Chen, McCrary lead OSU to third place tie in Allstate Sugar Bowl
NEW ORLEANS — A strong 54-hole performance from Chih-Min Chen and a final-round charge from Maddie McCrary led the Oklahoma State women’s golf team to an 11-over 875 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship, which tied the Cowgirls with Arizona for third place.
Impending weather forecasted for Tuesday forced the field to play the final 36 holes on Monday, but that didn’t slow down Chen and McCrary. Chen earned her first top-10 finish of the season with a 1-over 217, which is her best 54-hole performance since September.
McCrary carded four birdies and just a single bogey in the third round to move up 18 spots on the leaderboard with a 3-under 69. She is finished tied for 16th place at 2-over 218 overall.
Linnea Johansson worked her way up the leaderboard with 1-under 71 for the final round. The senior tied for 49th with a 12-over 228 on the week.
Stanford finished 12 strokes ahead of the competition with a 1-under 863. Florida followed in second place with a 10-over 874. Haley Moore of Arizona won the individual title with a 6-under 210.
Kenzie Neisen shot 7-over 223 to tie for 28th place. Emma Broze ended the final round tied for 35th place with a 9-over 225.
The Cowgirls will take a week off before traveling to South Carolina to compete in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, which will begin on March 3.
Team Leaderboard
1. Stanford (-1) 293-278-292 — 863
2. Florida (+10) 292-286-296 — 874
T3. Oklahoma State (+11) 292-291-292 — 875
T3. Arizona (+11) 296-295-284 — 875
Individual Leaderboard
1. Haley Moore, Arizona (-6) 70-71-69 — 210
2. Andrea Lee, Stanford (-4) 76-68-68 — 212
Oklahoma State
T10. Chih-Min Chen (+1) 70-73-74 — 217
T16. Maddie McCrary (+2) 77-72-69 — 218
T28. Kenzie Neisen (+7) 72-72-79 — 223
T35. Emma Broze (+9) 73-74-78 — 225
T50. Linnea Johansson (+12) 80-77-71 — 228