Women's Golf Finishes Second at Chip-N Club Invite
9/17/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Sept. 17, 2002
Lincoln, Neb. - The University of Missouri women's golf team put up a third-round team-best score of 299 on Tuesday to climb from sixth to second on the final day of the Chip-N Club Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. The Tigers finished the tourney only three strokes behind tourney champion Iowa State (914) and two strokes ahead of third-place Kansas State.
Four Tigers placed in the top 17 of the tournament, a trend that Coach Stephanie Cooper hopes will continue as the season and the team progresses.
"Coming from sixth after the first two rounds and moving into second today says a lot about the character and competitive spirit that exists on this team," Cooper said. "We played well for it being our first tournament of the year and we hope the improvements we made the past two days are signs of thing to come."
Senior Elin Ohlsson maintained her amazingly consistent play, as she carded a final-round total of 75 finishing with a three-day total of 221 (74-72-75) tying her for third, just two strokes off of the winning pace set by Nebraska's Sarah Sasse. Sophomore Mindy Bullard, who competed in the tournament unattached, finished the tournament tied for 10th with a three-round total of 230 (74-78-78).
Martinsville, Ind., native and freshman Stephanie Turner wrapped up an impressive first tournament finishing in a tie for 12th with a total of 231 (75-76-80). Freshman Kelli Strubinger also had a great first outing tying for 17th with a three-round tally of 233 (78-79-76) shooting her best round of the tourney today. Freshman Denise Knaebel wrapped up the Tiger scoring with a 49th place finish and two- day total of 244.
However, the round of the day belonged to sophomore Maria Ohlsson, who had been disqualified earlier in the tournament for failure to sign her scorecard after the first round yesterday. Ohlsson was on fire on Tuesday carding four straight birdies on holes six, seven, eight and nine and seven birdies on the round to shoot a tournament-low 68 on the day. The round was Ohlsson's first under 70 in her career during a tournament. Next up for the Tigers will be a trip to Mason Rudolph Golf Championship in Nashville, Tenn., next Monday and Tuesday. For more information on Tiger Women's Golf, log on to www.mutigers.com.
TEAM STANDINGS Pl Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total 1 Iowa State 308 300 306 914 2 Missouri 309 309 299 917 3 Kansas State 311 304 304 919 4 Nebraska 310 305 307 922 5 ARLU 312 304 309 925 6 Colorado State 296 311 319 926 Denver 309 312 305 926 8 Kansas 319 310 309 938 9 Toledo 322 320 307 949 10 Wichita State 324 312 318 954 11 Northern Iowa 322 322 328 972 12 Nebraska-Omaha 318 329 329 976 13 UMKC 325 337 332 994 14 Creighton 340 348 337 1025
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Pl Player (School) 1st 2nd 3rd Tot 1 Sara Sasse (NU) 69 76 74 219 2 Louise Kenny (ISU) 73 74 73 220 3 Laura Wells (ISU) 75 72 74 221 Christine Boucher (KSU) 75 72 74 221 Elin Ohlsson (MU) 74 72 75 221 10 * Mindy Bullard (MU) 74 78 78 230 12 Stephanie Turner (MU) 75 76 80 231 17 Kelli Strubinger (MU) 78 79 76 233 49 Denise Knaebel (MU) 82 82 80 244 DQ Maria Ohlsson (MU) DQ 86 68
* Bullard did not qualify for the tournament in the Tiger's pre-tournament qualifying rounds.
