Women's Golf | 5/13/2022 4:59:00 PM

    HOUSTON, Texas.  In the final day at the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Tournament, the Methodist women's golf team finished tied for fourth place with Carnegie Mellon University after shooting a 295 (+7). This was the Monarchs second day under 300, and their best round over the four-day tournament.
 
THE ESSENTIALS
Event: 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship
Host Institution: Mary Hardin-Baylor University
Participants: 29 teams and 6 individuals; 151 golfers
Location: Bay Oaks Country Course, par-72, 5,866 yards; Houston, Texas
Top 3 teams: 1 – Emory (Ga.) University (292-296-291-296—1175, 23 over par), 2 – University of Redlands (Calif.) (304-306-293—298-1201, +49), 3 – George Fox (Ore.) University (305-304-297—297-1203, +51)
Top 3 individuals: 1* – Ellen Dong, Emory (75-68-72—74-289, +1), 2– Alison Takamiya, George Fox (70-77-71—71-289, +1), T3 - Rylee Suttor, Centre College (75-76-69-70-290, +2) T2 – Jillian Drinkard, Methodist (72-74-72—72-290, +2)  (* After a 1 hole playoff, Ellen Dong is the NCAA DIII Individual Champion)

THE DETAILS

• The Monarchs opened the final round on the back nine.
• Drinkard (72-74-72—72-290, +2) showed consistency as she landed her third even par day of the tournament and finished tied for third, just one stroke shy of first place. Compared to her first three rounds, round four did not start how she intended. A bogey at the first tee led to a two-over par score on the back nine, but a strong finish from No. 16 to the front paved way for a two-under par score on the front to set her back even.
• Ingrid Steingrimsen (75-76-76-70-297, +9) had her best day on the course for the tournament, shooting a two-under 70 to round out the week. She carded the same score on the front and back nines (-1) and never broke even over the course of 18 holes. With this score she moved up 10 places on the leaderboards to finish tied for 14th.
• Emily Gresham (77-82-73-73-305, +17) had a solid start to the round, opening with two pars and two birdies to go two-under. Through Nos.14-17 she hit three bogeys to set her back over par going into the turn. She was unable to break back under par on the front and finished one-over for the day for a 33^rd place tie.
• Maggie Williams (76-81-77-80-314, +26) struggled to find her shot throughout the tournament, shooting eight-over for the day and 26-over for the week. Following round three, Williams fell one place on the leaderboards to finish in a tie for 48^th.
• Rounding out the Monarch squad was Natalie Brosig (78-82-81-82-323, +35) who was unable to find a breakthrough for the week. She finished her final round 10-over with a 71^st place finish to move up one place from the round before.