The Bulls close out a record-setting 2023-24 season.
BERMUDA RUN, N.C., May 8, 2024 – The University of South Florida women’s golf team, making back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02, finished eighth as their record-setting season came to an end at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional.
The 34th-ranked Bulls, seeking their fifth appearance in the NCAA Championship round, moved up one spot after closing with a 294 (+6) in the final round. USF opened with a 300 (+12), improved 10 shots with a 290 (+2) in the second round. For the tournament, the Bulls shot 884 (+20).
Senior Melanie Green, the AAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year, led the Bulls. Green, ranked 20th nationally, closed with a 69 (-3), her low round of the tournament, to move up five spots into a tie for 13th. She made four birdies on her round, including her last two holes. After an opening round 72 (E), Green shot 71 (-1) in the second round, for a 54-hole total of 212 (-4). In the 2023-24 season she shot par or better in 32 of 33 rounds.
Graduate student transfer Alyssa Montgomery shot under par in the last two rounds, carding a pair of one-under 71’s. In the final round, Montgomery made four birdies as she moved up the leaderboard 11 spots to finish tied for 24th. Montgomery shot an opening round 76 (+4) and finished with a 54-hole tally of 218 (+2).
Senior Alizee Vidal moved up 12 places as she closed with a 74 (+2) to tie for 42nd) at 227 (+11). Vidal opened with a 79 (+7), improved five shots with a second-round 74 (+2)
Freshman Emma Falcher opened with 74 (+2) in each of the first two rounds. Falcher closed with an 80 (+8) and finished tied for 46th at 288 (+12).
Junior Leonor Medeiros contributed a scoring round with an opening 78 (+6). She shot 83 (+11) in the second round and closed with an 80 (+8) to finish at 241 (+25), in a tie for 61st.
Bulls Team Scores
Place RD1 RD 2 RD 3 Total
T13 Melanie Green (Sr./Medina, N.Y) 72 71 69 -4 (212)
T24 Alyssa Montgomery (Gr./Knoxville, Ten.) 76 71 71 +2 (218)
T42 Alizee Vidal (Sr./Le Gosier, France) 79 74 74 +11 (227)
T46 Emma Falcher (Fr./ Fousenant, France) 74 74 80 +12 (228)
T61 Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal) 78 83 80 +25 (241)
Tournament Team Scores
Place RD1 RD2 RD3 Total
1 Ole Miss 283 281 279 -21 (843)
2 Texas 285 279 280 -20 (844)
3 Wake Forest 277 281 288 -18 (846)
4 Mississippi State 283 288 290 -3 (861)
5 Oregon State 285 293 284 -2 (862)
6 Tennessee 278 294 295 +3 (867)
7 North Texas 293 281 304 +14 (878)
8 South Florida 300 290 294 +20 (884)
9 UCF 293 294 298 +21 (888)
10 Navy 302 299 309 +46 (910)
11 Charleston Southern 308 301 302 +47 (911)
12 Delaware 304 306 307 +53 (917)
About USF Women’s Golf
The 2023-24 campaign is 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. The Bulls have earned two NCAA Regional bids, in 2022-23 and 2023-24, and have captured six tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, has been an all-conference performer in each of her first four 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. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
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