University of Oregon
Crooked Stick G.C.
Bristow & McCready Lift UO to Fourth in Indiana
04/10/07 | Women's Golf
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The No. 54-ranked University of Oregon women's golf team climbed six places into fourth place overall Tuesday in the final round of the Indiana Invitational, held at Crooked Stick Golf Course.
The Ducks carded a final round 296 – the second-lowest score of the round and tourney – to finish with a final combined score of 610 after they shot 314 in Monday's opening round in the Indiana University-hosted event.
UO's 296 score Tuesday was its lowest of the spring slate and second-lowest including the fall after its combined for a second-round 295 in the Stanford Intercollegiate last October on the par-71 Stanford Golf Course.
In the overall standings, No. 43 Michigan climbed three spots to win the team title (308-295-603) after it logged the best score of the invitational Tuesday (295). First-day leader and No. 23 Michigan State followed in second place (299-307-606), ahead of Illinois (third, 304-305-609) and Oregon (fourth, 314-296-610).
Other ranked teams in the field included No. 32 Northwestern (sixth, 311-303-614), No. 48 Indiana (ninth, 312-311-623) and No. 31 UNLV (15th-tie, 323-320-643).
Individually, Duck sophomore Cathryn Bristow and senior Kim McCready both shot final round scores of 70 to finish in ties for fourth (78-70-148) and sixth places (80-70-150), respectively.
On Tuesday, Bristow carded birdies on the par-4 third, the par-3 13th and 17th holes and had only one bogey on the par-3 third hole. McCready enjoyed a string of four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the par-4 10th, 12th and 14th holes and the par-3 13th hole, and her only bogeys came on the par-4 second and par-3 third holes.
McCready's appearance was her first in nearly two months after she missed the last two tournaments with a wrist injury. The Placerville, Calif., native also shot rounds of 70 in the first round of the Baja Classic that she won in early February (70-75-145), while last fall, she posted a school record four-under (67) in the Stanford Intercollegiate final round. Altogether during the fall and spring season, the former All-Pac-10 honorable mention selection has led UO in nine of her 16 rounds of duty.
Freshman Felicia Eastick followed in a tie for 13th place (75-77-152) – her second top-15 finish in as many tournaments – and UO's final scorer was junior Victoria Wenslow (60th, 71-70-161). UO freshman Kate Hildahl also played Tuesday and tied for 73rd overall (85-79-164).
Overall on the individual leaderboard, Seul Ki Park of Illinois held onto her first-day lead with her second straight even-par round (72-72-144), and won by five strokes over runners-up Rachel Meikle of Michigan State (74-73-147) and Noriko Kanakzaki of Notre Dame (75-72-147).
The tournament was supposed to feature three rounds altogether, but one round was cancelled Monday because of frigid temperatures.
Complete results are available in the link to the right or at the www.GolfStat.com website at the http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=851 URL link.
Looking ahead, Ducks have a week off before the Pac-10 Championships, Monday-Wednesday, April 23-25 at the Broadmoor Golf Course in Seattle, Wash. More information on that event will be available at the University of Washington's www.GoHuskies.com and Pac-10 Conference's www.Pac-10.org websites.
In last year's conference finale, then-senior Erin Andrews paced the Ducks all three rounds and landed her highest Pac-10 finish (15th-tie, 76-76-74). Other Ducks that played last year in the University of Arizona-hosted event at the Oro Valley Country Club included Bristow (40th, 81-83-75-239), Victoria Wenslow (43rd, 76-82-83-241), then-senior Michelle Timpani (44th, 81-80-81-242) and Therese Wenslow (48th, 85-81-82-248).
Overall in last year's Pac-10 Championships, UCLA survived a 301 final round to win by one stroke (291-287-301-879) over Arizona State who posted the top final round of the field (287-299-294-880). USC followed in third place (293-302-296-891), ahead of California (fourth, 296-298-302-896), Arizona (fifth, 301-308-298-907), Washington (sixth, 308-300-302-910), Stanford (seventh, 299-311-302-912), Oregon State (eighth, 307-298-315-920), Washington State (ninth, 300-315-313-928) and Oregon (10th, 314-319-312-945).
In the 2006 Pac-10 individual standings, Washington's Paige Mackenzie improved one spot the final day to win by four strokes with a 5-under 211 (71-71-69). Arizona State's Alissa Kuczka followed in second place (215, 71-73-71) after she entered the final round in sixth place, and beat UCLA's Tiffany Joh and California's Sophia Sheridan who tied for third place at 216.
SECOND ROUND FINAL RESULTS
Indiana Invitational
Crooked Stick Golf Course
Indianapolis, Ind.
Tue., April 10, 2007
Par 72, 5,938 yards
Team Results – 1, Michigan, 308-295-603. 2, Michigan State, 299-307-606. 3, Illinois, 304-305-609. 4, Oregon, 314-296-610. 5, Notre Dame, 310-302-612. 6, Northwestern, 311-303-614. 7t, Texas, 307-310-617. 7t, Western Michigan, 313-304-617. 9, Indiana, 312-311-623. 10, Iowa, 318-306-624. 11, Minnesota, 316-310-626. 12, Iowa State, 318-311-629. 13, Kentucky, 310-325-635. 14, Penn State, 327-312-639. 15t, UNLV, 323-320-643. 15t, Ball State, 315-328-643. 17, Illinois State, 322-325-647.
Individual Results – 1, Seul Ki Park, Illinois, 72-72-144. 2t, Rachel Meikle, Michigan State, 74-73-147. 2t, Noriko Nakazaki, Notre Dame, 75-72-147. 4t, Ashley Bauer, Michigan, 74-74-148. 4t, Cathryn Bristow, Oregon, 78-70-148. 6t, Kim McCready, Oregon, 80-70-150. 6t, Karly Pinder, Iowa State, 76-74-150. 6t, Ali Stinson, Michigan, 76-74-150. 9t, (four players tied).
Other Oregon Results – 13t, Felicia Eastick, 75-77-152. 60t, Victoria Wenslow, 81-80-161. 73t, Kate Hildahl, 85-79-164.
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