Competing in a 15-team tournament field littered with several of the nation’s top teams, the No. 15 UNC women’s golf team played to a sixth-place finish at the prestigious Mason Rudolph Championship ending on Sunday.
Held in Franklin, Tenn., the three-day tournament featured 11 top 25-ranked teams, including four of the nation’s top five.
No. 4 UCLA ran away with the tournament title, finishing at 14-under, the only team to finish below par. No. 5 Arizona State took second place at six shots above par. UNC was 31 strokes off the lead, finishing at 17-above
The Tar Heels were led by solid individual performances from seniors Katherine Perry and Jackie Chang, who finished at 22nd and 24th overall, respectively. Sophomore Elizabeth Mallett also finished in the top 30, tying for 29th place out of the tournament’s 88 golfers.
With four other ACC foes competing in the tournament, the UNC squad was able to use the weekend as a measuring stick of how they currently stack up in the conference.
The Tar Heels finished third amongst ACC schools at the tournament, ending five strokes behind No. 3 Duke and one stroke behind No. 20 N.C. State. No. 16 Virginia and Wake Forest finished 11th and 12th, respectively.
Moving forward, UNC will host the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill from October 11-13th, a tournament the team won last year.
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