FSU women's golf wins tournament in Mexico
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Sophomore All-American Lottie Woad shot a 2-under par score of 214 to lead the Seminole Women’s Golf Team to the championship of the Third Annual Collegiate Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club. The Seminoles led the event wire-to-wire after moving into the team lead early in the first round and winning the 20th team championship under Seminole Head Coach Amy Bond.
Florida State placed two players – Woad (tied for second) and sophomore Mirabel Ting (seventh) -- in the top 10 of the individual standings in outdistancing the field by 10 strokes. The Seminoles defeated second-place Tennessee by 10 strokes and bested SMU and Georgia, who finished tied for third in the team standings, by 15 strokes. Florida State finished as the top finishing ACC team in the event ahead of Virginia (sixth place), NC State (eighth place), and Louisville (10th place). The Seminoles also finished ahead of future ACC members SMU (tied for third) and Cal (seventh place) in winning their spring-season opening event.
“This is a great win to tee off the spring season,” said Bond. “This win was a total team effort as everyone contributed to the victory. This golf course is very challenging and when you throw in the wind we got yesterday afternoon, then it becomes an even tougher test. I am proud of the way each of out girls handled themselves in trying conditions and persevered to win by playing a grueling 27 holes on consecutive days.
“We led wire-to-wire and that’s something that doesn’t happen very often. We still have some things to tidy up as we move forward. I am tremendously proud of each of the girls and winning a trophy for Florida State University.”
Florida State counted scores of 70 by Woad, 73 by Alice Hodge, 74 by Kaylah Williams and 77 by Ting on the final day of competition.
The 12 teams played a format of 27 holes over two days. Each team played their first 27 holes on Friday and completed the event with 27 holes on Saturday.
Woad, who began the second day of the event in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings, carded a 2-under par score of 70 and finished with a 2-under par total of 214 to finish in a tie for second place. She finished the event tied with Caterina Don of Georgia and Mackenize Lee of SMU. The trio was two strokes behind Colorado State’s Andrea Bersgdottir, who finished with a 4-under par score of 212 to win the individual championship. Bersgdottir was the only golfer in the 63-player field who earned below par scores in each of the three rounds.
Ting helped secure the team championship for the Seminoles with a seventh place finish and a three-round score of 4-over par 220. She carded score of 71 and 72 in the first two rounds of the championship as she played in the first event of her Florida State career.
Senior Alice Hodge carded an impressive 1-over par score of 73 in the third and final round. She earned a tied for 16th place finish for her efforts and scores of 74-78-73. She jumped up 11 spots in the individual standings from the end of the second round to the final standings with her best single-round score of the tournament.
Likewise, junior Kaylah Williams jumped eight spots into a tied for 19th place finish in the final standings with a score of 2 over par 74 in the third round. She totaled scores of 73 in the first round and 74 in the third rounds.
Florida State’s second event of the spring season comes at the Moon Invitational at the Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Fla. The three-day tournament will take place Feb. 28-20, 2024.
Collegiate Invitational/Feb. 2-3, 2024
Guadalajara Country Club/Guadalajara, Mexico/Par 72
1/12-Florida State, 878
T2.-Lottie Woad, 214
7.-Mirabel Ting, 220
T16.-Alice Hodge, 225
T19.-Kaylah Williams, 226
T26.-Charlotte Heath, 228
Collegiate Invitational/Feb. 2-3, 2024
Guadalajara Country Club/Guadalajara, Mexico/Par 72
1.-Florida State, 878
2.-Tennessee, 888
T3.-SMU, 893
T3.-Georgia, 893
5.-Colorado State, 899
6.-Virgina, 903
7.-California, 904
8.-NC State, 907
9.-Maryland, 908
10.-Louisville, 913
11.-UNLV, 917
12.-New Mexico, 932
Sophomore All-American Lottie Woad shot a 2-under par score of 214 to lead the Seminole Women’s Golf Team to the championship of the Third Annual Collegiate Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club. The Seminoles led the event wire-to-wire after moving into the team lead early in the first round and winning the 20th team championship under Seminole Head Coach Amy Bond.
Florida State placed two players – Woad (tied for second) and sophomore Mirabel Ting (seventh) -- in the top 10 of the individual standings in outdistancing the field by 10 strokes. The Seminoles defeated second-place Tennessee by 10 strokes and bested SMU and Georgia, who finished tied for third in the team standings, by 15 strokes. Florida State finished as the top finishing ACC team in the event ahead of Virginia (sixth place), NC State (eighth place), and Louisville (10th place). The Seminoles also finished ahead of future ACC members SMU (tied for third) and Cal (seventh place) in winning their spring-season opening event.
“This is a great win to tee off the spring season,” said Bond. “This win was a total team effort as everyone contributed to the victory. This golf course is very challenging and when you throw in the wind we got yesterday afternoon, then it becomes an even tougher test. I am proud of the way each of out girls handled themselves in trying conditions and persevered to win by playing a grueling 27 holes on consecutive days.
“We led wire-to-wire and that’s something that doesn’t happen very often. We still have some things to tidy up as we move forward. I am tremendously proud of each of the girls and winning a trophy for Florida State University.”
Florida State counted scores of 70 by Woad, 73 by Alice Hodge, 74 by Kaylah Williams and 77 by Ting on the final day of competition.
The 12 teams played a format of 27 holes over two days. Each team played their first 27 holes on Friday and completed the event with 27 holes on Saturday.
Woad, who began the second day of the event in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings, carded a 2-under par score of 70 and finished with a 2-under par total of 214 to finish in a tie for second place. She finished the event tied with Caterina Don of Georgia and Mackenize Lee of SMU. The trio was two strokes behind Colorado State’s Andrea Bersgdottir, who finished with a 4-under par score of 212 to win the individual championship. Bersgdottir was the only golfer in the 63-player field who earned below par scores in each of the three rounds.
Ting helped secure the team championship for the Seminoles with a seventh place finish and a three-round score of 4-over par 220. She carded score of 71 and 72 in the first two rounds of the championship as she played in the first event of her Florida State career.
Senior Alice Hodge carded an impressive 1-over par score of 73 in the third and final round. She earned a tied for 16th place finish for her efforts and scores of 74-78-73. She jumped up 11 spots in the individual standings from the end of the second round to the final standings with her best single-round score of the tournament.
Likewise, junior Kaylah Williams jumped eight spots into a tied for 19th place finish in the final standings with a score of 2 over par 74 in the third round. She totaled scores of 73 in the first round and 74 in the third rounds.
Florida State’s second event of the spring season comes at the Moon Invitational at the Suntree Country Club in Melbourne, Fla. The three-day tournament will take place Feb. 28-20, 2024.
Collegiate Invitational/Feb. 2-3, 2024
Guadalajara Country Club/Guadalajara, Mexico/Par 72
1/12-Florida State, 878
T2.-Lottie Woad, 214
7.-Mirabel Ting, 220
T16.-Alice Hodge, 225
T19.-Kaylah Williams, 226
T26.-Charlotte Heath, 228
Collegiate Invitational/Feb. 2-3, 2024
Guadalajara Country Club/Guadalajara, Mexico/Par 72
1.-Florida State, 878
2.-Tennessee, 888
T3.-SMU, 893
T3.-Georgia, 893
5.-Colorado State, 899
6.-Virgina, 903
7.-California, 904
8.-NC State, 907
9.-Maryland, 908
10.-Louisville, 913
11.-UNLV, 917
12.-New Mexico, 932
