Florida Gators
SEC Championship
Women's Golf Finishes Fifth At SEC Championships
Sunday, April 22, 2001 | Women's Golf
Georgia rallied from a four-stroke deficit on the final day to capture the 2001 Southeastern Conference Women's Golf Championship title Sunday at the University of Florida Golf Course. The Bulldogs shot a final round 292 to finish the Tournament with an eight-over-par 872.
LSU, which shot opening rounds of 287 and 289, had a final round of 301 to place second with a score of 877, and Auburn and South Carolina tied for third with a score of 887. Host team Florida finished fifth with a score of 891.
"They played very consistent today," said Georgia head coach Todd McCorkle, the one-time assistant coach of the UF men's team. "They worked hard and fought hard. The good news is we got contributions from every player."
USC's Kristy McPherson shot a final round 70 and finished with a SEC Tournament record 207 to take medalist honors. "It feels awesome. I had no clue what the record was or that I was even close to it," she said. "It feels awesome to be able to accomplish that."
Fifth-place finisher UF shot a 298 on the final day. Freshman Amanda Dick (Clearwater/Countryside H.S.) led the Lady Gators after shooting her second even-par round on Sunday for a tournament total of 219. Dick finished the tournament tied for eighth.
"I hit the ball really well off the tee which put me in good position, " Dick said. " I hit some good birdie shots. I think we all came together really well as a team. We have really good team chemistry."
Sophomore Brittany Straza (Ft. Meyers/Leighigh) shot a 76 on Sunday for a combined score of 220 tying her for 10th in the tournament. Straza was named Honorable Mention All-SEC. Sophomore Jeanne Cho (Boulogne, France/St. Stephen's Episcopal) shot her third 75 of the tournament. Cho shot 225 for the tournament placing her 19th.
Sophomore Sam Zausner White (Rockville, Md./The Bullis School) shot a three-over 75 for the final day bringing her tournament total to 227. Redshirt freshman Joy Stephenson (Ft. Meyers/Ft. Meyers) fired an 80 Sunday for a final score of 246.
"They played well today, said UF head coach Jill Briles-Hinton. "I was proud of the way they came back. They showed a lot of grit, guts and heart. The girls learned something from this and that's important."
Florida will now wait until Monday, April 30th for the announcement of the NCAA Regional fields.
FINAL TEAM RESULTS
Fin Team Scores
1 Georgia, U. of 290 290 292 872 +8
2 Louisiana State U. 287 289 301 877 +13
3 Auburn University 294 300 293 887 +23
South Carolina, U of 295 290 302 887 +23
5 Florida, U. of 290 303 298 891 +27
6 Tennessee, U. of 302 293 302 897 +33
7 Alabama, U. of 302 296 307 905 +41
8 Vanderbilt Univ. 301 299 308 908 +44
9 Mississippi, U. of 314 308 315 937 +73
10 Kentucky, U. of 323 304 313 940 +76
11 Mississippi St. U. 317 307 317 941 +77
12 Arkansas, U. of 315 321 307 943 +79
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Fin Name School Scores
1 Kristy McPherson S Carolina 67 70 70 207 -9
2 Katy Harris LSU 74 65 71 210 -6
3 Reilley Rankin Georgia 70 74 70 214 -2
Summer Sirmons Georgia 73 69 72 214 -2
5 Celeste Troche Auburn 70 73 72 215 -1
6 Meredith Duncan LSU 71 72 75 218 +2
Laura Henderson Georgia 69 74 75 218 +2
8 Paula Carter Alabama 74 72 73 219 +3
Amanda Dick Florida 72 75 72 219 +3
10 Young-A Yang Tennessee 73 72 75 220 +4
Brittany Straza Florida 70 74 76 220 +4
12 Courtney Swaim Auburn 75 73 73 221 +5
Anna Knutsson Miss. St. 77 71 73 221 +5
14 Nicki Cutler Vanderbilt 76 71 76 223 +7
Isabell Dornellas LSU 73 75 75 223 +7
16 Sarah Johnston Alabama 74 72 78 224 +8
Erin Simmons Tennessee 75 72 77 224 +8
Danielle Downey Auburn 76 75 73 224 +8
19 Jeanne Cho Florida 75 75 75 225 +9
20 Marci Kornegay Ole Miss 79 76 71 226 +10
Sarah Kidd S Carolina 75 74 77 226 +10
Tai Perry Tennessee 77 75 74 226 +10
Marci Robinson S Carolina 75 73 78 226 +10
24 Lina Thoren Miss. St. 76 78 73 227 +11
Samantha Z. - White Florida 73 79 75 227 +11
26 Johanna Danielsson Arkansas 75 79 74 228 +12
Towa Okiyama Kentucky 81 71 76 228 +12
Stefanie Reynolds S Carolina 78 73 77 228 +12
29 Ella Asbun Vanderbilt 78 79 72 229 +13
30 Sarah Jacobs Vanderbilt 76 74 80 230 +14
Meredith Ward Vanderbilt 74 76 80 230 +14
32 Tina Schneeberger Tennessee 77 77 77 231 +15
32 Diana Ramage Auburn 77 79 75 231 +15
Angela Jerman Georgia 78 78 75 231 +15
Carrie Cole Tennessee 81 74 76 231 +15
Anne Hutto Auburn 73 81 77 231 +15
37 Kelly Hanwell Arkansas 77 80 75 232 +16
38 Bernadette Luse Ole Miss 78 78 77 233 +17
Kelly Anders Kentucky 76 76 81 233 +17
Whitney Christie Georgia 81 73 79 233 +17
41 Anna Strandberg Alabama 78 82 74 234 +18
Lesley McClurg LSU 69 81 84 234 +18
Rachel Lester Kentucky 79 78 77 234 +18
44 Lindy Hitdlebaugh LSU 78 77 80 235 +19
Leticia Lanham Vanderbilt 75 78 82 235 +19
46 Allison Akin Alabama 76 78 82 236 +20
47 Catherine Beckett Arkansas 79 82 77 238 +22
Mandy Tedder Alabama 78 74 86 238 +22
49 Elizabeth Hoffman Ole Miss 78 77 84 239 +23
50 Teresa Brown Ole Miss 79 78 83 240 +24
51 Kacy Thompson S Carolina 86 77 81 244 +28
52 Eva Gessner Kentucky 87 79 79 245 +29
53 Lauren Baugh Arkansas 85 80 81 246 +30
Joy Stephenson Florida 85 81 80 246 +30
55 Renata Almeida Miss. St. 85 80 85 250 +34
56 Lori Cate Ole Miss 84 77 90 251 +35
57 Jennifer Norlien Arkansas 84 84 84 252 +36
58 Jenny Throgmorton Kentucky 88 83 82 253 +37
DQ Anna Gertsson Miss. St. 79 78 DQ
DQ Ashley Moffett Miss. St. 86 DQ 86
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