Griz finish 14th at The Gold Rush

Results

The Montana women's golf team wrapped up round two of The Gold Rush with a 313 on Tuesday morning, then shot a 324 in round three to finish 14th out of 14 teams at the Old Ranch Country Club at Seal Beach, Calif.

Kari Opatz (75-81-78--234) tied for 54th. Hailey Hoagland (78-75-83--236) tied for 62nd, Teigan Avery (80-80-79--239) tied for 68th, Baylee Barckley (80-77-87--244) finished 79th, and Abby Pfeifer (96-84-84--264) placed 87th in the 87-player field.

Montana had just two of four scoring rounds in the 70s in each of the three rounds. No player scored all three rounds in the 70s.

Opatz's 75 in round one and Hoagland's 75 in round two were the team's low rounds of the tournament.

Opatz had the team's best round on Tuesday of 78. She was 1-over through 11 holes but played her final seven holes at 5-over.

Avery was the only other player to break 80 on Tuesday, shooting a 7-over 79, her best round of the tournament.

San Jose State, with a national ranking of 50, shot rounds of 289, 287 and 293 to win the tournament by 11 strokes over No. 31 BYU, which carded scores of 293, 292 and 295.

Idaho, fifth through two rounds, rallied on Tuesday to finish third with a third-round 286, the best round by any team at the tournament.

Much of that was due to the play of Sophie Hausmann, who used rounds of 70, 69 and 65 to earn medalist honors by three strokes over day-one leader My Leander of San Jose State, who went 69, 69, 69.

Montana will compete again in two weeks at the Women's Spring Break Invitational at Dallas, Texas, a tournament co-hosted by Oral Roberts and Stephen F. Austin at the Trophy Club Country Club.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Teigan Avery

Baylee Barckley

Hailey Hoagland

Kari Opatz

Abby Pfeifer

University of Montana Athletics