Bulls finish sixth in 14-team field that featured six Top 25 ranked teams
AUGUSTA, GA March 13, 2023 – The USF women’s golf team took on a field that included seven ranked teams and came away with a sixth-place finish among a 14-team field at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, which saw the third round suspended due to inclement weather.
Led by junior Melanie Green’s seventh top 10 finish of the season, the resilient Bulls placed higher than a pair of Top 25-ranked teams, outpacing No. 16 Oklahoma State, and No. 24 Duke at Forest Hills Golf Club (Par 72, 6,244 yards).
No. 2 Wake Forest blistered the field with a 13-under par total of 563 to win the 36-hole event, followed by host Augusta (-2, 574), No. 12 Florida State (-1, 575), No. 18 Ole Miss (+1, 577), No. 21 Florida (+1, 577) and USF (+7, 583).
Green, ranked No. 70 nationally, paced the Bulls with back-to-back 1-under 71’s to finish in the top 10. Green carded a total of five birdies in the two rounds to finish tied for ninth in leading USF with a 2-under par total of 142.
Sophomore Juliana Camargo posted the Bulls’ low round of the tournament with a 3-under 69 in the second round. Camargo also led the Bulls with seven birdies in the tournament. She shot up the leaderboard, moving up 24 spots to finish in a tie for 12th. Camargo made four birdies in her second round to bounce back from an opening round four-over 75 to shoot an even-par total of 144.
Graduate student Lauren Heinlein shot an even-par 72 in the first round, followed by a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 22nd at 2-over 146.
Sophomore Leonor Medieros shot rounds of 1-over 73 and 8-over 80 to finish tied for 57th at nine-over 153.
Junior Alizee Vidal finished tied for 70th at 13-over 157, she posted a scoring round with a 79 in the second round.
Quoting Head Coach Erika Brennan
“The team came out on this nine-day trip so determined and so focused. After building momentum in Dallas, the energy was contagious and they let it roll here in Augusta. They let bad shots roll off them without judgement and they stayed wholly focused on the controllables. This team is so capable and they’re getting hot at the best possible time in the season!”
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 TOTAL
T9 Melanie Green (Jr./Medina, N.Y) 71 71 -2 (142)
T12 Juliana Camargo (So./Bogota, Columbia) 75 69 E (144)
T22 Lauren Heinlein (Gr./Ocala, Fla.) 72 74 +2 (146)
T57 Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal) 73 80 +9 (153)
T70 Alizee Vidal (Jr./Le Gosier, France) 79 78 +13 (157)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 TOTAL
1 No. 2 Wake Forest 279 284 -13 (563)
2 Augusta 286 288 -2 (574)
3 No. 12 Florida State 288 287 -1 (575)
T4 No. 18 Ole Miss 291 286 +1 (577)
T4 No. 21 Florida 280 297 +1 (577)
6 South Florida 291 292 +7 (583)
7 No. 16 Oklahoma State 296 289 +9 (585)
8 No. 24 Duke 293 295 +12 (588)
9 No. 47 Alabama 310 281 +15 (591)
10 Minnesota 302 291 +17 (593)
11 Furman 302 297 +23 (599)
12 Georgia Southern 304 297 +25 (601)
13 Virginia Tech 309 295 +28 (604)
14 Coastal Carolina 315 303 +42 (618)
Notables
• Junior Melanie Green posted her seventh top 10 of the 2022-2023 season.
• The Bulls finished ahead of No. 16 Oklahoma State, and No. 24 Duke on the Forest Hills Golf Club (Par 72, 6,244 yards).
Next Time Out
The Bulls will tee it up in the last tournament of the regular season at the Chattanooga Classic April 2-4 on the Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, TN.
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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