Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl golfers finish fifth at NCAA Championships
May 24, 2003 | Cowgirl Golf
The Cowgirls dropped two spots from third to fifth after carding a 304 team total. Southern California won the team title with a four-day score of 1197, 15 strokes better than second place Pepperdine. The Waves finished at 1212, while Texas finished third at 1213. Ohio State finished at 1214, two strokes better than the Cowgirls and Bruins who finished 19 strokes behind the national champion Women of Troy.
Individually, Cowgirl senior Linda Wessberg had another fine day, finishing with a one-over-par 73 and ending her career with a sixth-place finish at 300. Sophomore Annie Thurman struggled all day Friday and finished with an 82, falling from third to 19th place with a four-round total of 303.
Freshman Karin Sjödin ended her initial season with a one-over-par 73 and tied for 24th place with a four-day total of 304. Senior Christi Cano finished her collegiate career with a four-day total of 314, good for 73rd place. Sophomore Jenny Karr wrapped up her season with a four-round total of 324, good for 102nd place.
The 2001 Cowgirls also finished fifth at the NCAA Championships, 18 strokes behind the national champion. Wessberg’s sixth place finish was also the highest finish by a Cowgirl since 1987, when Robin Hood finished fifth.
This marks the Cowgirls’ third consecutive top-15 finish at the NCAA Championships, and the 11th in school history. It is also OSU’s second top-five finish in three seasons.
NCAA Championships
Kampen Course on Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex
West Lafayette, Ind.
May 20-23, 2003 • par 72 • 6,225 yards
Team Standings
1. Southern California 305-303-293-296-—1197 2. Pepperdine 315-298-295-304-—1212 3. Texas 317-310-290-296-—1213 4. Ohio State 309-307-305-293-—1214 5. Oklahoma State 309-302-301-304-—1216 UCLA 314-314-296-292-—1216 7. Arizona 318-314-295-290-—1217 8. Florida 313-307-298-303-—1221 9. Auburn 317-303-300-304-—1224 10. Duke 318-314-294-299-—1225 11. Georgia 320-314-300-292-—1226 12. North Carolina 321-317-304-299-—1234 Purdue 316-309-304-305-—1234 14. California 321-311-304-306-—1241 15. Vanderbilt 321-312-305-304-—1242 16. Stanford 316-321-307-301-—1245 17. South Carolina 318-318-309-303-—1248 18. Arizona State 320-311-309-310-—1250 19. Florida State 329-318-306-303-—1256 Kent State 324-308-307-317-—1256 21. Tulsa 329-305-315-308-—1257 22. Nebraska 320-333-314-314-—1281 23. Washington State 343-321-310-314-—1288 24. Wisconsin 340-316-323-312-—1291
Individual Standings
1. Mikaela Parmlid, USC * 77-73-70-77—297 Andrea Vander Lende, Florida 77-74-69-77—297 3. Erica Blasberg, Arizona 78-81-70-69—298 Irene Cho, USC 74-79-73-72—298 5. Kim Welch, Washington State 76-72-77-74—299 6. Linda Wessberg, Okla. State 80-76-71-73—300 Danielle Downey, Auburn 76-73-77-74—300 Janice Olivencia, Texas 80-77-70-73—300 Kristen White, Ohio State 76-77-74-73—300 Lindsey Wright, Pepperdine 78-73-73-76—300
* won the individual title on the first playoff hole
Other OSU Scores
19. Annie Thurman 73-74-74-82-—303 24. Karin Sjödin 76-77-78-73-—304 73. Christi Cano 81-75-78-80-—314 102. Jenny Karr 80-84-82-78-—324
