Colorado Finishes Third At Golfweek Red Sky Classic

WOLCOTT, Colo. — The University of Colorado women’s golf team finished in third place at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic at 6-over-par, 870, as the 54-hole tournament at Red Sky Golf Club wrapped up on Wednesday.
 
The Buffaloes had the toughest of their three rounds, shooting 7-over, 295, dropping one spot in the team standings. Kennesaw State overtook Colorado for second place with the best low score of the day at 8-under, 280, and finishing at 3-under, 861.
Pepperdine ran away with the team title, finishing the tournament at 18-under, 846, 15 strokes ahead of Kennesaw State.
 
Pepperdine took the top two individual spots. Lion Higo was the medalist at -10 under on the heels of a 67 in the final round. Lauren Gomez took second at 7-under while Sophie Bert of East Tennessee State was third at 4-under.
 
Staggered between holes 1-4 with the shotgun start, Colorado didn’t get off on the right foot with four of five golfers playing bogey or worse on their individual first hole. The Buffaloes gained back a few strokes in the middle of the front nine, including an eagle by freshman Makenzie Cooper on the par 5, No. 5.
 
For the third-straight day the Buffaloes struggled on the outset of the back nine, playing holes 10-12 at 6-over. Colorado picked up three strokes at the par 5, No. 15, with three birdies and at that point were on pace to at least equal its first two-days – around even par.
 
It wasn’t to be though. The same par 5, No. 18, where the Buffs were an astounding 7-under in Tuesday’s second round, was played at 3-over on Wednesday. Collectively, Colorado was 6-over its final two holes.
 
“Not the day or finish the team wanted,” Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. “We struggled getting started then settled down, but had a rough finish.”
 
Freshman Morgan Miller tied for ninth overall at 1-under, 215, for the first top 10 finish of her young career.  She had her highest of three rounds on Wednesday, shooting 2-over, 74. Miller was 2-over early with a pair of bogeys on the front but had climbed back to even after birdies at the par 4, No. 13 and at 15. She dropped back to 2-over with a double bogey on 18, the same hole she eagled in the second round.
 
Graduate Haylin Harris logged a top 20…