No. 10 California Finishes in Fourth Place in Hawaii

Nov. 4, 2009

KAHUKU, HAWAII -

The No. 10 California Golden Bears women's golf team closed out the fall portion of their schedule with a fourth-place finish at the Turtle Bay Resort College Invite.

The Bears started the tournament strong, opening with a first round 290, the dropping three strokes in the second round to post a 287. The third round, the first round to be played on the par-72 6,361 yard Arnold Palmer course, proved more challenging for the team who scored a 306 on the final 18 holes to finish at +19 for the tournament. Cal finished four strokes behind third-place USC. UC Davis won the team title at +4. (note: there was a late score correction that added two strokes to Cal's final team score from initial score reports. This story now reflects those corrections and the final scores for the team and individuals)

Sophomore Emily Childs was the top individual for the Bears. Childs 68 in the second round was the low round of the tournament among the Cal golfers, and her collegiate personal low round. Junior Pia Halbig carded a 75 (+3) in the final round. Childs ended up in 12th place, finishing at three-over for the tournament. Halbig was tied for 13th at +4. USC's Lizette Salas was the individual medalist at eight-under (208).

"It was a very disappointing final round for us," said Head Coach Nancy McDaniel. "We got off to a rocky start and never recovered. We felt that we were in a good place with our ball striking as we transitioned over to the other course, but the more challenging of the two courses just proved to much. We never got that momentum going."

"We did have four rounds under par, so that was encouraging. It gives us a lot of hope for the spring season."

The Bears will break until the spring, returning to pracitce in January and then back to competition on Feb. 8 when they tee off at the Northrop Gruman Regional Challenge in Rancho Palos Verdes.

Cal Scores

4   	California
	  	+19 	F 	290 	287 	306 	883
12   	Emily Childs
	   	+3 	F 	74 	68 	77 	219
13   	Pia Halbig
	   	+4 	F 	70 	75 	75 	220
T16   	Joanne Lee
	   	+6 	F 	75 	71 	76 	222
T16   	Diane Kwon
	   	+6 	F 	71 	73 	78 	222
T66   	Roseanne Niven
	   	+20 	F 	78 	79 	79 	236

Team Scores

1
  	UC Davis 2
	+4 	F 	  +9 	281 	290 	297 	868
2
  	UCLA 2
	+13 	F 	  +8 	292 	289 	296 	877
3
  	Southern California 2
	+15 	F 	  +10 	291 	290 	298 	879
4
  	California 2
	+19 	F 	  +18 	290 	287 	306 	883
5
  	Oregon, U. of 2
	+32 	F 	  +13 	292 	303 	301 	896
6
  	San Jose State Univ 2
	+35 	F 	  +26 	288 	297 	314 	899
T7
  	Long Beach State 2
	+38 	F 	  +23 	296 	295 	311 	902
T7
  	Tulsa 2
	+38 	F 	  +13 	298 	303 	301 	902
9
  	Oral Roberts Univ. 2
	+39 	F 	  +18 	303 	294 	306 	903
10
  	Washington 2
	+47 	F 	  +11 	312 	300 	299 	911
11
  	San Diego State Univ 2
	+48 	F 	  +26 	297 	301 	314 	912
T12
  	Hawaii, Univ. of 2
	+62 	F 	  +32 	301 	305 	320 	926
T12
  	Toledo, U. of 2
	+62 	F 	  +27 	305 	306 	315 	926
14
  	Gonzaga University 2
	+75 	F 	  +34 	306 	311 	322 	939
15
  	Brigham Young Univ. 2
	+76 	F 	  +38 	308 	306 	326 	940
16
  	New Mexico State 2
	+79 	F 	  +21 	310 	324 	309 	943
T17
  	Oregon State U. 2
	+84 	F 	  +33 	314 	313 	321 	948
T17
  	Santa Clara Univ. 2
	+84 	F 	  +32 	313 	315 	320 	948