TAMPA, Fla (March 17, 2025) – The Valspar Augusta Invitational ended after two rounds due to inclement weather. South Florida placed ninth (613) and
Emma Kim continued her impressive spring campaign, placing eighteenth.
Emma Kim led the charge for the Bulls this weekend, placing eighteenth, which served as her season-best finish. She finished six-over through the two rounds and moved up 13 spots from her finish at the Gator Invitational. Kim has improved significantly with each tournament this spring, which bodes well for this Bulls team as the AAC Championship approaches next month.
Freshman
Valentina Bosselmann recorded her career best finish, placing T-31 in the Valspar Augusta Invitational at 10-over. She tied with teammate
Cherry Marley.
Rounding out the lineup,
Alice Webb finished T-43, 12-over and Leo finished T-63, 17-over.
The Bulls will return to the course on March 28 for the Chattanooga Classic, which will serve as their last tournament before the AAC Championship.
The final standings for the Valspar Augusta Invitational can be found
here. Be sure to stay connected to the team by following them on their
Instagram.
ABOUT USF WOMEN'S GOLF
Tampa native AJ Newell, a former LPGA Tour Player and NCAA All-American, was named head coach of USF women's golf by Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly on June 3, 2024.
Newell will look over leadership of the Bulls' program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
In the record-setting 2023-24 campaign, the Bulls won three times and finished in the top four in nine of 10 events. The three wins are the most in a season since four 2011-12. USF finished third in the American Athletic Conference Championship, which equals the best finish in the tournament in program history. In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Bulls played in back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons, was named to the WGCA 2023-24 Division I All-American second team. Green qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program's first postseason appearance in 11 years. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
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