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Ping ASU Invitational
No. 7 Women’s Golf finishes tied for ninth place at PING/ASU Invitational
03.30.2024 | Women's Golf
Angela Heo leads Texas with a T21 finish for the tournament.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The No. 7 Texas women's golf team finished tied for ninth place at the PING/ASU Invitational on Saturday.
Texas shot their best round of the tournament in the final round with a three-under-par 285 after rounds of 288 and 297. The final round was the fourth best final round score in the tournament field.
Texas finished the tournament at six-over-par. Northwestern captured the tournament title at 11-under-par. California, UCLA and Arizona State tied for second place at eight-under-par.
Angela Heo rebounded from a 76 in the first round to shoot back-to-back rounds under par. Heo carded rounds of 70 on Friday and Saturday and finished at even-par for the tournament and T21 on the individual leaderboard.
Farah O'Keefe and Cindy Hsu also shot under par in the final round of the tournament in windy conditions.
Up next the Longhorns will compete in the Silverado Showdown in Napa, Calif., April 8-10. Next week Lauren Kim and Farah O'Keefe will compete in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
The Lineup
Angela Heo moved up the leaderboard 17 spots on the final day of the tournament. Heo made three birdies on her first eight holes of the round on her way to a two-under-par 70.
Farah O'Keefe carded four birdies to shoot a one-under-par 71. O'Keefe has now carded rounds of par or better in 15 of her 18 stroke play rounds this season.
Cindy Hsu moved up the leaderboard 27 spots on the final day of the tournament. Hsu carded four birdies in her final round 71.
Lauren Kim made three birdies over her final 18 holes. Kim moved up the leaderboard 13 spots in round three.
Bentley Cotton moved up the leaderboard three spots on the final day of the tournament with her two-over-par 74 on Saturday. Cotton made one birdie in her final round.
Tiffany Cao finished the tournament with a two-over-par 74. Cao made two birdies in her final round.
Head Coach Ryan Murphy
"I was really happy with today's round. Three-under-par in the strongest winds of the week was pretty good. Individually, each under-par round this week was some really good golf.
What hurt us was round two. I've got to do a better job of getting our team ready to compete each day of the event. We left ourselves too far back with one round to play and that's on me."
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