Garner in 22nd, Cougars finish in 12th
Las Cruces, N.M. - Sophomore Lea Garner led BYU to a 12th-place finish after three days of Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate on Wednesday.
"I thought there were a lot of positives," BYU women's golf head coach Carrie Roberts said. "We played really well in the beginning, some of our best golf of the year, and we put a decent round together."
BYU remained in 12th place after the final round of the 14-team tournament with a total score of 907 (+43). The Cougars finished ahead of University of Texas at El Paso (+57) by 14 strokes and Utah Valley University (+67) by 24 strokes. Portland took the first-place finish at three-over-par followed by University of California, Irvine, at eight-over-par.
Garner moved up in the ranks to tie in 22nd place after hitting a 73 in the third round and completing the tournament at seven-over-par. She also added four birdies to finish the final round.
Freshman Brooklyn Anderson finished in 26th place at eight-over-par, completing a final round score of 73 as well. Anderson ended the round strong with three birdies in the last four holes.
"I'm very proud of both [Lea and Brooklyn]," Roberts said. "This was Brooklyn's first tournament playing in the top five and she did a good job. Lea was solid again and did a good job."
Annika Kahaialii tied in 37th place at 10-over-par to go along with three birdies in the final round. Selu Fotu finished tied in 62nd place at 19-over-par, while Carly Oldroyd finished in 75th place at 30-over-par.
The Cougars will head to Leilehua Golf Course in Wahiawa, Hawaii, on Oct. 29-31 for the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. Follow live stats on golfstats.com.
Individual Scores
Place | Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
T23 | Lea Garner | 78 | 72 | 73 | +7 |
26 | Brooklyn Anderson | 75 | 76 | 73 | +8 |
T37 | Annika Kahaialii | 76 | 76 | 75 | +10 |
T62 | Selu Fotu | 75 | 81 | 79 | +19 |
75 | Carly Oldroyd | 85 | 84 | 77 | +30 |
Team Scores
Place | Team | Score |
1 | Portland State | +3 |
2 | UC Irvine | +8 |
3 | CSU Fullerton | +17 |
4 | Nevada | +21 |
T5 | Idaho | +23 |
T5 | Cincinnati | +23 |
7 | Boise State | +28 |
8 | Wyoming | +33 |
9 | North Texas | +35 |
10 | New Mexico State | +38 |
11 | Tulsa | +40 |
12 | BYU | +43 |
13 | UTEP | +57 |
14 | Utah Valley | +67 |