Sophomore Mirabel Ting finished in a tie for seventh place in the individual standings, and the Florida State Women’s Golf team finished in a tie for sixth place in the team standings as stroke play in the ACC Championship at the Porters Neck Country Club came to a close. Ting’s finish marked the seventh consecutive year a Seminole player has finished in the top-10 of the individual standings at the ACC Championship.
Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia, and North Carolina finished as the top four teams after three rounds of stroke play, with all four advancing to the match play portion of the event beginning Sunday. Rachel Kuehn of Wake Forest carded a 10-under par score of 206 to win the individual ACC Championship for the first time in her career.
“While we are disappointed with how the week finished, we learned a lot about ourselves which is a good thing,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “We saw what we need to work on heading into the full postseason. Many of our goals are still ahead of us, and that’s very exciting.”
Ting carded a 4-under par score of 68 in the final round, finished with scores of 74-70-68, and a three-round total of 212 – the third best ACC Championship score in program history. Her tied for seventh place finish marked her second consecutive top-10 conference championship finish as she placed second in the individual standings of the 2023 Southland Conference championship tournament as a freshman at Augusta University.
Ting carded a team-high five birdies as she finished just three strokes from tying the Seminoles’ all-time record for lowest single-round score in the ACC Championship. She was 2-under par on both her front nine (three birdies and one bogey) and 2-under on her back nine (two birdies) in the third round. Ting birdied three of her first eight holes to move to 3-under par, and birdied two of her final seven holes to finish at 4-under par.
Senior Alice Hodge finished in a tie for 20th place with a 1-over par total of 217. It marked her second career top-20 finish in the ACC Championship; she finished in a tie for 16th place in the event during the spring of 2022. Hodge carded scores of 70-72-75 for her final score. She totaled one birdie and 14 holes scored at par or better during her third round of play.
Hodge totaled her career-best ACC Championship score 217; she finished with a three-round total of 220 in 2022. She carded the seventh eagle of her Florida State career on her final hole of the second round. Hodge’s eagle was one of 10 eagles carded in the championship by eight different players.
Sophomore Katherine Cook carded a 73 in the final round and finished in a tie for 45th place in her first career ACC Championship appearance. Her score of 70 in the first round of the event ranks as her career-best score for a single round.
Three Seminoles – Hodge, Charlotte Heath, and Madison Hewlett – finished the event with scores of 75. Heath finished in a tie for 38th place in the individual standings.
The Seminoles will be selected to play in one of six NCAA Regional Championship when the 2024 NCAA Championships field is announced on Wednesday. The Seminoles’ selection to the NCAA Regional Championship (May 6-8) will mark the 18th consecutive season the program will compete in an NCAA Regional – every tournament since 2006.
The Seminoles have appeared in each NCAA regional championship since 2006. During that span of 18 consecutive years of participation in the regional championships, the Seminoles have earned two team championships (at Louisville in 2021 and at Tallahassee in 2022), finished in the top-five seven times, and in the top 10 a total of 13 times. Florida State finished in fifth place and advanced to the championship finals from the NCAA Raleigh Regional in 2023.
A total of 72 teams and 30 individuals will be selected to play in six regionals across the country. From each regional five teams and one individual not on those qualifying teams will advance to the National Championship Finals at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
Atlantic Coast Conference Championship/April 18-21, 2024
Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72
T6/12.-Florida State, 872
T7.-Mirabel Ting, 212
T20.-Alice Hodge, 217
T38.-Charlotte Heath, 222
T45.-Katherine Cook, 225
T59.-Madison Hewlett,152
T59.-Kaylah Williams, 78
Atlantic Coast Conference Championship/April 18-21, 2024
Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72
1.-Wake Forest, 841
2.-Clemson, 848
3.-Virginia, 856
4.-North Carolina, 865
5.-Duke, 866
T6.-Florida State, 871
T6.-NC State, 871
8.-Virginia Tech, 873
9.-Miami, 877
T10.-Boston College, 881
T10.-Louisville, 881
12.-Notre Dame, 890
