Ole Miss Posts Fourth-Place Finish At Lady Gator Invitational

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Ole Miss women’s golf team equaled the second-lowest three-round total (892) in school history, which was good enough to earn a fourth-place finish Sunday, at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational. The team kicked off the spring with its first top-five showing under first-year head coach Michele Drinkard.

Host Florida captured the team title with an 849. Louisville took second with an 872, and Wake Forest, the only team to go under par in the final round, claimed third with an 875. North Carolina rounded out the top five with an 898. Florida’s Tiffany Chudy won medalist honors with a 209.

Junior Dori Carter led the Lady Rebels, finishing tied for ninth with a 71-73-74—218. It marked her third top-10 finish of the year and ninth of her career.

Sophomore Sara Grantham posted a career-best 54-hole tournament score 73-71-77—221 to finish tied for 16^th, earning her third career top-20 finish. Her second-round 71 is also a career-low.

Freshman Jill Brodd joined Carter and Grantham in a tie for sixth coming into the final round, but struggled with an 83 to finish tied for 31^st at 71-73-83—227.

Junior Rachel Ingram (78-75-77—230) and senior Katherine Jones (88-76-79--243) rounded out the Lady Rebel scoring.

"We had a very humbling day on the golf course, but because we had played so strongly the first two rounds we had a fourth place finish in a very competitive field," Drinkard said. "We are very proud of Dori, Sara Jill, Rachel and Katherine for providing each other this great opportunity. To get the experience of playing in the final group with the No. 5 team in the country is something you can not simulate in practice. It's an experience that will help us the next time we are in that same position."

The Lady Rebels will return to the links March 7-9 at the Texas A&M “Mo”morial in Bryan, Texas.