joemoxon | Posted: 10 Feb 2015 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Garner wins Gold Rush Tournament, BYU ties for third

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Day One Recap

SEAL BEACH, Calif. – A title-winning performance from Lea Garner led the Cougars to a tie for third place Tuesday in the Gold Rush Tournament presented by Southern California Ford Dealers.

“Lea was just solid,” said BYU head coach Carrie Roberts. “She played her game, stayed patient, stayed in the present and played well enough to win.”

Garner, who shot 216, took first place over a large field including Long Beach State standouts Kassidy Teare, Chaewon Park and Savannah Knox, who came in second, third and fourth place respectively.

“This is their home course and they’ve been playing in this weather so it’s a huge advantage to them,” Roberts said. “For Lea to come in there and knock them off says a lot about who she is as a golfer.”

Combined with better days from Kendra Dalton and Annie Young, Garner’s win helped the Cougars move up from sixth place Monday to a third place tie with UC Riverside today with 907 points.

“We started off awesome,” Roberts said. “We started off really good, made a lot of bogies in the middle, then we made a lot of birdies.”

“I think we had the third best score of the day,” Roberts said. “That says something—each round got a little bit better. We were a lot better mentally, we were sharper and the girls really wanted to move up and they showed it.”

Long Beach State maintained yesterday’s lead for the team win with 883 points, followed by Fresno State’s second place performance with 902 points.

BYU will travel to San Jose State February 23-24 for the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational.

 

The Gold Rush, Long Beach State- Feb 9-10, 2015

Individual Scores

1

Lea Garner

72

71

73

E

T10

Maria Yacaman

76

74

75

+9

T38

Kendra Dalton

80

78

77

+19

T42

Alex White

76

79

81

+20

T54

Annie Yang

82

83

76

+25

 

Team Scores

1

Long Beach State

289

303

291

883

2

Fresno State

299

295

308

902

T3

UC Riverside

297

307

303

907

T3

BYU

304

302

301

907

5

Cal Poly

298

305

305

908

6

Colorado State

294

301

314

909

T7

Hawaii

301

310

314

925

T7

Boston College

320

309

296

925

9

UC Urvine

321

303

307

931

10

Portland State

312

317

304

933

11

CSU Fullerton

317

307

314

938

T10

UC Irvine

301

313

318

932

13

Utah Valley

323

320

316

959

14

Hawai'i - Hilo

336

335

341

1012