Women’s golf competes alongside the men’s team in a three-day tournament scoring a +121 combined
Missouri women’s golf finished ninth in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational hosted by the Arkansas Razorbacks.
This is the first time the Tigers competed in this three-day tournament. Playing 18 holes each day, the women finished with a score of 65-over-par.
With a strong start, Ffion Tynan led the squad on day one carding a 3-under-par 69, finishing the first day in fourth. On day two, Tynan led the Tigers again and carded a 2-over-par 74 with 14 pars in the entire round. The final day’s performance dropped her 11 spots, moving down the scoreboard to No. 15 and finishing with a score of 10-over-par.
Despite two back-to-back top-10 finishes at the last two events, Fleur van Beek finished at No. 32 after working her way up on the leaderboard each day. She moved up eight spots on day two and seven on the final day, finishing with a 19-over-par final score.
Alexandra Berglund ended day one in seventh place but ended up at No. 45 with a score of plus 24-over-par, moving down three spots from her placement on day two.
Addie Dobson finished with a score of 22-over-par, landing in the No. 42 spot. Melanie Walker scored a 29-over-par, barely scraping into the top-50 players on the scoreboard.
The hosting women’s team, Arkansas, took the lead early to lead on all three days in the No. 1 spot and finished with a team score of -12-under-par. Mississippi State, LSU, BYU and Kansas State finished behind the Razorbacks.
The Tigers headed a state over for their next event where they competed in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Showdown hosted by the Kansas Jayhawks on Oct. 7.
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