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Monday, March 25, 2019

Florida State makes its move in final round to take team crown in Evans Derby Experience


   If you thought Florida State’s dominating 17-shot victory in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island was a fluke, think again.
   The young Seminoles, behind their pair of freshman standouts from Sweden and their veteran, Amanda Doherty, a junior from Atlanta, leapfrogged three of the top programs in Division I women’s golf with a final round of 3-under 285 Monday to take the team crown in the Evans Derby Experience, which, like  the Darius Rucker, brought together another elite field to Saugahatchee Country Club in Opelika, Ala.
   Florida State was No. 19 on the Golfstat rankings when it won the Darius Rucker and had moved up to No. 11 heading into the Evans Derby Experience. Hello, top 10.
   Texas, No. 2 in the latest Golfstat rankings, had taken the lead after Sunday’s second round, a 1-over-par 289 leaving the Longhorns at 3-over 579. No. 3 Duke had matched Texas’ 1-over 289 in the second round and trailed the Longhorns by three shots at 582. No. 8 Arkansas, the defending Evans Derby Experience champion, was lurking another two shots behind Duke in third at 584 after the Razorbacks, who had grabbed the opening-round lead with a 3-under 285, carded a 299 in the second round.
   Florida State was another shot behind Arkansas in fourth at 9-over 585 after adding a 4-over 292 to its opening round of 5-over 293.
   But Doherty, who had struggled a little with a pair 3-over 75s in the first two rounds, fired a 3-under 69 over the 6,250-yard, par-72 Saugahatchee layout in the final round that moved her into a tie for 12th in the individual standings at 3-over 219.
   Frida Kinhult, the freshman sensation who is No. 4 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), carded her second consecutive 2-under 70 that enabled her to finish in a group of four players tied for third at 1-under 215.
   Kinhult’s fellow Swede and fellow freshman, Beatrice Wallin, No. 34 in the Women’s WAGR, matched par with a final-round 72 that also landed her in the quartet tied for third at 1-under 215.
   And the Seminoles got a crucial 2-over 74 from Amelia Williamson, a freshman from England. She had struggled with scores of 76 and 80 in the first two rounds, but the clutch final round enabled her to finish among the group tied for 56th at 230.
   It added up to a 3-under 285 that gave Florida State a 6-over 870 total, four shots better than two-time reigning Big 12 champion Texas, two-time reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion Duke and reigning Southeastern Conference champion Arkansas, all of whom ended up tied for second at 10-over 874.
   The Longhorns closed with a 7-over 295, the Blue Devils carded a 4-over 292 in the final round and the Razorbacks finished up with a solid 2-over 290.
   No. 7 Florida matched par in the final round with a 288 to finish fifth at 16-over 880, six shots behind the trio tied for second. No. 14 Kent State, behind individual champion Karoline Stormo, a junior from Norway, was another five shots behind the Gators in sixth at 21-over 885 after a final round of 7-over 295.
   Host Auburn, ranked 13th, finished seventh in the loaded 14-team field with a 25-over 889 total after a final round of 8-over 296.
   Rounding out the Florida State lineup was a fourth freshman – that’s four freshmen and Doherty in the lineup – Puk Lyng Thomsen of Denmark, who contributed a  1-under 71 in the opening round, added a 4-over 76 that was a counter in the second round and closed with a  throw-out 78 to end up in the group tied for 38th at 9-over 225.
   As I mentioned in my final post on the Darius Rucker, if you think a lineup with four freshmen in it doesn’t have enough experience to make a run in the postseason, you need look no further than last spring when Southern California’s fab four of freshman and a sophomore made it all the way to the semifinals in the NCAA Championship at Karsten Creek  Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.
   Stormo opened with a 2-over 74 before firing a 3-under 69 in the second round and trailed co-leaders Clara Manzalini, a freshman at Florida from Italy, and Kaitlyn Papp, a sophomore home girl from Austin at Texas and No. 27 in the Women’s WAGR, by a shot going into the final round.
   But Stormo fired a 2-under 70 in the final round for a 3-under 213 total that gave her the individual title by a shot over Arkansas’ Maria Fassi, a senior from Mexico and No. 10 in the Women’s WAGR.
   After opening with a 2-under 70, Fassi, who was the defending individual champion in the Evans Derby Experience, struggled to a 4-over 76 in the second round. But she stormed home with a 4-under 68 – matching the low individual round of the tournament – in the final round to finish a shot behind Stormo at 2-under 214.
   Fassi, the reigning Annika Award winner, could be playing on the LPGA Tour right now, but she decided to delay the start of her professional career because she still has some unfulfilled college goals. The NCAA Championship will be played at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark., Arkansas’ home course. Fassi seems determined to give the Pig Sooie faithful a little something to shout about that week.
   Manzalini, who also matched the low round of the tournament with her opening-round 68, fell back in the final round with a 1-over 73 to join Florida State’s Swedes, Kinhult and Wallin, in the quartet tied for third at 1-under 215.
   Rounding out that group was Auburn’s Julie McCarthy, a sophomore from Ireland who sandwiched a 1-under 71 in the second round with a pair of even-par 72s to land at 215.
   Papp had gained her share of the lead after two rounds by adding a 2-under 70 to her opening-round 72. A final round of 2-over 74 left her alone in seventh place at even-par 216.
   Baylor accounted for the pair tied for eighth at 1-over 217 as both Gurleen Kaur, a sophomore from Houston, and Maria Vesga, a senior from Colombia, both landed on that number.
   Kaur also matched the low round of the tournament with her opening round of 4-under 68 before adding a 4-over 76 in the second round and finishing up with a 1-over 73. Vesga finished up strong with a 2-under 70 in the final round to join her teammate at 1-over.




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