SOONERS CLOSE MOON GOLF INVITATIONAL

Tuesday, 16 February 2021 17:38

SOONERS CLOSE MOON GOLF INVITATIONAL

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OU Athletics Communications Press Release

MELBOURNE, Fla. - OU junior Mikhaela Fortuna closed her week at the Moon Golf Invitational with two birdies on her last four holes to move back under-par for the day and finish the event tied for 26th at 1-over. Her back-to-back rounds under par led the Sooners at the par-72, 6,383-yard Duran Golf Club to open the spring season.

The Sooners (881, +17) closed strong in Tuesday's final round, carding seven birdies, an eagle and just one bogey over their last five holes to finish 13th at the fourth annual Moon Golf Invitational.

"We had a tough start today as a team, but we rallied coming down the stretch," head coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell said after the event. "We've had a lot of adversity thrown at us over the last couple of weeks and haven't had the best practices, but we'll keep working and get back to work and grow as a team."

For Fortuna, a junior from Manila, her 71 (-1) was the 15th round under par of her OU career after firing a 69 (-3) on Monday afternoon. It's the fourth time that Fortuna has led the Sooners at a tournament, after finishing atop the Sooners' leaderboard three times as a sophomore.

Hannah Screen played another consistent round of golf on Tuesday, firing a 73 (+1) to finish T31 and 2-over across 54 holes. The London, England, product struggled on the front nine and sat at 5-over at the turn, but the No. 9 player in the country sunk two birdies and an eagle on the 17th green to get back to 1-over on the day.

Maria Fernanda Martinez (220, +4) got in on the late-round action, tallying four birdies over her last five holes to finish the event in a tie for 45th. Her career-high nine birdies powered her to a 54-hole score of 220, the third-lowest of her Oklahoma career. After carding a 4-over 76 on Sunday, the Veracruz, Mexico, product played 36 holes of even-par golf to steady the Sooners. 

Libby Winans (227, +11) and Kaitlin Milligan (229, +13) rounded out the Sooners' lineup.

TEAM13TOTAL
1. S. Carolina 280 275 285 840
2. LSU 285 280 281 846
3. Virginia 285 282 287 854
4. Florida St. 285 287 284 856
5. Auburn 289 286 287 862
13. Oklahoma 304 287 290 881
 OU GOLFERS13TOTAL
T26. M. Fortuna 76 69 71 217
T31. H. Screen 73 72 73 218
T45. M. Fernanda Martinez 77 72 72 220
T73. L. Winans 78 75 74 227
T79. K. Milligan 79 74 77 229



Drouin-Luttrell's squad is off until March 12-14, when it travels to Longbow Golf Club for the Clover Cup, an event the Sooners won in 2013 and 2018 and have earned medalist honors at three times.

 

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