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Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
No. 1 Women's Golf wins Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational
03.13.2019 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns have three regular-season victories for the first time since 1992-93.
KAILUA, Hawaii – For the first time since the 1992-93 season, the Texas women's golf team has won three regular-season tournaments in the same year. The top-ranked Longhorns earned their third team victory of the season on Wednesday, claiming the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational for the second consecutive year at Kane'ohe Klipper Golf Club.
Texas and SMU tied for first at this week's Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational, each recording 23-over-par three-round totals of 887. Texas A&M was third with a 32-over-par 896.
The victory is Texas' second in a row after winning the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship Feb. 17-19, marking the first time the Longhorns have won back-to-back tournaments also since 1992-93. Since the start of the 2017-18 season, the Longhorns have won six tournaments and have posted 16 top-five finishes in 19 events during that span.
As a team, Texas led the field with 175 total pars and was second with 29 birdies. The Longhorns recorded the best scoring average of all teams on par-four [4.19, +28] and par-five [4.92, -5] holes.
Each of the four Texas golfers contributing to the team score finished within the top-15 individually, led by freshman Hailee Cooper's third career top-10 finish.
A LOOK AT THE LINEUP
- Cooper tied for sixth to lead the Longhorns with a six-over-par three-round total of 222 [74-72-76]. She totaled 35 pars and seven birdies on the week. It marked her third career top-10 finish in seven tournaments so far this season for the Longhorns.
- Junior Emilee Hoffman [77-75-72], freshman Sara Kouskova [78-69-77] and sophomore Kaitlyn Papp [76-74-74] each tied for 11th place overall with eight-over-par 224s.
- Junior Maren Cipolla was the top finisher in the field competing as an individual, tying for 20th with an 11-over-par 227 [77-75-75]. It marked her best finish and score of the season.
- Senior Maddie Luitwieler tied for 28th overall with a 13-over-par 229 [72-74-83].
HEAD COACH RYAN MURPHY
"It was nice to get out of here with a tie for first. We had a sluggish start and a sluggish finish but hung on just enough. It's always nice to win, but we'll need to clean up certain areas if we want to play to our potential. Also, the coolest thing about our third win this season is that we've done it with three different lineups. It's nice to be in that position."
UP NEXT
Texas returns to action March 23-25, when it travels to Auburn, Ala., to participate in the Evans Derby Experience.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T1. Texas [299-289-299=887, +23]
T1. SMU [291-302-294=887, +23]
3. Texas A&M [295-300-301=896, +32]
4. North Texas [305-300-298=903, +39]
5. Washington State [304-303-303=910, +46]
6. Gonzaga [309-298-305=912, +48]
7. UC Irvine [310-302-303=915, +51]
8. UTEP [309-301-307=917, +53]
9. Hawaii [310-302-308=920, +56]
10. Houston Baptist [314-308-303=925, +61]
11. Seattle [313-311-303=927, +63]
12. Northern Colorado [317-306-307=930, +66]
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Courtney Dow, Texas A&M [68-74-74=216, E]
T2. Brigitte Dunne, SMU [75-74-70=219, +3]
T2. Marie Lund-Hansen, Washington State [71-74-74=219, +3]
T4. Kennedy Pedigo, SMU [72-73-76=221, +5]
T4. Amber Park, Texas A&M [71-73-77=221, +5]
TEXAS GOLFERS
T6. Hailee Cooper [74-72-76=222, +6]
T11. Kaitlyn Papp [76-74-74=224, +8]
T11. Sara Kouskova [78-69-77=224, +8]
T11. Emilee Hoffman [77-75-72=224, +8]
T20. Maren Cipolla [77-75-75=227, +11] *
T28. Maddie Luitwieler [72-74-83=229, +13]
* Denotes golfer competing as an individual
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