Fredgaard Sets Record at White Sands Invitational

Wednesday, October 30

Ocean Club – Nassau, Bahamas

University of Houston

White Sands Invitational

10/30/2019 2:11:00 PM | Women's Golf

Freshman finishes with 54-hole record low 205 (-11) at Ocean Club in Bahamas

Scoring \| Final Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#3 Texas	276	278	274	828	-36
2.	#17 Arkansas	283	289	285	857	-7
3.	#41 Oklahoma	295	285	278	858	-6
4.	#24 Houston	287	295	284	866	+2
5.	#48 Tennessee	296	292	279	867	+3
6.	North Texas	295	288	287	870	+6
7.	#27 Baylor	291	296	286	871	+7
t8.	#31 Clemson	288	296	289	873	+9
t8.	#34 Georgia	289	291	293	873	+9
10.	#21 Mississippi State	294	293	287	874	+10
11.	SMU	299	294	289	882	+18
12.	#25 Ohio State	293	302	288	883	+19
13.	Tulane	299	295	295	889	+25
14.	New Mexico	300	300	303	903	+39

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
2.	Karen Fredgaard	68	69	68	205	-11
t21.	Brooke McDougald	75	72	71	218	+2
t41.	Amanda Elich (Ind.)	76	72	74	222	+6
t48.	Hannah Screen	65	75	79	223	+7
t59.	Annie Kim	75	79	81	225	+9
81.	Ariana Saenz	85	80	74	239	+23

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#19 Sophie Guo Texas	66	67	66	199	-17
2.	#68 Karen Fredgaard Houston	68	69	68	205	-11
3.	#58 Sara Kouskova Texas	69	68	72	209	-7
t4.	#4 Kaitlyn Papp Texas	70	71	69	210	-6
t4.	#28 Caterina Don Georgia	69	70	71	210	-6

NASSAU, Bahamas – For the third straight day, University of Houston freshman Karen Fredgaard fired a round in the 60s to lead the Cougars during the Final Round of the White Sands Invitational on Wednesday afternoon at Ocean Club.

Fredgaard drained five birdies with only one bogey to finish second with a score of 11-under 205 on the 6,415-yard, par-72 layout.

With her total, Fredgaard set a Houston record for 54-hole tournament low. She topped the previous low of 207, set by two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Leonie Harm at the MountainView Collegiate on March 10-12, 2017.

Starting her day on No. 5, the Asserbo, Denmark, native drained five consecutive pars before beginning her birdie barrage. Fredgaard sank three straight birdies on Nos. 10-12 and, following two pars, added back-to-back birdies on Nos. 15-16.

Despite her lone bogey of the day on the par-4 17^th hole, Fredgaard finished the tournament with five straight pars on the way to a career-best finish. It was her third Top-10 finish during the fall campaign and topped her previous best showing of eighth-place at the season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship on Sept. 21-23.

As a team, the Cougars posted their lowest round of the tournament in Wednesday's play at 4-under 284 and finished fourth with a score of 866.

No. 3 Texas captured the team title with a score of 828, while No. 17 Arkansas finished second at 857. No. 3 Oklahoma finished third at 858 with No. 48 Tennessee (867), North Texas (870), No. 27 Baylor (871), No. 31 Clemson (873), No. 34 Georgia (873) and No. 21 Mississippi State (874) rounding out the Top 10.

The tournament's 14-team field featured 10 of the nation's Top-50 programs, including five of the Top 25.

Senior Brooke McDougald lowered her score for the second straight day and tied for 21^st at 218, while senior Amanda Elich – competing as an individual – tied for 41^st at 222.

Sophomore Hannah Screen tied for 48^th at 223, while sophomore Annie Kim finished in a tie for 59^th at 225. Junior Ariana Saenz finished 81^st at 239.

Texas' Sophie Guo earned medalist honors with a score of 199, while teammate Sara Kouskova finished third at 209.

This was the beginning of a busy week in the Bahamas for Houston Golf. Following the women's tournament, Houston Men's Golf will host the White Sands Invitational at Ocean Club, beginning Friday morning.

UP NEXT
Following the White Sands Invitational, the Cougars will take a break from action before opening the spring season at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship at English Turn Country Club in New Orleans on Feb. 16-18, 2020.

From there, Houston plays host to the ICON Invitational on Feb. 24-25 on the Tournament Course at The Woodlands Country Club on Feb. 24-25.

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