Grey Bruce Golf News

Schmidt ties for 53rd

Third tourney for Kincardine teen

Kincardine, Ontario's Taylor Schmidt finished in a tie for 53rd at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic which wrapped up Feb. 9 at the Champions Course of the Trump International Golf Club.

Schmidt recorded a final-round 82 (+10) and finished the 3-day tournament with a 235 (+19) total. Her University of Oklahoma team ended up in 11th place at the 16-team event in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

"The conditions were tough today (Feb. 9)," states OU head coach Veronique Drouin on the Sooners website (www.soonersports.com). "Gusty winds and difficult hole locations made the course play a little harder. We need to look at the positives and move forward because we have a ton of tournaments this spring."

One of the positives was the play of junior Ellen Mueller. Despite recording an unusually high 79 (+7) in Tuesday's final round, Mueller finished in 15th place with a solid three-round 221 (+5). It marked Mueller's 12th career top-20 finish and fifth in five tournaments in 2009-10.

In her first two tournaments with the Division I Sooners, Schmidt finished 58th and tied for 28th. Both tournaments were played in the fall.

The Sooners compete next at the UCF Challenge, hosted by the University of Central Florida, on March 1-2 in Orlando, Fla.

Team and individual results are listed below.

Team Standings: 1. Alabama: 295-287-290=872 (+8) 2. Purdue: 296-295-292=883 (+19) 3. Oklahoma State: 300-288-298=886 (+22) 4. Georgia: 292-295-301=888 (+24) 5. Kent State: 299-301-297=897 (+33) T6. Northwestern: 306-297-304=907 (+43) T6. Florida State: 310-292-305=907 (+43) T6. Baylor: 306-298-303=907 (+43) 9. Texas Tech: 303-300-305=908 (+44) 10. Wisconsin: 302-314-306=922 (+58) 11. Oklahoma: 306-301-316=923 (+59) 12. Michigan: 309-302-314=925 (+61) 13. Iowa State: 315-305-315=935 (+71) 14. Indiana: 304-316-321=941 (+77) 15. SMU: 316-314-323=953 (+89) 16. Penn State: 319-320-322=961 (+97)

Player Standings: 1. Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State: 74-65-70=209 (-7) T2. Marta Silva, Georgia: 70-69-73=212 (-4) T2. Hannah Burke, Baylor: 69-69-74=212 (-4) T4. Emilie Burger, Georgia: 72-70-71=213 (-3) T4. Thea Hoffmeister, Purdue: 66-73-74=213 (-3) 6. Numa Gulyanamitta, Purdue: 71-72-72=215 (-1) T7. Camilla Lennarth, Alabama: 74-72-70=216 E T7. Victoria Park, Oklahoma State: 74-70-72=216 E T7. Jennifer Kirby, Alabama: 67-76-73=216 E T10. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue: 72-77-68=217 (+1) T10. Brooke Pancake, Alabama: 75-69-73=217 (+1)

OU Player Standings: 15. Ellen Mueller: 72-70-79=221 (+5) T46. Chelsey Collins: 77-78-79=234 (+18) T53. Taylor Schmidt: 79-74-82=235 (+19) T53. Andrea Sellmeyer: 80-79-76=235 (+19) T64. Aly Seng: 78-79-82=239 (+23)