Runner-up Sung Rallies U-M to Top-Three End at Wolverine Invitational

» Behind a third-round finest 287 — six photographs away from the sphere — Michigan rallied to publish an 878 whole and completed tied for third on the season-opening Wolverine Invitational on the U-M Golf Course.

» With a second straight 68 (-3), Lauren Sung posted a career-best 209 (-4) to complete runner-up within the 81-player subject — securing the primary top-five end of her profession.

» Thomasine Bartholdson fired a career-low 220 (78-69-73) to earn her first profession top-20 end, tying for 14th. In her collegiate debut, Reese Ng added a tie for twenty first with a 222 (72-76-74), giving U-M three Wolverines among the many high 25.

» Vanessa Zhang impressed in her collegiate debut as a person, tying for sixteenth with a 221 (72-74-75).

Site: Ann Arbor, Mich.

Tournament: Wolverine Invitational

Course: U-M Golf Course (par 71, 6,227 yards)

U-M Team Standing: T-Third Place of 15 (299-292-287/878)

Top U-M Individual: Lauren Sung, 2nd (73-68-68/209, -4)

Next U-M Event: Mon-Tue., Sept. 22-23 — at Canadian Collegiate Invitational (Aurora, Ontario)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Saving its finest for final, the University of Michigan girls’s golf workforce fired a third-round finest 287 — six photographs higher than the sphere — to rally on Monday (Sept. 8) and end tied for third with an 878 whole on the season-opening Wolverine Invitational on the U-M Golf Course — this system’s first residence occasion since 2022.

Getting off to a slower-than-usual begin within the season opener, the Maize and Blue battled again within the latter half of Sunday’s first spherical to publish a 299-team whole, inserting them in a tie for eighth. They stored the momentum in spherical two, firing a 292 to sit down sixth after 36 holes.

Saving its finest for final, Michigan topped the sphere by six photographs within the ultimate spherical with a 287 (+3), ending with an 878 whole to tie Iowa State for third. Kent State captured the workforce title at 869, whereas Virginia completed runner-up at 875.

Leading the Maize and Blue, senior Lauren Sung fired a second straight 68 (-3) on her residence course to card a career-low 209 (-4) and earn her first profession top-five end, inserting runner-up to Iowa State’s Pimkwan Chookaew, who claimed medalist honors at 208 (-5; 69-67-72). After a double-bogey on her second gap of Sunday’s opening spherical, Sung settled in and performed the ultimate 52 holes at six-under par, accumulating 36 pars, 11 birdies, and simply 5 bogeys.

After opening with a 78, sophomore Thomasine Bartholdson responded along with her first profession sub-70 spherical — a career-low 69 (-2) — in spherical two. She added 4 birdies within the ultimate spherical on her technique to a 73 (+2), closing with a career-best 220 whole to tie for 14th and safe her first profession top-15 end.

Rounding out U-M’s trio of top-25 finishers, freshman Reese Ng posted a 222 (72-76-74) to tie for twenty first in her collegiate debut and first profession begin. In her collegiate debut as a person, fellow freshman Vanessa Zhang tied for sixteenth with a 221 (72-74-75), exhibiting sturdy play in her first profession occasion. In addition to Zhang, senior Mara Janess, who performed as a person, tied for twenty first (222) after stringing three straight tallies of 74.

With their first occasion within the books, the Wolverines shut their September schedule heading to Aurora, Ontario, for the Canadian Collegiate Invitational on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22-23. Serving as co-hosts with Kent State and Golf Canada, the occasion will likely be performed on the Beacon Hall Golf Club.

Final Team Standings

 1. Kent State              292-282-295 = 869 (+11)
 2. Virginia                298-283-294 = 875
 3. MICHIGAN                299-292-287 = 878
    Iowa State              292-284-302 = 878
 5. Illinois                295-292-293 = 880
    Purdue                  291-294-295 = 880
 7. Notre Dame              297-295-301 = 893
 8. Indiana                 300-300-294 = 894
 9. Wisconsin               303-302-300 = 905
    Rutgers                 296-306-303 = 905
    South Florida           304-297-304 = 905
12. Chattanooga             303-304-302 = 909
13. Kennesaw State          299-313-306 = 918
14. Florida International   307-314-307 = 928
15. Oakland                 307-313-321 = 941

Top Individuals

 1. Pimkwan Chookaew, Iowa State   69-67-72 = 208 (-5)
 2. LAUREN SUNG, U-M               73-68-68 = 209
 3. Lauren Timpf, Purdue           70-69-72 = 211
 4. Leon Takagi, Kent State        73-68-73 = 214
 5. Ashley Kim, Purdue             75-70-71 = 216
    Jaclyn LaHa, Virginia          71-73-72 = 216
 7. Ann Ritter, Illinois           71-75-71 = 217
    Kennedy Swedick, Virginia      73-70-74 = 217
    Madison Dabagia, Indiana       75-70-72 = 217

Michigan Individuals

  2. Lauren Sung             73-68-68 = 209 (-4)
T14. Thomasine Bartholdson   78-69-73 = 220
T21. Reese Ng                72-76-74 = 222
T38. Mimi Guo                76-79-72 = 227
T79. Grace Wang              82-83-80 = 245
T16. Vanessa Zhang           72-74-75 = 221
T21. Mara Janess             74-74-74 = 222
T48. Sydney Sung             75-77-77 = 229

* performed as people