TEMPE -- Going as low as 5-under during her round, BYU sophomore Carrie Summerhays eventually turned in a 2-under-par 70 Friday as the Cougars posted a 312 team score in the second round of the NCAA Women's Golf West Regional.
The Cougars are now in 22nd place with a two-day total of 622. BYU coach Gary Howard's 48th-ranked team will need to make up 20 strokes in Saturday's final round to qualify for nationals but his top player, Summerhays, is tied for eighth and in position to earn an individual berth.
Summerhays started her day on the back nine and made the turn at four-under with birdies on holes 10, 14, 15 and 18. A 4-foot birdie on the fourth hole dropped her score to a sizzling five-under before she suffered three straight bogeys. She three-putted the par-5 fifth hole after hitting into a deep grass bunker and then missed the green on the back-to-back par 3s at six and seven.
"I didn't go with my first instinct and second guessed myself," Summerhays said regarding the bogeyed holes. "I bogeyed the par 3s because I hit the wrong club. I wasn't worried about how I'd finish (the final two holes) -- I was just a little frustrated."
Summerhays just missed her birdie putt on eight before coming in with a par on nine to record her 2-under score. Teammate Adrianne Gibby was the only other Cougar to score in the 70s with a 5-over-par 77. Summer Pierce posted an 82, followed by Nicole Parry with an 83 and Jessica Gardner with an 86. Parry and Gardner were poised to turn in 80 score cards before finding trouble on the final hole.
"We started out tentative on the first five holes but we stabilized things and played well before we got into some trouble on the final hole," BYU coach Gary Howard said. "Carrie and Adrianne carried us. Carrie really put us on her back and carried us today."
Top-ranked Arizona overtook first place with a 4-under-par 284 for a 580 total. San Jose State is second at 589, followed by USC at 593, Stanford at 594 and Pepperdine at 595. Individually, Miriam Nagl of Arizona State leads with a 71-68--139, followed by Robecka Heinmert of San Jose State and Candie Kung of USC at 140. Kung fired the best round of the tournament with a 7-under 65 Friday.
Following Saturday's final round, the top 13 teams and three individuals not on a qualifying team will advance to the NCAA Championships.
Team Scores1. Arizona 296-284--580
2. San Jose State 303-286--589
3. USC 308-285--593
4. Stanford 297-297--594
5. Pepperdine 302-293--595
6. Arizona State 299-298--597
T7. New Mexico State 301-297--598
TCU 305-293--598
9. Tulsa 294-305--599
T10.Nebraska 298-302--600
Oregon 303-297--600
T12.Oklahoma 301-301--602
Texas 298-304--602
14. UCLA 307-298--605
15. Oklahoma State 307-301--608
16. Missouri 314-298--612
17. Texas Tech 306-307--613
18. Baylor 309-308--617
19. Washington 321-298--619
T20.California 315-306--621
New Mexico 318-303--621
22. BYU 310-312--622
23. Oregon State 320-304--624
24. Washington State 317-312--629
BYU Scores
Carrie Summerhays 75-70--145
Adrianne Gibby 78-77--155
Summer Pierce 77-82--159
Jessica Gardner 80-86--166
Nicole Parry 84-83--167
BYU's women's golf team travels to Tempe, Arizona to compete in the 2000 NCAA West Regional on May 11-13 at Karsten Golf Course. The Cougars are one of 24 teams competing for 11 spots on the NCAA Championships invitation list. The west region is by far the most difficult region in the country with seven out of the top ten teams from that region including No. 1 Arizona. BYU has qualified for the NCAA West Regional in seven out of the last eight years including an 11th-place finish in 1993.
Last year the Cougars just missed qualifying, but in 1998 BYU placed 20th overall. BYU is led by Sophomore Carrie Summerhays, who has been the low Cougar in every tournament this season. The Cougars are ranked No. 48 in the country and have fared well against some of the ranked opponents who they will face in the NCAA West Regional. In tournaments this season BYU has beaten No. 22 Oklahoma, No. 27 Nebraska, No. 45 Oregon State and No. 49 Washington State.
The Cougars, who have played well during their last three tournaments, hope to continue their current momentum. BYU won the Mike Farrell Invitational in Ogden on May 2 and placed second at the Mountain West Championships behind No. 16 New Mexico. BYU was one of two teams from the Mountain West Conference to qualify for the West Regional, while all ten of the PAC-10 conference schools qualified.
Carrie Summerhays easily won the Mike Farrell Invitational and set a new tournament record with her two-round 144. This was her second tournament victory of the season and her fourth career victory. This puts Summerhays in second place in career victories at BYU behind Pam Miller who won six tournaments during her career in the early 1980s. Summerhays came very close to collecting her fifth career victory at the MWC Championships, but narrowly missed after Wyoming's Jordan Lintz shot a sizzling final round 71 to slip past Summerhays. Summerhays, the daughter of Bruce Summerhays a current Pro on the PGA Senior Tour, has placed in the top ten in seven out of the Cougars eleven tournaments this season.
Summerhays earned Co-Mountain West Player of the Year honors with Ryley Webb of New Mexico. She was also named to the All-Conference team for the second year in a row. Summerhays has also been invited to represent the U.S. in the upcoming 2000 U.S./Japan Matches in Japan on June 25-July 1. Summerhays was one of four female amateur golfers from the U. S. to be selected to this elite team.
Members of the US/Japan Matches Women's Squad
Coach: Kristi Coggins from South Carolina
The players are:
Danielle Downey (Fr.) from Auburn,
Carrie Summerhays (So.) from BYU,
Angie Yoon (Jr.) from Nevada-Reno
Marcy Newton (Sr.) from North Carolina
Alternate is Sasha Medina (Jr.) from New Mexico St.....
Besides Summerhays the Cougars have had significant contributions in the last few tournaments from fellow sophomores Adrianne Gibby and Jessica Gardner. Both have finished in the top ten in the last two tournaments after shooting some of their lowest scores of the season. Gibby placed third at the Mountain West Championships after shooting a personal-record 70 in the final round. Gibby also placed fourth at the Mike Farrell invitational. Gardner placed ninth at the Mountain West Championships and eighth at the Mike Farrell Invitational.
BYU WEST REGIONAL FINISHES
1992-93* 11th
1993-94 13th
1994-95 18th
1995-96 14th
1996-97 16th
1997-98 20th
*First year of NCAA Regional Format
BYU's Starting Line-up Stroke Average
1. Carrie Summerhays, So. 75.1
2. Adrianne Gibby, So. 78.73
3. Jessica Gardner, So. 80.55
4. Summer Pierce, Jr. 80.74
5-0 Nicole Parry, Sr. 80.85
NCAA WEST REGIONAL INFORMATION
The Arizona State women's golf team will host the 2000 NCAA West Regional Golf Championships May 11-13 at the par 72, 6,131-yard Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz. Open since 1989, Karsten Golf Course has played host to a number of national tournaments, including the 2000 NCAA Women's West Regional, the 1998 NCAA
Men's West Regional and the 1992 NCAA Women's Championships.
Last Year, USC won the the NCAA West Regional which was held at Pine Forest Country Club in Houston, Texas, May 5-9. Arizona captured runner-up honors, while Arizona State, TCU and Stanford rounded out the top five. Arizona's Jenna Daniels is the returning individual medalist from one season ago.
Twenty-four teams and six individuals from the West and Far West districts have qualified for the 2000 NCAA West Regional. All 24 teams are ranked in the top 50 in the latest MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The field includes seven of the top 10 teams in the nation in No. 1 Arizona, No. 3 USC, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 6 Pepperdine, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 Oklahoma State and No. 10 New Mexico State. The rest of the field is made up of No. 11 San Jose State, No. 14 UCLA, No. 15 Texas, No. 16 New Mexico, No. 17 Tulsa, No. 22 Oklahoma, No. 23 TCU, No. 25 California, No. 26 Oregon, No. 27 Nebraska, No. 31 Missouri, No. 33 Washington, No. 34 Baylor, No. 35 Texas Tech, No. 45 Oregon State, No. 48 Brigham Young and No. 49 Washington State.
Individual qualifiers include Kristen MacLaren of UTEP, Jordan Lintz of Wyoming, Angie Yoon of Nevada, Acey Erlandson of Boise State, Emilie Arnaud of San Francisco and Heather Rollo of San Diego State. The field of individuals is just as distinguished featuring a total of 59 ranked players including the nation's top three golfers in top-ranked Jenna Daniels of Arizona, No. 2 Miriam Nagl of Arizona State and No. 3 Candi Kung of USC and 10 of the top 15.
The participants will play 18 holes each Thursday through Saturday, May 11-13 beginning at 7:30 a.m. Pacific from tees No. 1 and No. 10. The final group tees off at 1:20 p.m. each day. First- and second-round pairings are predetermined based on seeding, while final-round pairings will be based on team results after the first two rounds. The top four scores from each five-person team will count toward the team score.
Eleven teams and three individuals will qualify for the NCAA Championships from each of two regionals with Arizona State hosting the West Regional and the Ohio State University hosting the East Regional. An additional two team berths will be allocated to the region with the most teams ranked in the top 24. The NCAA Championships will be held at the Crosswater Golf Course in Sunriver, Ore., May 24-27 and are being hosted by Oregon State University.
Date Tournament Score Finish/TeamsSep 13-14 BYU Invitational 308-320-306--934 3rd/11
Sep 23-25 Dick McGuire Invit. 317-318-311--946 15th/18
Oct 11-13 Edean Ihlanfeldt 329-309-325--963 10th/13
Nov 9-10 Hawaii Fall Golf Cl. 309-313-319--941 4th/14
Feb 28-29 Bay Area Classic 322 -310--632 5th/17
Mar 6-8 Spartan Invitational 323-315-321--959 11th/14
Mar 12-14 Pioneer/Bruin Classic 302-316-304--922 7th/16
Mar 27-28 Lady Aztec 309-306--615 6th/20
Apr 3-4 Utah Dixie Classic 306-308-312--926 6th/25
Apr 24-26 MWC Championship 310-314-304--928 2nd/5
May 2 Mike Farrell Invitational 310-304--614 1st/5
