Arkansas Misses Cut at SEC Championship
BELLEAIR, Fla. – No. 6 Arkansas women’s golf finished outside the top eight and missed the cut at the SEC Championship at Pelican Golf Club (Par 70) on Sunday.
The Hogs (+6, T10) entered the final round of stroke play at 4-under and got off to a strong start over their first six holes (Arkansas teed off on No. 10 for the third straight day), bringing the team’s score for the weekend to 9-under and a couple shots back of first place.
Freshman Swetha Sathish (+15, T69) and junior Abbey Schutte (+11, T61) each went on birdie streaks to begin their rounds, with Sathish making three in her first four holes and Schutte making four straight from Nos. 12-15.
Arkansas finished the last two holes of the front nine at 9-over and sat in fourth place at even par at the turn.
Fresh off a birdie at No. 17, junior Maria Jose Marin (-1, T12) triple bogeyed No. 18 with an unlucky approach shot that hit a sprinkler head and bounced near a drain beyond the green. Marin’s chip didn’t make it over the backside of the green and then she three-putted to make a seven on the par-4.
The Razorbacks had to count three multi-bogeys on their second nine. Schutte double-bogeyed on No. 2, followed by a triple bogey from Reagan Zibilski (+2, T25) on No. 5 and a triple bogey from Sathish on No. 7.
Marin and Zibilski birdied the par -3 ninth hole, the final hole of the day, to close out the round.
Freshman Sara Brentcheneff’s (+6, T41) score of 7-over was dropped.
Arkansas finished 6-over par and three shots outside of the top eight.
Up Next
The Hogs will learn their NCAA Tournament draw on April 29 at 4 p.m. on Golf Channel.
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