» With a 301 team total, No. 20 Michigan is tied for 12th after the first day of the NCAA Finals.
» With three birdies apiece, Ashley Lau and Hailey Borja each carded even 72s and are tied for sixth.
» Borja’s 72 (E) first-round total gives her four straight rounds of par-or-better at the Grayhawk Golf Club.
» U-M will play in the afternoon wave for the second round (12:36 MST), again playing with TCU and Georgia.
Site: Scottsdale, Arizona
Course: Grayhawk Golf Club (Par 72, 6,340 yards)
Tournament: NCAA Finals (Day 1 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: T-12th Place of 24 Teams (301) after Day 1
Top U-M Individual: Ashley Lau & Hailey Borja, tie-6th (72, E)
Next U-M Round: Saturday, May 21 — NCAA Finals Second Round (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 12:36 p.m. MST (No. 1 tee)
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With even-par 72s by senior Ashley Lau and junior Hailey Borja, the 20th-ranked University of Michigan women’s golf team opened its NCAA Finals tallying a 301 first-round total today (Friday, May 20) in the morning wave at the Grayhawk Golf Club. As the 24-team field closed the day, the Wolverines positioned themselves tied for 12th along with No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 16 Baylor and No. 45 Purdue.
The Wolverines are among the coveted 15th position to advance. After 54-holes, the top 15 teams advance to a final round on Monday (May 24), where the top eight teams move on to match play for a chance to capture the national title. Top-ranked Stanford leads after the first 18 holes with a 289 (+1) total.
Starting its second straight NCAA Finals in the morning wave, U-M saw course conditions shift just as the first Wolverine was set to tee off. As the winds grew stronger, the Wolverines had a slow start as they were quickly six-over after three holes. However, adjusting to the Arizona winds, the Maize and Blue responded by playing even par in its next six holes as a pair of birdies from Borja as well as one from Lau and sophomore Monet Chun helped U-M maintain its six-over score at the turn.
After a solid start to the front nine, missed opportunities added up midway through the front as the Wolverines sat 14-over with three holes remaining in the first round. As it has done all season, U-M adjusted again finishing its final three holes one-under using a third birdie from Lau and 11 pars to post a 301 (+13) total.
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