University of Houston
NCAA Championships
Fredgaard Continues Rise at NCAA Championships
5/23/2021 7:01:00 PM | Women's Golf
Sophomore fires 1-under 71 in Sunday’s Third Round; Moves into tie for 16th with Final Round on Sunday
| Scoring | Photos | Pairings |
|---|
| Team | Rounds | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 1. | #6 Stanford | 291 | 278 | 277 | 846 | -18 |
| 2. | #2 Duke | 292 | 281 | 293 | 866 | +2 |
| 3. | #7 Oklahoma State | 297 | 289 | 282 | 868 | +4 |
| 4. | #17 Texas | 289 | 288 | 293 | 870 | +6 |
| 5. | #5 Mississippi | 296 | 291 | 288 | 875 | +11 |
| 6. | #10 Arizona State | 300 | 291 | 286 | 877 | +13 |
| 7. | #4 Wake Forest | 292 | 293 | 295 | 880 | +16 |
| 8. | #9 Florida State | 298 | 285 | 298 | 881 | +17 |
| 9. | #22 Arizona | 292 | 298 | 292 | 882 | +18 |
| 10. | #13 Oregon | 290 | 300 | 293 | 883 | +19 |
| 11. | #3 LSU | 296 | 292 | 296 | 884 | +20 |
| 12. | #1 South Carolina | 312 | 288 | 287 | 887 | +23 |
| 13. | #12 Baylor | 308 | 293 | 290 | 891 | +27 |
| 14. | #14 Auburn | 305 | 299 | 288 | 892 | +28 |
| 15. | #21 UCLA | 302 | 293 | 300 | 895 | +31 |
| 16. | #30 Michigan State | 301 | 294 | 303 | 898 | +34 |
| 17. | #16 Kent State | 292 | 310 | 297 | 899 | +35 |
| t18. | #11 Georgia | 307 | 295 | 300 | 902 | +38 |
| t18. | #28 Kentucky | 299 | 307 | 296 | 902 | +38 |
| 20. | #23 Michigan | 304 | 296 | 303 | 903 | +39 |
| t21. | #20 Maryland | 306 | 297 | 302 | 905 | +41 |
| t21. | #14 Virginia Tech | 302 | 304 | 300 | 906 | +42 |
| 23. | #8 USC | 307 | 300 | 300 | 907 | +43 |
| 24. | #26 Alabama | 308 | 310 | 299 | 917 | +53 |
| HOUSTON LEADERS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| t16. | Karen Fredgaard (Ind.) | 77 | 70 | 71 | 218 | +6 |
| OVERALL LEADERS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 1. | #2 Rachel Heck Stanford |
69 | 67 | 70 | 206 | -10 |
| 2. | #18 Angelina Ye Stanford |
77 | 69 | 65 | 211 | -5 |
| t3. | #75 Ashley Menne Arizona State |
76 | 72 | 65 | 213 | -3 |
| t3. | #35 Gina Kim Duke |
74 | 67 | 72 | 213 | -3 |
| t3. | #7 Emma Spitz UCLA |
72 | 70 | 71 | 213 | -3 |
| t6. | #4 Maja Stark Oklahoma State |
78 | 69 | 68 | 215 | -1 |
| t6. | Brooke Seay Stanford |
75 | 71 | 69 | 215 | -1 |
| t6. | #8 Julia Johnson Mississippi |
73 | 71 | 71 | 215 | -1 |
| t6. | #51 Phoebe Brinker Duke |
73 | 70 | 72 | 215 | -1 |
| t10. | #63 Sara Kouskova Texas |
74 | 70 | 72 | 216 | E |
| t10. | #22 Briana Chacon Oregon |
71 | 72 | 73 | 216 | E |
| t10. | #28 Lauren Hartlage Louisville |
73 | 68 | 75 | 216 | E |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – University of Houston sophomore Karen Fredgaard fired a 1-under 71 during the Third Round on Sunday to continue her rise in the individual standings of the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club.
Fredgaard completed 54 holes at the nation's top collegiate tournament with a score of 218 to stand in a tie for 16th. As one of the nine individual student-athletes not on a Top-15 team, she advanced to Sunday's Final Round, becoming the first Cougar in program history to reach that milestone.
Starting off No. 10 on the 6,384-yard course, the Asserbo, Denmark, native rallied from a bogey on her second hole – her only bogey of the day – to drain two birdies in a three-hole stretch at No. 15 and again at No. 17.
Fredgaard then capped her day with 10 straight pars to rise 18 places in the individual standings.
On Saturday, Fredgaard posted a 2-under 70 in the Second Round to set a Houston NCAA Championships record for low round.
Stanford's No. 2 Rachel Heck continued to hold the individual lead at 10-under 206. Teammate and 18th-ranked Angelina Ye stood in second at 211, while Duke's Gina Kim and Arizona State's Ashley Menne were tied for third at 213.
No. 6 Stanford stood atop the team leaderboard at 846 to stand 20 shots ahead of second-place No. 2 Duke. No. 7 Oklahoma State was in third at 868 with No. 17 Texas (870), Mississippi (875), No. 10 Arizona State (877), No. 4 Wake Forest (880), No. 8 Florida State (881), No. 22 Arizona (882) and No. 13 Oregon (883) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.
Fredgaard earned her inaugural trip to the NCAA Championships as one of the nation's Top-10 players. Although the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional was canceled without a shot being played due to unplayable conditions from wet weather, Fredgaard's No. 7 ranking made her one of three student-athletes not from a qualifying team to advance to the NCAA Championships.
TUNE IN
Fans can watch live coverage of the NCAA Championships Final Round from 4 to 8 p.m. (CDT), Monday on the Golf Channel.
A re-airing of the Final Round can be seen beginning at 9 p.m. (CDT), Monday.
LIVE SCORING
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PAIRINGS
For Monday's Final Round, Fredgaard will begin her day off No. 1 at 2:33 p.m. (CDT). She will compete in a group with Louisville's Lauren Hartlage and Denver's Anna Zanusso.
Complete Final-Round pairings can be found by clicking here.
ABOUT KAREN FREDGAARD
This season, Fredgaard has emerged as one of the nation's and the world's leading amateur players. The sophomore leads the Cougars with a 70.27 scoring average and 12 rounds of par or better, including seven in the 60s, and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
She enters the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 player in the latest Golfstat national rankings and at No. 8 in the recent Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
Competing in five tournaments during the spring season, she has finished among the Top-10 in each event with four Top-Five showings.
Fredgaard captured the individual title at the UCF Challenge to open the season on Jan. 31-Feb. 2 for the first championship of her collegiate career and tied for third at the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club on March 31-April 3.
Earlier this month, she was selected to compete for Team International during the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup in June.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Fredgaard is the second Cougar student-athlete to make the program's third individual appearance at the NCAA Championships.
All-American and two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Leonie Harm was the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships.
The Gerlingen, Germany, native became the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships after finishing seventh at the 2016 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Two years later, she posted a Final-Round 65 and battled through seven-hole playoff to emerge from the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional with an 11th-place finish.
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