Green earns first collegiate win at Trinity Forest Invitational
DALLAS, Texas (March 8, 2022) – University of South Florida sophomore Melanie Green (Medina, N.Y.) was one of just two players to shoot even par at the Trinity Forest Invitational and tied atop the leaderboard at the conclusion of 54 holes on Tuesday to take home first collegiate win.
The Bulls collectively placed fourth in the 16-team field with a score of 903. No. 23 Texas Tech won the two-day event with a score of 886. Tulsa placed second with a team score of 900 while South Florida finished ahead of No. 4 Dallas Baptist (910), and conference foes SMU (910), Tulane (914) and Memphis (928).
USF finished strong in the final round, posting its best team score of the event (294), as did Green with a two-under-par 70.
"This event really challenged us," said head coach Erika Brennan. "Between the sleet and the wind, we are so proud of the way the girls hung in there. Their attitudes and focus were outstanding. Melanie was so strong from start to finish. She does all the right things and has done so much work on the mental side of the game as well. To close out an event and emerge as champion in these conditions is special."
Green carded rounds of par or better twice and finished with a 54-hole total of 216 (74, 72, 70). She has now shot par or better in 14 of her 17 rounds this season. Green's 10 total birdies at the tournament tied for the most of any player. She also led all players in scoring on par-4 holes at 3.90.
Ana Maria Barriga (Neiva, Columbia) tied for eighth individually, earning her first top-10 finish, with a score of 222. Barriga shot an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round, one stroke off her career best. Her 38 total pars over 54 holes were the third-most among all players.
Morgan Baxendale (Windermere) tied for 35th place, followed by Ashley Zagers (Oldsmar) in a tied for 55th place and Leonor Medeiros (Palmela, Portugal) tied for 65th. Juliana Camargo (Bogota, Columbia) competed as an individual and tied for 62nd in the 83-plalyer field.
Up Next
The Bulls will be right back in action later this week at the Valspar Augusta Invitational in Georgia on March 12-13.
About USF Women's Golf
The Bulls are in their fourth season under head coach Erika Brennan in 2021-22. USF is among the fastest rising program in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan's first season. The Bulls won two tournaments in 2018-19 and set several program records, including season scoring average (293.43) and team rounds of par or better (6), and in 2019-20 the Bulls posted a wire-to-wire win at the Old Friends Invitational, marking the program's third tournament title since spring 2019. USF opened its abbreviated 2020-21 campaign by breaking the program team record for low 54-hole team score (861).
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