Melanie Green posts her fourth top 10 finish of 2022-23 in leading USF
TAMPA, FLA., February 7, 2023 – The USF women’s golf team logged their fourth top five finish of the 2022-23 season Tuesday as the Bulls tied for fifth among a 14-team field at the FAU Paradise Invitational.
Action concluded Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla. at Osprey Point Golf Club (Par-72, 6,204 Yards) as USF recorded an 8-over par 872 for the 54-hole tournament to finish behind No. 19 Vanderbilt (-29, 835), No. 47 Nebraska (-4, 860), Missouri (-2, 862) and Brigham Young (+5, 869) and tied with Kennesaw State (+8, 872).
Junior Melanie Green (Medina, N.Y.) led USF with a sixth-place finish at 6-under par 210 for the tournament after posting an even-par round of 72 on Tuesday. It marked Green’s fourth top 10 finish of the 2022-23 season after posting three in the fall. Green fired an opening round 6-under par 66 for her third round of 66 or better in the 2022-23 season and to tie for the fourth-best 18-hole score in program history.
Alizee Vidal (Le Gosier, France) joined Green in posting a top 10 finish as she tied for 10th with a 2-under par 214. It marked her second top 10 since joining USF in the fall.
Sophomore Leonor Medeiros (Palmela, Portugal), playing as an individual, shot a 1-under par 71 in her final round to move up to 15th place with a total of even-par 216. It equaled her best career finish at USF, matching her 15th at the FAU Paradise Invitational last year.
Graduate Lauren Heinlein (Ocala, Fla.) finished tied for 37th with a 6-over par total of 222, while sophomore Juliana Camargo (Bogota, Columbia) tied for 57th at 11-over par 227. Freshman Emma Kim (Ulsan, South Korea) tied for 61st at 13-over par 229.
Florida Atlantic’s Letizia Bagnoli won the individual title posting an 11-under par 205 with rounds of 66, 65 and 73.
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
6 Melanie Green (Jr./Medina, N.Y) 66 72 72 -6 (210)
T10 Alizee Vidal (Jr./Le Gosier, France) 69 69 76 -2 (214)
T37 Lauren Heinlein (Gr./Ocala, Fla.) 68 74 80 +6 (222)
T57 Juliana Camargo (So./Bogota, Columbia) 74 75 78 +11 (227)
T61 Emma Kim (Fr./Ulsan, South Korea) 75 75 79 +13 (229)
Individual:
T15 Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal) 73 69 71 E (216)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
1 #19 Vanderbilt 275 278 281 835 (-29)
2 #47 Nebraska 284 282 294 860 (-4)
3 Missouri 288 287 287 862 (-2)
4 Brigham Young 285 297 288 869 (+5)
T5 South Florida 277* 290 305 872 (+8)
T5 Kennesaw State 294 287 291 872 (+8)
7 Kansas State 293 285 295 873 (+9)
8 Florida Atlantic 288 285 305 878 (+14)
9 Mercer 293 299 287 879 (+15)
T10 UTSA 296 290 294 880 (+16)
T10 Colorado State 293 294 291 880 (+16)
12 Wisconsin 301 288 294 884 (+20)
13 Georgia Southern 295 293 303 891 (+27)
14 Indiana 297 300 305 902 (+38)
*USF 18-hole program record
Notable
• Green’s 54-hole total of 210 marked the 10th best 54-hole score in program history and the third-best of her career.
• Green’s first round 66 tied the second-best mark of her career after firing a 65 and a 66 in the Evie Odom Invitational in the fall and a 65 at the 2021 USA Intercollegiate.
• Green’s 66 tied her own mark and that of five other Bulls for the fourth-best in program history. Her two 65’s also rank tied for the second-best 18-hole mark in program history, while Erika Smith holds the program record with a 64 shot in 2019.
• USF’s opening round 277 set a program 18-hole record, breaking the previous mark of 279 set in the 2021-22 season.
• The Bulls’ two-round, 36-hole total of 567 ranks third all-time on the program charts behind 565 and 566 totals shot in the 2021-22 season.
Next Time Out
The Bulls return to action Feb. 20-21 at The Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The event hosted by UNLV will be played at the Spanish Trail Country Club.
About USF Women’s Golf
The Bulls are in their sixth season under head coach Erika Brennan in 2022-23. USF is among the fastest rising programs in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan’s first season in 2018-19 and have captured three tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Junior standout Melanie Green has been an all-conference performer in each of her first two seasons, reached the 2022 NCAA Regionals as an individual and competed in both the U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Women’s Amateur championships.
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