team gained six strokes on the field in today's final round of play at the Big 12 Fall Preview, and charged into second place as the tournament wrapped up today at Ridgewood Country Club, in Waco, Texas.
Missouri entered today's final round in fourth place, but Tom Loyd's squad shot the best final round of any school, with a 292. That left the Tigers with a three-round team score of 899, just four shots back of champion Oklahoma State, which won with an 895 total. The 2nd-place finish represented MU's best ever in the tournament, and was up from a 5th-place showing last fall. MU finished ahead of three schools which were ranked in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin top-25 poll, besting No. 8 Texas, No. 21 Oklahoma and No. 24 Nebraska.
Senior Amelia Moses (Coronationville, South Africa) fired a one-under par 71 in today's final round to tie with Melanie Hunt of Texas Tech for the individual lead after regulation. The two squared off in a sudden-death playoff, and Hunt claimed medallist honors when she parred the par-four hole No. 1, while Moses, the reigning Big 12 Champion, bogeyed to end up second.
Fellow senior Jamie Tucker (Eureka, Mo.) was also in the hunt, as she finished tied for fourth place, with a three-round total of 222. Tucker shot rounds of 75-72-75 to notch her highest finish of the fall season.
Sophomore Elin Ohlsson (Vetlanda, Sweden) was next up for the Tigers, as she tied for 21st place overall, with a 230 total. She shot an even-par 72 in today's final round, which represented her collegiate best.
Junior Nisha Sadekar (Aurora, Ontario), freshman Tara Jacobsen and senior Jill Rosen (Springfield, Mo.) rounded out the Tiger competitors at the tournament. Sadekar tied for 37th place with a three-round score of 235. Jacobsen tied for 54th place with a 246 score, while Rosen, who competed unattached, finished in 62nd place, with a total of 251.
Next up for the Tigers is the Shootout at the Legends, to be held Oct. 9-10 in Franklin, Ind.
TEAM STANDINGS Pl Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1 Oklahoma State 300 296 299 895 2 MISSOURI 306 301 292 899 3 Texas 306 298 300 904 Oklahoma 299 300 305 904 5 Baylor 304 307 298 909 6 Texas Tech 300 307 303 910 7 Texas A&M 309 302 306 917 8 Iowa State 303 305 315 923 9 Kansas State 319 298 313 930 10 Nebraska 315 315 310 940 11 Colorado 300 337 316 953 12 Kansas 329 324 316 969INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Pl Player (School) 1st 2nd 3rd Tot #1 Melanie Hunt (TT) 72 72 73 216 2 Amelia Moses (MU) 71 74 71 216 Maria Boden (OSU) 73 74 72 219 4 Jamie Tucker (MU) 75 72 75 222 Lisa Meshke (ISU) 74 70 78 222 Michaelyn Morgan (BU) 77 75 70 222 21 Elin Ohlsson (MU) 81 77 72 230 37 Nisha Sadekar (MU) 83 78 74 235 54 Tara Jacobsen (MU) 79 87 80 246 62 *Jill Rosen (MU) 81 88 82 251
#-Won sudden-death playoff *-Competed as an individual