Chun Earns Top-10 Finish, Wolverines Close Ninth at ANNIKA Intercollegiate

Chun Earns Top-10 Finish, Wolverines Close Ninth at ANNIKA Intercollegiate

» With a closing team tally of 304, Michigan posted an 880 54-hole total to finish ninth at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate played at the Royal Golf Club.

» The fall-opening event featured 11 of 12 teams ranked among the Women Golf Coaches Association’s Top 20.

» Monet Chun paced the Wolverines with a ninth-place showing — her seventh career top-10 finish — carding a 215 (72-68-75, -1). Overall, it was the fifth sub-par 54-hole total of her career.

» Hailey Borja tied for 30th with a 221 total (73-75-73).

Site: Lake Elmo, Minn.

Tournament: ANNIKA Intercollegiate

Course: The Royal Golf Club (Par 72, 6,408 yards)

U-M Team Standing: 9th Place of 12 Teams (288-288-304/880)

Top U-M Individual: Monet Chun, t-5th (72-68-75/215, -1)

Next Event: Mon-Tue., Sept. 19-20 — Mercedes Benz Collegiate (Knoxville, Tenn.)

LAKE ELMO, Minn. — Led by junior Monet Chun’s top-10 individual finish, the 20th-ranked University of Michigan women’s golf team opened its season with a ninth-place showing Wednesday (Sept. 14) with an 880 total at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate played at the Royal Golf Club.

The Wolverines used an opening-round 70 (-2) from senior Mikaela Schulz and an even-par 72 from Chun to etch an even 288 team total on Monday’s board, putting the Maize and Blue in a tie for second. A six-birdie 68 (-4) from Chun as well as a 71 (-1) from graduate student Ashley Lau highlighted U-M’s second round. With those tallies, Michigan repeated its opening 288 tally, but it saw the Wolverines drop two spots to a tie for fourth after 36 holes.

A slow start to the final round saw the Wolverines finish with a 304 team total and fall to ninth with an 880 total. Senior Hailey Borja found herself five-over after her first six holes. However, she rallied playing three-under over her next 12 holes. With eight pars and four birdies, she rebounded with a 73 (+1). Chun had eight pars and a birdie on her opening nine holes before three bogeys and a double yielded a 75.

With her seventh career top-10 finish, Chun paced U-M in the season opener with her fourth career sub-par 54-hole total at 215 (-1). Her second-round 68 (-4) was her 11th career sub-par round,…