UGA women’s golf team freshman Paula Neira Garcia fired a 2-under 69 in Wednesday’s final round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, to climb 17 spots on the individual leaderboard and finish tied for 12th individually.

 

“It was a great round of golf by Paula,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “It was one of just five rounds in the 60s for the entire field. She actually struck it probably as well anyone I’ve seen since I’ve been at Georgia, which is saying a lot considering the players we’ve had. If she makes a few more putts, it would have been a round for the record books. She showed why she’s the Spanish Amateur champion and a top-100 player in the world.”
 
 
Georgia struggled to a 314 as a team and wrapped up the 54-hole event at Poppy Hills Golf Club in 15th place.
 
 
“We’ve to get some other people playing well with Paula,” Brewer said. “We’ll end our (fall) season in Atlanta in a couple of weeks, and we’ll try to do that with a bang and get ready for the spring.”
 
 
Georgia also counted a 79 from Gabriela Coello, an 81 from Isabella Skinner and an 85 from Bailey Tardy, while dropping Stephanie Carras’ 88.
 
 
Overall, Neira Garcia finished at 4-over 217, Coello tied for 39th at 226, Skinner tied for 65th at 234 and Tardy finished 71st at 242.
 
 
No. 4 UCLA shot 9-under 275 to overtake No. 8 Stanford and claim the team title. The Bruins finished at 849, three strokes better than the Cardinal.
 
 
Stanford’s Andrea Lee and UCLA’s Patty Tavatanakit both closed with 4-under 67s and tied for medalist honors at 6-under 207.
 
 
The Bulldogs will wrap up the fall portion of their 2017-18 schedule with the Ladies Fall Intercollegiate on Oct. 27-29. The event will be held at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga.
 

Stanford Intercollegiate

Poppy Hills Golf Club
Pepple Beach, Calif.
Par 71; 6069 Yards

Wednesday’s Final-Round Standings

 
Team Leaderboard
 
UCLA 288-286-275=849
Stanford 280-287-285=852
Northwestern 296-280-289=865
California 295-289-296=880
San Jose State 293-296-295=884
Washington 291-293-301=885
Oklahoma State 300-291-295=886
Pepperdine 297-290-303=890
Iowa State 301-290-302=893
Oregon 299-293-303=895
UC Davis 294-301-304=899
Florida State 298-293-312=903
Stanford “B” 302-296-308=906
Cal Poly 299-306-303=908
Georgia 298-307-314=919
 
 
Individual Leaderboard
 
Andrea Lee, Stanford 69-71-67=207
Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA 70-70-67=207
Hannah Kim, Northwestern 66-70-72=208
Albane Valenzuela, Stanford 70-70-71=211
Mika Liu, Stanford 68-72-71=211
Bethany Wu, UCLA 71-72-70=213
Lila Vu, UCLA 73-70-70=213
Jiyoon Jan, Cal 75-68-72=215
Wenyung Keh, Washington 68-72-75=215
Sarah Cho, Northwestern. 74-71-70=215
Mariel Galdiano, UCLA 74-74-68=215
 
 
Additional Georgia Scores
 
T12. Paula Neira Garcia 71-77-69=226
T39. Gabriela Coello 72-75-79=217
T65. Isabella Skinner 77-76-81=234
71. Bailey Tardy 78-79-85=242
Stephanie Carras wd-79-88