March 22, 2016
BATON ROUGE, La. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" The Auburn women's golf team finished off its third tournament of the spring season with a 14th-place finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic, which wrapped up Tuesday.
The Tigers posted rounds of 326-312-313=951 (+87) and remained in 14th place after moving up to that spot in Monday's second round.
Sophomore Kelli Murphy put together Auburn's best round of the week and earned her second-best finish of the season. Murphy posted a final-round 75 (+3) to finish at 17-over for the week and tied for 34th place overall. She recorded two birdies on the front nine and played the back nine in just 1-over to finish off a solid week.
Junior Clara Baena and sophomore Michaela Owen each recorded rounds of 78 (+6), and freshman Mai Dechathipat turned in a 79 (+7) playing as an individual. Dechathipat was the second-highest finishing unattached individual in the field.
Duke won the team title by 16 shots at 17-over with Arkansas in second place. The Blue Devils' Celine Boutier was the individual medalist and only player under par at 8-under, 14 shots clear of the field.
Auburn plays its final tournament of the regular season April 1-3 as the Tigers travel to Athens, Ga., for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The tournament will consist of one round of stroke play and three team matches at the UGA Golf Course.
Final results from the LSU Tiger Golf Classic, hosted by LSU at the University Club (par 72, 6,247 yards) in Baton Rouge, La.
Team Standings
1. Duke ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 881 (+17)
2. Arkansas ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 897 (+33)
3. Tulane ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 910 (+46)
4. Wake Forest ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 912 (+48)
T5. NC State ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 920 (+56)
T5. LSU ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 920 (+56)
7. Houston ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 923 (+59)
8. Tennessee ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 924 (+60)
9. Mississippi State ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 929 (+65)
10. Kentucky ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 933 (+69)
T11. Notre Dame ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 934 (+70)
T11. UNC Wilmington ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 934 (+70)
13. North Carolina ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 943 (+79)
14. Auburn ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 951 (+87)
15. Denver ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 958 (+94)
16. Mississippi ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 961 (+97)
17. Oklahoma ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 967 (+103)
Auburn Individual Results
T34. Kelli Murphy ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 79-79-75=233 (+17)
*T51. Mai Dechathipat ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 76-82-79=237 (+21)
T54. Clara Baena ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 81-79-78=238 (+22)
T65. Michaela Owen ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 86-77-78=241 (+25)
T74. Melanie Talbott ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 85-77-82=244 (+28)
T78. Alex Harrell ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" 81-81-84=246 (+30)
*Competed as individual; score does not count toward team total