Schubert wins Lady Buckeye, No. 23 Women’s Golf finishes second

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Schubert wins Lady Buckeye, No. 23 Women’s Golf finishes second

04.16.2017 | Women's Golf

Junior Sophia Schubert earned her first medalist honor of the season, while senior Haley Mills finished fourth.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Junior Sophia Schubert earned her first medalist honor of the season, winning the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational by five strokes on Sunday at the Scarlet Course.

Schubert followed rounds of 68-72 with a third-round 73 to finish three rounds with a 3-under 213. She made a tournament-best 11 birdies over the weekend.

It marks her second-straight top-2 finish and her fifth top-7 finish so far this season. The win is Schubert's first at Texas and second in her collegiate career.

Senior Haley Mills also posted a season-best mark with her fourth-place finish. She finished 5-over par for her third top-5 finish of her Texas career and first this season.

Freshman Greta Isabella Voelker climbed five spots after the second round to tie for 17^th at 11-over par. She has eight top-20 finishes in nine tournament this season.

Freshman Emilee Hoffman tied for 37^th, sophomore Maddie Luitwieler tied for 47^th, and senior Julia Beck tied for 52^nd.

As a team, Texas made a tournament-best 41 birdies, finishing 26-over par, one stroke behind winner Michigan State. The Longhorns have finished in the top-5 in nine of their 10 tournaments this year.

Texas will begin its postseason play at the Big 12 Championship at the Dominion Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas, from Friday, April 21-Sunday, April 23.

Post-Tournament Comments

Head Coach Ryan Murphy

On the Scarlet Course: Imagine a golf course that plays long, has tight fairways, firm greens, and high rough. And then add a 20-mile per hour wind. That was the Scarlet Course this week at Ohio State. It is as difficult a test as you can find in college golf. It was a comprehensive exam.

On the team: Any time you have a chance to win, your team has played well. We did a lot of good things this week, but this course also caught some people off guard. Winning would have been nice, but seeing this course, learning a few things, and improving is a reward as well. That's why we came here.

On individual performances: Individually, Haley had a great week. She did not finish how she wanted, but overall she played some really strong golf. She shot under par here yesterday and if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere. I'm very proud of Haley's effort this week.

On Schubert: Sophia's week was just terrific. Winning is not easy. Winning after sitting on the lead can be even more difficult. She made up her mind today that she was going to play with confidence and she did.

Comprehensively, Sophia's game is really solid now, obviously. Her ball-striking was incredible, her iron play was strong, she's thinking well, and she got some putts to drop this week. It was some of the best golf I have had the pleasure to watch in person…woman, man, amateur, professional. It was simply terrific. I'm very proud of Sophia's play. She deserved to win this week.

Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational

Scarlet Course

Par 72; 6,319 Yards

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1. Michigan State 300-290-299=889 (+25)

2. TEXAS 292-297-301=890 (+26)

T3. Kent State 296-301-305=902 (+38)

T3. Ohio State 298-300-304=902 (+38)

5. Illinois 297-297-316=910 (+46)

6. Michigan 299-301-311=911 (+47)

7. Penn State 300-302-310=912 (+48)

8. Indiana 304-304-322=930 (+66)