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Chun Rallies for Co-Medalist, U-M Finishes Sixth at Lady Buckeye
4/16/2023 4:42:00 PM | Women's Golf
» With a closing 295 team total, Michigan posted an 872 two-day total to finish sixth in the regular-season finale at the Lady Buckeye Invitational at OSU's Scarlet Course.
» Posting three straight sub-par tallies -- including the lowest rounds of the second and third rounds -- Monet Chun's 208 (-8, 71-67-70) helped her share medalist honors with Maryland's Patricie Mackova. The win is the second in Chun's career.
» Anika Dy posted a top-30 finish as she tied for 27th at 224 (72-75-74), while Hailey Borja tied for 37th (224).
» The Lady Buckeye, which featured 13 Big Ten squads, was played in a 6-count-4 format with no designated non-counter.
Site: Columbus, Ohio
Course: OSU's Scarlet Course (Par 72, 6,319 yards)
Tournament: The Lady Buckeye Invitational
U-M Team Standing: 6th Place of 14 Teams (291-286-295/872, +8)
Top U-M Individual: Monet Chun, 4th (71-67-70/208, -1)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., April 21-23 -- at Big Ten Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.), TBA
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With junior Monet Chun rallying to earn a share of medalist honors, the University of Michigan women's golf team closed Lady Buckeye Invitational with a 295 third-round tally to finish sixth today (Sunday, April 16) with an 872 54-hole total at OSU's Scarlet Course.
Posting three straight sub-par tallies, Chun led the Wolverines from start to finish. After an opening 71 (-1), she posted a clean sheet 67 (-5) in the second round to put her fourth after 36 holes. In the second round, she carded 13 parts and five birdies, including four on the back-nine, to record her season-low and second-lowest of her career.
Returning for the final round, Chun would go 28 straight holes without a blemish on the scorecard. A bogey on No. 13 snapped her run; however, she would bounce back with two more back-nine birdies to make the turn to the front. Closing with a 70 (-2), she found herself up two spots in the runner-up position. As Maryland's Patricie Mackova reached her final three holes with a two-shot lead, she bogeyed her final two holes giving Chun a share of the second tournament win of her career.
After a second-place finish in the 2021 NCAA Columbus Regional, where the Wolverines advanced to the NCAA Finals, Chun has recorded five of her last six rounds at the Scarlet Course under par.
Playing in the rare 6-count-4 format, U-M opened with a 291 team total, led by Chun's 71, an even-par 72 from senior Anika Dy and a 73 (+1) by freshman Sydney Sung. With an even-par 72 from freshman Lauren Sung along with senior Hailey Borja's 73 (+1) and Chun's 67, the Wolverines followed with a 286 (-2) second-round score to finish the day tied for fifth at one-under 577. The second 18 total marked the sixth sub-par team total of the season.
With Chun's 70 added to a 74 from Dy and a 75 from senior Mikaela Schulz, the Maize and Blue closed at 295 to finish sixth with an 872 total.
Behind Chun's medalist honor, Dy tied for 27th at 221 (72-75-74), while Borja tied for 37th at 224 (75-73-76). Returning to the starting lineup, Schulz tied for 48th at 227 (78-74-75) to give U-M four among the top 50 in the 87-player field.
With the regular season completed, the Wolverines begin the postseason defending their 2022 Big Ten title, as they will head to Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Fox Chapel Golf Club for the 2023 conference championships, Friday through Sunday, April 21-23. After Chun captured U-M's second individual title, she guided U-M to the program's first-ever title with an 857 total to win by four shots over Michigan State.
Final Team Standings
1. Ohio State 277-281-296 = 854 (-10) 2. Michigan State 279-286-298 = 863 3. Penn State 278-289-297 = 864 4. Maryland 287-285-295 = 867 5. Purdue 285-293-293 = 871 6. MICHIGAN 291-286-295 = 872 7. Minnesota 283-294-302 = 879 8. Kent State 288-298-298 = 884 9. Illinois 291-296-304 = 891 10. Wisconsin 293-293-308 = 894 11. Iowa 300-292-304 = 896 12. Nebraska 293-300-307 = 900 13. Indiana 294-305-304 = 903 14. Rutgers 304-308-DNF
Top Individuals
1. MONET CHUN, U-M 71-67-70 = 208 (-8)
Patricie Mackova, Maryland 66-69-73 = 208 (-8)
3. Caley McGinty, Ohio State 67-68-76 = 211
4. Sarah Willis, Penn State 67-68-77 = 212
Mathilde Delavallade, Penn State 68-71-73 = 212
6. Crystal Wang, Illinois 71-70-73 = 214
Brooke Biermann, Michigan State 67-74-73 = 214
Kary Hollenbaugh, Ohio State 70-70-74 = 214
9. Ashley Kozlowski, Purdue 69-72-74 = 215
Isabella McCauley, Minnesota 70-72-73 = 215
Mariana Mesones, Minnesota 70-70-75 = 215
Other Michigan Individuals
T27. Anika Dy 72-75-74 = 221 T37. Hailey Borja 75-73-76 = 224 T48. Mikaela Schulz 78-74-75 = 227 T54. Sydney Sung 73-77-79 = 229 T68. Lauren Sung 81-72-80 = 233
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