CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Colorado women’s golf team concluded the fall portion of its season with a ninth-place finish at the 2023 Miami Hurricane Invitational which wrapped up Tuesday at the Biltmore Golf Course.
Colorado shot 8-over-par, 872, at the 54-hole event, including 3-over, 291, in Tuesday’s final round.
Miami won the team title at 27-under, 10 strokes better than Oklahoma (-17). South Florida came in third (-11) followed by Texas State (-6) and Augusta (-5).
Sophomore Morgan Miller capped off a record-breaking fall season, tying for third place at 8-under, 208, after a 71 in the final round. Miller had an early bogey on the back – just her second of the tournament – but avoided any further slips. She got back to even with a birdie on the par 5, No. 1, and closed out with a second one on her final hole, the par 3, No. 8, to finish in the red for the 11th time in 15 fall season rounds.
Miami’s Sara Byrne went wire-to-wire for medalist honors at 19-under, 197, nine strokes better than South Florida’s Melanie Green (-10).
“Really proud of Morgan and her tied-for-third finish,” Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. “She played a solid round of golf and had a great ball striking day. She finished up the fall on a very good note.”
Miller set fall season school records for stroke average (70.40) and score in relation to par (-1.4), breaking Robyn Choi’s 2018-19 marks of 71.44 and -0.88 respectively. During Monday’s first two rounds, she recorded her sixth and seventh round of the 60s in the season, breaking the season record of five she held with Esther Lee (2014-15).
Graduate senior Sabrina Iqbal finished 25th overall at even-par, 216. She shot a 72 in the final round, making par on 16 of 18 holes with a birdie on the par 5 No. 18 and a bogey on the par 4 No. 2 keeping her at even for the tournament.
Iqbal had an impressive fall season in her own right. She surpassed Choi’s fall season records herself, coming in behind Miller with a stroke average of 70.92 and a -1.08 score in relation to par.
Junior Maria Eidhagen Harrouch finished tied for 45th overall at 7-over, 223. She shot 74 in Tuesday’s final round, highlighted by three birdies on the…
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