Kansas Women's Golf Concludes First Fall Event
Sept. 18, 2012
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – Behind a pair of 4-over par 76s by juniors Thanuttra Boonraksasat and Meghan Potee, the Kansas women’s golf team concluded the Dale McNamara Invitational at the Golf Club of Oklahoma Tuesday.
As a team, Kansas finished 11th out of 15 squads with a three-round total 910 (+46), which included a 312 (+24) on the final day. The Jayhawks just missed a top-10 finish by one stroke, entering the day in eighth place after shooting rounds of 295 (+7) and 303 (+15) on Monday.
“Today didn’t go the way we wanted. We didn’t finish as well as we could have,” Kansas head coach Erin O’Neil said. “We just weren’t on the same level as yesterday. Yesterday we had a ton of birdies which helped us. But today our 4-5 players finished with double-bogies so we didn’t quite finish it.”
From Nonthaburi, Thailand, Boonraksasat tied for 24th in the 75-individual field with a three-round 223 (+7). Potee, from Noblesville, Ind., was three strokes behind Boonraksasat with a 226 (+10), which tied for 30th individually. Her 226 tied for her third-lowest 54-hole score as a Jayhawk.
In her first collegiate event, KU freshman Yupaporn Kawinpakorn finished 40th with a 229, while sophomore Gabby DiMarco recorded a 54-hole KU career-best 232, which tied for 50th at the event. Jayhawk senior Audrey Yowell tied for 59th with a 235.
Arizona State won the team title with a three-round 866 (+2), three shots ahead of runner-up Florida at 869 (+5). Florida’s Isabelle Lendl won the event firing a three-round 6-under par 210 (71-67-72), which included an even-par 72 on Tuesday.
Kansas will next host the annual Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational at Alvamar Golf Course in Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 24-25.
“We need to focus as playing as much as we can this week and try to recreate situations to put pressure on teams and also focus on our putting,” O’Neil said. “We’re not far off. We’re close to putting it together. Although today didn’t go how we wanted, there were a lot of good things to take away from this tournament.”
Dale McNamara Invitational
Golf Club of Oklahoma – Broken Arrow, Okla.
Team Results (Par 288, three-round team par 864)
1. Arizona State – 280-292-294–866
2. Florida – 285-291-293–869
3. Oklahoma State – 289-297-289–875
4. East Carolina – 293-291-297–881
5. Coastal Carolina – 293-303-290–886
6. SMU – 300-294-295–889
7. Arkansas-Little Rock – 294-306-296–896
8. Kennesaw State – 300-290-307–897
9. Tulsa – 307-295-297–899
10. Augusta State – 307-298-304-909
11. KANSAS – 295-303-312–910
12. UTSA – 307-307-300–914
13. Middle Tennessee – 313-310-309–932
14. Illinois – 311-310-316–937
15. Marshall – 338-310-311–959
Top 10 Individuals (Par 72, three-round par 216)
1. Isabelle Lendl, Florida – 71-67-72–210
2. Dani Ordonez, Arizona State – 71-71-71–213
T3. Jayde Panos, Oklahoma State – 70-70-74–214
T3. Kelsey Vines, Oklahoma State – 70-73-71–214
5. Fabiola Arriaga, UTSA – 71-73-71–215
T6. Laura Blanco, Arizona State – 70-72-74–216
T6. Camilla Hedberg, Florida – 67-73-76–216
T6. Frida Gustafsson Spang, East Carolina – 70-74-72–216
9. Brittany Henderson, Coastal Carolina – 74-72-71–217
T10. Jennifer Park, SMU – 73-71-74–218
T10. Antonia Von Wnuck, Tulsa – 74-71-73–218
T10. Kaew Preamchuen, Kennesaw State – 77-67-74–218
Kansas Results
T24. Thanuttra Boonraksasat – 75-72-76–223
T30. Meghan Potee – 75-75-76–226
40. Yupaporn Kawinpakorn – 71-78-80–229
T50. Gabby DiMarco – 74-78-80–232
T59. Audrey Yowell – 75-80-80–235
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