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Lady Northern Invitational
Indiana Finishes Seventh at Lady Northern Invitational
9/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Sept. 28, 2009
MADISON, Wis. - After weather forced a delay of second round play on Sunday, the Indiana women's golf team completed action at the Lady Northern Invitational on Monday with a seventh-place finish at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis.
The Hoosiers finished with a 296 in the second round and a 311 in the third round for a total of 910 (+46). Purdue won the title at +1 (865), followed by Ohio State (878/+14), Michigan State (878/+14), Northwestern (889/+25) and Iowa State (892/+28) in the top five.
"The conditions were tough today and I don't think we handled it as well as we could have," said head coach Clint Wallman. "Kate (Coons) really came on in the final round, but we let the wind, rain and cold affect our play. That is something we need to work on."
Laura Nochta led the Hoosiers, finishing tied for 18th at +9 (75-72-78/225). She began the third round -1 after two holes with a birdie on two but was tripped up by bogeys on three and five to drop to +1. Back-to-back double bogeys on seven and eight put her at +5, but things improved after she made the turn as she went -1 over the next seven holes with a birdie on 13. The day ended with bogeys on 17 and 18.
Nochta opened her second round with a birdie on one, and after bogeys on four and seven came back with birdies on nine and 10 to move to -1. She pared the next seven holes but ended the round with an even 72 after a bogey on 18.
Kellye Belcher finished alone in 34th with a tally of 230 (76-78-76/+14). She bogeyed three of the first four holes in the third round but came back with pars on her next five tries. Back-to-back bogeys on 11 and 12 put her at +5. Belcher found her rhythm after that, going -1 over the next six holes with a birdie on 17. She pared 18 and one to end the day at +4.
In the second round, Belcher recorded pars on her first five holes before a bogey on seven put her at +1. She had another bogey on 10 but was cruising along with pars on the next five holes before a double bogey on 16. She added bogeys on holes 18 and one to finish with a 6-over 78.
Anita Gahir finished 44th at +18 (78-74-82/234). The third round began with bogeys on four of the first seven holes to fall to +4, and she added a double bogey on nine to make the turn at +6. She picked up pars on 10, 11 and 13 but added bogeys on 12 and 14 to add another two strokes to her score. A birdie on 15 was followed by bogeys on 16, 17 and 18 to end the day.
Gahir was at +1 after three holes in the second round but carded a two on the par-3 eighth hole and added another birdie with a four on the par-5 ninth hole to move to -1. Back-to-back bogeys on 12 and 13 put her back up at +1, but another bogey on 15 was negated with a birdie on 16. She ended the round with a 2-over 74 after a par on 17 and a bogey on 18.
Kate Coons made a comeback on the final day to finish tied for 46th at +20 (80-81-75/236). She opened the final round with a birdie on four and was holding strong until a bogey on eight and a double on nine to drop to +2. Another bogey on 12 put her at 3-over, but she added her second birdie of the round with a three on the par-4 13th hole. The score relief was short-lived with another double bogey on 14. Coons recorded pars on the next three holes before closing out 18 with a bogey. She played some of her best golf of the day over the final three holes, recording the firs eagle by an IU player this season on the par-5 second hole to come into the clubhouse at +3.
In round two, Coons was 5-over after just three holes with bogeys on four and five, and a triple bogey on six. She would par four of the next six holes with bogeys on eight and 12, but came up with her first birdie of the round on the par-4 13th hole. Another triple bogey on 15 left her at 9-over, and a birdie on two was followed by a bogey on three to finish the round with an 81.
Pamela Burneski tied for 52nd with a score of 237 (74-77-86/237). She got off to a slow start in the final round with double bogeys on two and four, followed by three-straight bogeys on five, six and seven to drop to +7. The stretch of holes 10 through 12 were unkind with bogeys on 10 and 12 sandwiching a double bogey on 11. Her first birdie of the round came on the par-4 14th hole to move to +10, but a bogey on 16 and one with a double on 18 left her at +14 for the round.
Burneski pared six of her first eight holes but had bogeys on dour and nine to sit at +2. She remained at 2-over until a three-hole string of bogeys from holes 14 through 17 set up a final score of 77 (+5).
Rounding out the IU contingent was Cecilia Orevik who tied for 52nd at +21 (78-73-86/237). She was off to a slow start in the final round with bogeys on four and five, followed by a double bogey on seven and singles on eight and nine to fall to +6. She came back to par four of the next five holes, but her stretch on the back nine ended with bogeys on 15, 16, 17 and 18. Orevik closed out the round with a double bogey on one and a bogey on 18 to finish at +14.
Orevik was 1-under after three holes in the second round thanks to a birdie on the par-3 fifth hole. A bogey on six and a double bogey on eight tacked two strokes onto her score, but she bounced back to 1-under over the next eight holes with birdies on 13 and 16 and just a lone bogey on 12. Her birdie on 16 was followed by a bogey on 17, but she came home with two pars and a birdie on two to finish with a 1-over 73.
The Hoosiers return to the course Oct. 5-6 at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo.
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