Buffs Finish 12th At The San Diego State Classic

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — The University of Colorado women’s golf team closed out the San Diego State Classic with a 33-over par, 321, final round to finish in 12^th place at The Farms Golf Club on Tuesday.
 
Colorado shot 94-over, 958, for the 54-hole tournament, sitting nine strokes back of UC Davis.
 
No. 30 ranked Iowa State won the San Diego State Classic at 33-over, registering the only sub-900 score in the tournament field at 897. No. 39 Georgia was four spots back at 37-over, 901. No. 50 Denver was third at 45-over, 909.
 
Despite playing 75 yards shorter, the third round proved to be the toughest of the tournament with the field averaging 79.3 on the day – two strokes higher than Monday’s second round. Georgia had the day’s best score at 15-over, 294. Nine of the 12 teams were 20-over or higher in the final round which featured tough greens combined with breezy weather and temperatures in the low 50s.
 
“Another rough day on the course,” Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. “It was a tough track, and overall the team really struggled with their short game and putting.”
 
Freshman Morgan Miller shot Colorado’s low round, and had the low 54-hole score for the Buffaloes. Miller was 6-over, 78, in the third round and finished in 33^rd place at 20-over, 236. It marked her second time in six career tournaments with Colorado’s low 54-hole score.
 
Miller had three of Colorado’s five birdies on the day with all three coming in a four-hole stretch. She began with a birdie at the 304-yard, par 4, No. 6. After a double bogey at No. 7, she bounced back with back-to-back birdies at the 364-yard, par 4, No. 8 and the 472-yard, par 5, No. 9.
 
Sophomore Lauren Gooding had Colorado’s other round in the 70s on Tuesday matching her second-round score with a 7-over, 79. Gooding wasn’t able to score any birdies but did have a team-best 12 pars in the third round. She finished tied for 41^st overall at 24-over, 240.
 
Sophomore Natalie Vo tied for 45^th, one stroke back of Gooding at 25-over, 241. She shot a 10-over, 82, in the third round.
 
Freshman Makenzie Cooper tied for 54^th at 30-over, 246, while junior Hailey Schalk tied for 56^th at 31-over, 247.
 
“We’re all dissatisfied with our performance,” Kelly said. “But as the saying goes, sometimes you learn more form disappointments than successes. We have a…