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Betsy Rawls Invitational
No. 6 Women's Golf tied for lead entering final day of Betsy Rawls Invitational
10.20.2018 | Women's Golf
Freshman Hailee Cooper shot the third-best round in Betsy Rawls history Saturday.
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Freshman Hailee Cooper tied for the third-best round in Betsy Rawls Invitational history on Saturday and the No. 6 Texas women's golf team is tied for the lead at the event entering its final day at the UT Golf Club.
The Longhorns shot a four-under-par 284 on Saturday and currently are at one-under-par overall with a 575 [291-284]. Texas is tied atop the leaderboard with No. 16 Kent State, which recorded a seven-under-par 281 on Saturday after a 294 on Friday. No. 3 Florida is 11 strokes back at 10-over-par.
Cooper and teammate Kaitlyn Papp currently sit 1-2 in the individual standings. Cooper's 67 ties for the third-best individual round in Betsy Rawls Invitational history and she is at five-under-par with a 139 [72-67]. Papp is at three-under 141 [71-70]. Baylor's Gurleen Kaur has recorded a two-under-par 142 [73-69].
Through two rounds of the Betsy Rawls Invitational, Texas has made more birdies [37] than any other team in the field. In addition, the Longhorns have the best team scoring average on par-three [2.95, -2] and par-five [4.80, -8] holes.
A LOOK AT THE LINEUP
- Cooper carded seven birdies on Saturday en route to a five-under-par 67, which included a six-under-par 30 on the front nine. It marked her second collegiate round in the 60s. Cooper's 12 birdies on the week lead the tournament field. All eight rounds of Cooper's collegiate career have come at par or better.
- Papp is currently in second place with a three-under-par 141 [71-70]. She recorded four birdies and 12 pars on Saturday. Through two rounds at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, Papp has the best par-five scoring average [4.38, -5] of any golfer in the field. Each of Papp's eight rounds this season have come at par or better.
- Junior Greta Isabella Voelker is in 11th place with a two-over-par 146 [73-73]. Voelker totaled five birdies and eight pars on Saturday.
- Sophomore Agathe Laisne, who is competing as an individual and led the tournament field after the first day, is tied for 12th with a three-over-par 147 [68-79].
- Freshman Sára Kousková is tied for 19th with a five-over-par 149 [75-74].
- Senior Maddie Luitwieler, competing as an individual, is tied for 25th with a six-over-par 150 [74-76].
- Junior Emilee Hoffman is tied for 38th with a nine-over-par 153 [77-76].
- Junior Maren Cipolla, competing as an individual, is tied for 46th with a 12-over-par 156 [77-79].
- Junior Kelly Xac, competing as an individual, is tied for 67th with a 21-over-par 165 [84-81].
HEAD COACH RYAN MURPHY
"I thought it was a very solid round at the end of the day. We shot four-under-par. It was one of those rounds that was on the verge of being really, really good. We dropped a couple shots coming in. It happens - it's a tough finish coming into this north wind. But all in all, it was a pretty solid day. It was a fantastic round by Hailee turning at 30. I don't think I've seen that in competition here at UT Golf Club. Thirty on the front nine is really strong and to shoot 67 as a true freshman in this golf tournament is fantastic. Pappy was solid as she usually is. Not surprisingly, they're both right there in contention for this tournament."
UP NEXT
The final round of the Betsy Rawls Invitational will begin at 8:45 a.m. CT Sunday with a shotgun start at UT Golf Club.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T1. Texas [291-284=575, -1]
T1. Kent State [294-281=575, -1]
3. Florida [295-291=586, +10]
4. Baylor [303-284=587, +11]
5. SMU [300-300=600, +24]
6. Texas Tech [306-296=602, +26]
7. Alabama [302-311=613, +37]
T8. Texas A&M [308-309=617, +41]
T8. Colorado [311-306=617, +41]
10. Tulane [310-312=622, +46]
11. North Texas [318-305=623, +47]
12. New Mexico [317-314=631, +55]
13. Texas State [317-317=634, +58]
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Hailee Cooper, Texas [72-67=139, -5]
2. Kaitlyn Papp, Texas [71-70=141, -3]
3. Gurleen Kaur, Baylor [73-69=142, -2]
T4. Michaela Finn, Kent State [75-69=144, E]
T4. Kenzie Wright, Alabama [71-73=144, E]
T4. Kory Nielsen, Kent State [73-71=144, E]
T4. Elin Esborn, Florida [73-71=144, E]
* Denotes golfer competing as an individual
TEXAS GOLFERS
1. Hailee Cooper [72+67=139, -5]
2. Kaitlyn Papp [71+70=141, -3]
11. Greta Isabella Voelker [73+73=146, +2]
T12. Agathe Laisne [68+79=147, +3] *
T19. Sára Kousková [75+74=149, +5]
T25. Maddie Luitwieler [74+76=150, +6] *
T38. Emilee Hoffman [77+76=153, +9]
T46. Maren Cipolla [77+79=156, +12] *
T67. Kelly Xac [84+81=165, +21] *
* Denotes golfer competing as an individual
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