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Ting, Woad take top-10 finishes at Moon Invitational

Bob Ferrante

Ultimate Seminole Insider
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May 10, 2022
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Sophomore Mirabel Ting shot a 2-under par score of 214 to help lead the Seminole women’s golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Seventh Annual 2024 Moon Invitational at the Suntree Golf Club. The Seminoles saw daily improvements during the tournament, after being in a tie for 14th place after day one.

Florida State placed two players – All-American Ting (seventh) and sophomore All-American Lottie Woad (tied for eighth) – in the top 10 of the individual standing, both achieving an under-par scores. The Seminoles were short by three strokes to ACC rival Louisville (seventh), but placed ahead of Clemson (ninth), Wake Forest (12th place), Duke (tied for 13th), and Virginia Tech (17th).

Florida State counted scores of 71 by Ting, 71 by Woad, 71 by Alice Hodge, and 73 by Kaylah Williams on the final day of competition.

The 17 teams played an adjusted format of 54 holes over three days of play. The first round of holes were played on Saturday, due to weather concerns, followed by an off day on Sunday, 18 were played on Monday and the vent finished on Tuesday with 18 final holes.

Ting, who began the final day of the event in a tie for seventh place in the individual standings, carded a 1-under par score of 71 in the final round and finished with a 2-under par total of 214 to secure her seventh-place finish. Ting has now earned two top-seven finishes at the Moon – the individual championship in 2023 and a seventh place finish in 2024.

Woad helped secure Florida State’s position with a tied for eighth finish and a three-round score of 1-over par of 215. She finished the event tied with Latanna Stone of LSU, Celina Sattelkau of Vanderbilt, and Kennedy Carroll of Augusta. The quartet was one stroke shy of Florida State’s own Mirabel Ting. All three golfers earned at or below par scores in each of the three rounds.

Hodge carded an impressive 1-under par score of 71 in the third and final round. After having a rough first round, in which she carded a 77, she saw improvement during each round and jumped 23 spots over the course of the final two rounds to earn her final spot.

Senior Charlotte Heath finish tied for 62nd place. She carded scores of 76-76-74 and recorded five birdies in the final round.

Junior Kaylah Williams also saw consistent improvements over the course of the three rounds. After carding an 81 during round one to put herself in 90th place, she calmed herself and carded 75 and 73 in the final two rounds for a tie for 75th place finish.

Florida State’s next event of the spring season comes at the Valspar Augusta Invitational at the Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The two-day tournament will take place March 9-10, 2024.
 
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