Three Bulls finished in the top 10, led by Melanie Green who tied for third.
TAMPA, FLA., April 17, 2024 – The University of South Florida women’s golf team posted a third-place finish in the American Conference Women’s Golf Championship. In the 2023-24 season, the Bulls finished in the top four in nine of 10 events, including three wins.
The Bulls placed three players in the top 10. Along with Green, who posted a 54-hole score of 210 (-6), freshman Emma Falcher finished ninth with a score of 213 (-3), and graduate student Alyssa Montgomery finished tied for 10th with a score of 214 (-2).
USF led after the first two rounds, but was unable to hold off winner SMU, the Mustangs shot 276 (-12), the low round of the tournament, in the final round. SMU finished at 843 (-21). Tulsa shot 281 (-7) in the third round to finish second at 845 (-19). After rounds of 281 (-7) and 277 (-11), the Bulls closed with a 292 (+4). USF led the field with three eagles and in par five scoring at 4.60 (-24).
Senior Melanie Green, ranked 19th nationally, shot par or better in all three rounds. Green opened with a 71 (-1), followed by a 67 (-5) in the second round, which included a 30 (-6) on the front nine, and closed with an even-par 72. She has shot par or better in 26 of 29 rounds on the season. Green led the field with two eagles and in par five scoring at 4.25 (-9).
Falcher joined Green in the top 10, her third top 10 finish in her first year as a Bull. She opened with a 69 (-3) and shot 71 (-1), in the second round in which she made six birdies. In the final round, Falcher shot 73 (+1) to finish at 213 (-3) in ninth place.
Alyssa Montgomery tied her low round as a Bull with a 68 (-4) in the second round. Montgomery opened and closed with a pair of 73’s to finish tied for 10th at 214 (-2), her second top 10 finish of the season.
Senior Alizee Vidal shot 68 (-4) in the first round, carding an eagle and five birdies. Vidal followed that with 74 (+2) in the last two rounds to finish 15th at 216 (E).
Junior Leonor Medeiros improved eight shots from the first to the second to contribute a scoring round of 71 (-1) in round two. She shot 79 in the first round and closed with a 77 (+5) to finish in a tie for 38th.
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 Total
T3 Melanie Green (Sr./Medina, N.Y) 71 67 72 -6 (210)
9 Emma Falcher (Fr./ Fousenant, France) 69 71 73 -3 (213)
T10 Alyssa Montgomery (Gr./Knoxville, Ten.) 73 68 73 -2 (214)
15 Alizee Vidal (Sr./Le Gosier, France) 68 74 74 E (216)
T38 Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal) 79 71 77 +11 (227)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 Total
1 SMU 278 289 276 -21 (843)
2 Tulsa 283 281 281 -19 (845)
3 South Florida 281 277 292 -14 (850)
4 East Carolina 279 292 295 +2 (866)
5 UTSA 282 302 287 +7 (871)
6 North Texas 286 300 288 +10 (874)
7 Florida Atlantic 290 295 297 +18 (882)
8 Charlotte 299 295 302 +32 (896)
9 Wichita State 294 298 308 +36 (900)
10 Tulane 297 306 300 +39 (903)
11 UAB 304 305 305 +50 (914)
12 Memphis 306 308 306 +56 (920)
About USF Women’s Golf
The 2023-24 campaign will be the Bulls’ sixth full season under head coach Erika Brennan. South Florida 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 five tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Senior standout Melanie Green has been an all-conference performer in each of her first three seasons, qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program’s first postseason appearance in 11 years.
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