Mustangs End In Third At Windy City Classic

RESULTS
GOLF, Ill. (SMU) – SMU ladies’s golf completed in third place on the Windy City Classic from Glen View Golf Club.

“A solid team showing this week — a total group effort to finish at the top of the leaderboard after a couple of weeks off following our return from Japan.” mentioned fifth-year head coach Lauren Mason. 

“We had a slow start out of the gate this morning battling last year’s reigning NCAA Champions/Tournament hosts but in the end we just didn’t have enough to get it done this week.”

“I know we have a great team with a lot of depth, and I expect we’ll be near the top of leaderboards often this season,” added Mason. “It was great to show some of that depth this week across all players! A few things to tidy up over the next few days before we’re back in Chicago this weekend.”

 
The Mustangs got here into the day in second place, trailing 2025 National Champions Northwestern by two strokes. The Mustangs completed behind Duke, ranked prime 9 within the nation, and Northwestern, within the closing leaderboard. The group shot five-over on the ultimate day. Their finest spherical of the match got here with a six-under rating in spherical one. The Mustangs completed in entrance of 4 groups ranked or receiving votes: Virginia, UCLA, Michigan State, and Iowa State. The third-place end was the 23^rd prime three displaying within the Lauren Mason period.
 
Senior Emily Odwin was considered one of three Mustangs that completed within the prime 20 of the match. Odwin shot two-over on the ultimate day to complete at two-under and in a tie for 14^th place. Her finest spherical of the week got here in a 5 birdie, two bogey second-round efficiency. Odwin recorded her 13^th prime 20 end in 23 begins as a Mustang.
 
Uma Bergner and Mackenzie Lee every tied for 18^th at even par. Lee shot even par within the closing spherical to maneuver up the leaderboard. Lee shot a 67 in her opening spherical. The end gave Lee 27 top-20 finishes in 40 SMU begins. Bergner, making her first begin within the Mustang lineup, carded a 74 within the closing spherical. She carded two 71s on day one.
 
Celine Chen shot two-under throughout her closing 10 holes and completed with a 74. She earned a share of twenty-two^nd on the week highlighted by a 68 in spherical two. Grace Jin moved up 5 spots through the closing spherical. She completed in a tie for 35^th after a third-round 73.
 
Next up for the Mustangs, SMU takes on the Illini Women’s Invitational in Medinah, Illinois, additionally within the Chicago space. The match runs Oct. 6-7.
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T1 Northwestern -13
T1 Duke -13
3 SMU -6
T4 UCLA -5
T4 Iowa State -5
T4 Michigan State -5
7 Virginia +1
8 Purdue +10
9 Illinois +12
10 Columbia +23
11 Augusta +39
 
SMU LEADERBOARD
T14 Emily Odwin -2
T18 Uma Bergner (E)
T18 Mackenzie Lee (E)
T22 Celine Chen +1
T35 Grace Jin +5