Buffs 12th Midway Through Second Round At Juli Inkster Invite

FAIRFAX, Calif. — The University of Colorado women’s golf team is in 12^th place midway through the second round at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational after play was suspended due to darkness.
 
The Buffaloes paused play at 19-over par, between their 10^th and 12^th holes of the second round. A one-hour, five-minute weather delay in the middle of the first round and slow wet conditions throughout the day pushed the second half of the second round to Tuesday morning. Play will resume at 9 a.m. MT, with the third and final round to immediately follow.
 
Top-ranked Stanford leads the field at 8-under, two strokes ahead of No. 11 USC and seven up on No. 5 San Jose State.
 
Colorado got off to a good start early. The Buffaloes were tied for fifth at 2-over through nine holes with four of Colorado’s five golfers sitting between 1-under and 1-over.
 
The skies opened up over Meadow Club, forcing the delay, and the field generally dealt with rain, wind and sometimes even hail, the rest of the day.
 
Colorado finished the first round tied for seventh at 10-over, 298, its best round of the spring.  
 
The Buffaloes struggled at the open of the second round, playing holes No. 13 through 18 at 10-over to start. Graduate senior Haylin Harris picked up a pair of birdies, and Lauren Gooding another before the darkness settled in and the round was suspended.
 
“We started really well today,” Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. “I’m really proud of how the team played for most of the first round. Unfortunately, we didn’t finish too well after the rain delay. We saw signs of some very good, solid play today but had a few holes that hurt us.”
 
Freshman Morgan Miller is tied for 19^th at 2-over, with eight holes remaining in her second round. Miller shot even par, 72, in the first round and was tied for eighth after 18 holes. She was 2-under right out of the gate with consecutive birdies at No. 12 and No. 13. Miller played the next 12 holes at 3-over, before back-to-back birdies at No. 8 and No. 9 to get back to 1-under. Miller made bogey at No. 10, but finished even for her best round since the second round of the Golfweek Red Sky Classic.
 
“Morgan is playing really solid golf,” Kelly said. “It’s a tough course, but she seems to be handling the course and weather conditions well.”
 
Gooding is tied for 27^th at…