2008 Woodie Awards
Georgia women golfers in 11th after NCAA first day
Issue date: 5/21/08 Section: Sports
Georgia fired a 9-over 297 in the opening round of the NCAA Championships on Tuesday, leaving the No. 7-ranked Bulldogs tied for 11th and 13 shots off the lead.
Senior Garrett Phillips carded a 1-under 71 on the University of New Mexico's Championship Course to lead Georgia, with the Bulldogs also counting pair of 75s from Mallory Hetzel and Innapha Tantanavivat as well as a 76 from Krystle Caithiness. Carolina Andrade shot 77.
"Garrett played pretty strongly and everyone else fought hard," head coach Kelley Hester said. "We made up a little ground with some birdies coming in, but overall we didn't take advantage of the holes you have the chance to make birdies on."
Phillips bogeyed No. 12 but immediately gained that stroke back with a birdie at No. 13. After six straight pars to turn at even, Phillips birdied No. 1 and then posted pars on the final eight holes.
Southern Cal grabbed the first-round lead after posting a 4-under 284. The Women of Troy lead Auburn and UCLA by five strokes. Arizona State is tied for third at 290, with just five strokes then separating the teams in fifth-17th places.
"We kept ourselves in contention and hopefully we can move up the leaderboard over the next couple of days," Hester said. "It would've been nice to fire it up and go super low, but if you're not going to do that, you certainly want to stay within striking distance. We didn't hurt ourselves too bad, but we'll look to play better tomorrow."
Nannette Hill of Wake Forest is atop the individual leaderboard equaling the course record with a 5-under 67. UCLA's Sydney Michaels, Southern Cal's Belen Mozo, New Mexico's Alexandra Phelps, Arizona State's Azahara Munoz and Auburn's Candace Schepperle all are tied for second at 3-under.
Tuesday's First-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Southern Cal 284
Auburn 289
UCLA 289
Arizona State 290
Denver 293
Wake Forest 293
Oklahoma State 294
Texas A&M 295
Virginia 296
Alabama 296
Georgia 297
Tulsa 297
TCU 298
Texas 298
UC Davis 298
Arkansas 298
Purdue 298
Duke 299
LSU 300
Florida 301
South Carolina 306
Arizona 307
Furman 312
UNLV 314
Individual Leaderboard
Nannette Hill, Wake Forest 67
Azahara Munoz, Arizona St. 69
Sydnee Michaels, UCLA 69
Belen Mozo, Southern Cal 69
Alexandra Phelps, New Mexico 69
Candace Schepperle, Auburn 69
Lene Krog, Virginia 70
Paola Moreno, Southern Cal 70
Garrett Phillips, Georgia 71
Jennie Arsenault, Virginia 71
Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M 71
Stephanie Sherlock, Denver 71
Margaret Shirley, Auburn 71
Camilla Lennarth, Alabama 71
Additional Georgia Scores
T53. Mallory Hetzel 75
T53. Innapha Tantanavivat 75
T68. Krystle Caithness 76
T85. Carolina Andrade 77
Senior Garrett Phillips carded a 1-under 71 on the University of New Mexico's Championship Course to lead Georgia, with the Bulldogs also counting pair of 75s from Mallory Hetzel and Innapha Tantanavivat as well as a 76 from Krystle Caithiness. Carolina Andrade shot 77.
"Garrett played pretty strongly and everyone else fought hard," head coach Kelley Hester said. "We made up a little ground with some birdies coming in, but overall we didn't take advantage of the holes you have the chance to make birdies on."
Phillips bogeyed No. 12 but immediately gained that stroke back with a birdie at No. 13. After six straight pars to turn at even, Phillips birdied No. 1 and then posted pars on the final eight holes.
Southern Cal grabbed the first-round lead after posting a 4-under 284. The Women of Troy lead Auburn and UCLA by five strokes. Arizona State is tied for third at 290, with just five strokes then separating the teams in fifth-17th places.
"We kept ourselves in contention and hopefully we can move up the leaderboard over the next couple of days," Hester said. "It would've been nice to fire it up and go super low, but if you're not going to do that, you certainly want to stay within striking distance. We didn't hurt ourselves too bad, but we'll look to play better tomorrow."
Nannette Hill of Wake Forest is atop the individual leaderboard equaling the course record with a 5-under 67. UCLA's Sydney Michaels, Southern Cal's Belen Mozo, New Mexico's Alexandra Phelps, Arizona State's Azahara Munoz and Auburn's Candace Schepperle all are tied for second at 3-under.
Tuesday's First-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Southern Cal 284
Auburn 289
UCLA 289
Arizona State 290
Denver 293
Wake Forest 293
Oklahoma State 294
Texas A&M 295
Virginia 296
Alabama 296
Georgia 297
Tulsa 297
TCU 298
Texas 298
UC Davis 298
Arkansas 298
Purdue 298
Duke 299
LSU 300
Florida 301
South Carolina 306
Arizona 307
Furman 312
UNLV 314
Individual Leaderboard
Nannette Hill, Wake Forest 67
Azahara Munoz, Arizona St. 69
Sydnee Michaels, UCLA 69
Belen Mozo, Southern Cal 69
Alexandra Phelps, New Mexico 69
Candace Schepperle, Auburn 69
Lene Krog, Virginia 70
Paola Moreno, Southern Cal 70
Garrett Phillips, Georgia 71
Jennie Arsenault, Virginia 71
Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M 71
Stephanie Sherlock, Denver 71
Margaret Shirley, Auburn 71
Camilla Lennarth, Alabama 71
Additional Georgia Scores
T53. Mallory Hetzel 75
T53. Innapha Tantanavivat 75
T68. Krystle Caithness 76
T85. Carolina Andrade 77
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