Duff Tittle | Posted: 22 May 2016 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Cougars complete play at NCAA Women's Golf Championships

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EUGENE, Oregon (May 22, 2016) — The BYU women's golf team wrapped up play at the 2016 NCAA Championships at Eugene Country Club, with a 10-over-par 298 in the third round.

To accommodate BYU’s longstanding policy of not competing on Sunday, the NCAA made provisions for the Cougars to play its Sunday round on Thursday afternoon. BYU’s team total of 298 from Thursday was factored into the tournament’s 54-hole totals on Sunday.

The Cougars were led by sophomore Kendra Dalton who carded a 2-under-par 70. Rounding out the third-round scoring for BYU was senior Lea Garner at 73, junior Alexandra White at 76, freshman Rose Huang at 79 and junior Brooklyn Hocker at 81.

Only the top 15 teams advanced to play an additional 18 holes on Monday to determine the individual stroke-play champion as well as the top-eight teams that advance to match play on May 24-25. A three-day total of 294-308-298—900 left the Cougars in 24th place, 15 shots shy of making the 54-hole cut.

“Unfortunately we didn’t play our best this week,” BYU head coach Carrie Roberts said. “Overall though it was a great experience to complete at the NCAA Championships. I’m proud of the way we played this year. We won five tournaments, including our first West Coast Conference title. We’ll certainly learn from this experience at the NCAAs. It will help us be better as both coaches and players in the future.”

BYU got some good news on Sunday evening when it learned Dalton’s three-round total of 72-76-70—218 was good enough to advance to Monday as an individual. The top-nine players from teams not advancing to the fourth round are included in Monday’s tournament field. Dalton’s 54-hole score of 218 was tied for ninth among those individuals whose teams did not advance. Her 2-under-par 70 in the third round won the tiebreaker to send her on to Monday play.

“I’m excited to have the opportunity to play Eugene Country Club again. The course suits my game and I’ve really enjoyed playing it this week,” Dalton said. “It will be fun to see how well I can play in the final round of the NCAA Championship.”

NCAA Championships - May 19-22, 2016

Place BYU Player Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total To-Par
T27 Kendra Dalton 72 76 70 218 +2
T45 Alexandra White 70 74 76 220 +4
T106 Lea Garner 77 79 73 229 +13
T120 Brooklyn Hocker 75 78 79 234 +18
T128 Rose Huang 81 78 79 238 +22
Place Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total To-Par
1 No. 2 USC 289 280 291 860 -4
T2 No. 3 UCLA 286 291 285 862 -2
T2 No. 5 Duke 299 283 280 862 -2
4 No. 13 Washington 289 285 292 866 +2
5 No. 12 Stanford 295 283 290 868 +4
6 No. 20 Oregon 297 282 291 870 +6
7 No. 18 South Carolina 293 289 290 872 +8
T8 No. 15 Virginia 293 294 286 873 +9
T8 No. 10 Arizona 291 289 293 873 +9
T10 No. 7 Northwestern 292 289 295 876 +12
T10 No. 8 Oklahoma State 284 295 297 876 +12
T12 No. 11 Arkansas 292 291 298 881 +17
T12 No. 38 North Carolina 298 292 291 881 +17
14 No. 1 Alabama 300 292 290 882 +18
15 No. 16 Floirda State 295 290 298 883 +19
16 No. 21 Tennessee 297 285 303 885 +21
17 No. 4 Florida 297 293 296 886 +22
T18 No. 47 Michigan 296 299 292 887 +23
T18 No. 6 Georgia 298 291 298 887 +23
20 No. 19 Furman 298 297 293 888 +24
21 No. 33 Miami 299 292 299 890 +26
22 No. 25 Ohio State 293 293 306 892 +28
23 No. 24 Texas 301 290 306 897 +33
24  No. 26 BYU 294 306 298 898 +34