Michigan
Big Ten Championships
Park Finishes 17th, Team 10th at Big Ten Championships
5/2/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Site: West Lafayette, Ind.
Course: Purdue University Kampen Course (par 72, 5949 yards)
Tournament: Big Ten Championships (Day 3)
U-M Team Finish: 10th place of 11 teams (334-331-322-315/1,302)
Top U-M Individual: Sharon Park, tie-17th place (81-89-77-72/319)
Next Event: Season completed
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan women's golf team finished in 10th place at the 1999 Big Ten Conference Championships, closing out the tournament with an impressive final round on Sunday (May 2). The Wolverines shot a combined 315 on the extremely difficult Kampen Course at Purdue University, matching the team's second-best round of the 1998-99 season.
Senior Sharon Park (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay HS) ended her career on a high as she shot an even-par 72 in the final round to finish in a tie for 17th place. Park was one of just two players in the entire tournament to shoot a round of par or better (Summerset Lovett of Ohio State shot a 71 in the final round). Park's 72 fell one shot shy of her career-best round of 71, set in the third round of last year's conference championship.
Other Wolverines competing included Amy Talbot (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS), Trish Watkins (Darien, Conn./Darien HS), LeAnna Wicks (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS), Bess Bowers (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington North HS) and Misia Lemanski (Grosse Ile, Mich./Grosse Ile HS).
Ohio State was the tournament champion, finishing 12 strokes ahead of second-place Indiana. Indiana's Erin Carney was the individual champion, finishing with a total of 301.
Final Team Standings
1. Ohio State 310-313-314-302 = 1239 2. Indiana 314-316-311-310 = 1251 3. Michigan State 320-318-308-312 = 1258 4. Purdue 315-326-325-309 = 1275 5. Wisconsin 320-318-321-320 = 1279 6. Northwestern 329-322-317-312 = 1280 7. Penn State 334-327-311-309 = 1281 8. Minnesota 320-325-328-316 = 1289 9. Iowa 323-320-329-321 = 1293 10. MICHIGAN 334-331-322-315 = 1302 11. Illinois 347-349-347-348 = 1391
Top Individuals
1. Erin Carney, Indiana 75-75-78-73 = 301
2. Amber Amstutz, Ohio State 74-75-79-76 = 304
3. Natalie Mosher, Ohio State 77-78-72-79 = 307
M.C. Mullen, Iowa 81-74-76-76 = 307
5. Melaine Lepp, Minnesota 77-75-82-74 = 308
Michigan Individual Scores
T17. Sharon Park 81-89-77-72 = 319 T31. Amy Talbot 82-83-82-81 = 328 41. Trish Watkins 87-79-81-85 = 332 T49. LeAnna Wicks 90-84-82-81 = 337 T51. Bess Bowers 86-85-83-85 = 339 T56. Misia Lemanski 85-88-89-81 = 343
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