Three Bulls place in Top 10
DALLAS, TEXAS, March 7, 2023 – The USF women’s golf team saw all four of its scorers shoot even par or better (three under par) in the final round as the Bulls tied the program’s 54-hole record with a score of 852 to finish third among a tough 15-team field at the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas, Texas.
USF’s final round total of 278 ranked as the third-best, 18-hole total in program history and the team’s third top three mark (the Bulls posted a record 273 in the fall and a 277 in February) in the last six tournaments. USF’s 54-hole total of 852 (-12) matched the program record of 852 (-12) set last season at the USA Intercollegiate and marked the fifth top five program mark set in the last three seasons.
No. 31 SMU won the tournament with a 24-under par total of 840 followed by No. 43 Houston (-14, 845), USF (-12, 852) and No. 42 Tulsa (-5, 859).
Sophomore Juliana Camargo paced the Bulls, firing a final round 3-under par 69 to finish fourth overall with a 6-under par, three-round total of 210 on the Trinity Forest Golf Club (Par-72, 6,464 Yards). Her 54-hole total marked a new career-best by eight strokes as she shot rounds of 73, 68 and 69 for a career-best placing.
Junior Melanie Green, ranked No. 76 nationally, raced up the leaderboard in the final round with a closing round 4-under par 68 to post her sixth top 10 finish of the season with a 4-under par total of 212 good for a tie for fifth.
Graduate student Lauren Heinlein shot a 3-under par 69 in the final 18 holes to finish tied for 10th at 3-under par 213, equaling a season-best.
Junior Alizee Vidal, who posted an eagle in the second round, shot even-par 72 in her final round to finish tied for 31st at 2-over par 218.
Sophomore Leonor Medieros finished tied for 43rd at 5-over par 221 and added a scoring round of 73 in the first round.
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
4 Juliana Camargo (So./Bogota, Columbia) 73* 68* 69* -6 (210)
T5 Melanie Green (Jr./Medina, N.Y) 73* 71* 68* -4 (212)
T10 Lauren Heinlein (Gr./Ocala, Fla.) 69* 75* 69* -3 (213)
T31 Alizee Vidal (Jr./Le Gosier, France) 74 72* 72* +2 (218)
T43 Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal) 73* 75 73 +5 (221)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL
1 No. 31 SMU 286 278 276 -24 (840)
2 No. 43 Houston 283 288 274 -19 (845)
3 South Florida 288 286 278 -10 (852)
4 No. 42 Tulsa 295 286 278 -5 (859)
5 Incarnate Word 288 286 288 -2 (862)
6 No. 35 Kent State 292 283 290 +1 (865)
7 Tulane 293 282 291 +2 (866)
8 DBU 296 285 287 +4 (868)
9 UTSA 300 284 290 +10 (874)
10 Texas State 294 296 286 +12 (876)
11 Cal Poly 291 292 296 +15 (879)
12 Seattle 297 294 291 +18 (882)
13 Fresno State 296 299 297 +28 (892)
14 Southern Mississippi 301 302 299 +38 (902)
15 UAB 311 312 302 +61 (925)
Notables
• USF’s 54-hole total of 852 tied the program record set last season. USF has now posted all of the top five 54-hole totals in program history in the last three years.
• USF’s final round, 18-hole total of 278 marked the third-best in program history. The Bulls have fired all of the top three 18-hole marks in program history this season.
• Juliana Camargo’s 54-hole total of 210 and fourth-place finish both marked career-bests
• Melanie Green posted her sixth top 10 finish on the 2022-23 season.
Next Time Out
The Bulls head to Augusta, Ga., for the Valspar Augusta Invitational March 11-12 on the Forest Hills Golf Course.
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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