No. 2 Razorbacks in Third Prior to Final Round at Betsy Rawls Invitational

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 2 Arkansas women’s golf finished the 36-hole day in third place and shot a 22-over par 598 in the first and second rounds of the Betsy Rawls Invitational at UT Golf Club (Par 72) on Monday.

All five of the Hogs’ golfers will start the final round in the top 25, with senior Kendall Todd tied for third at +1. Todd, fresh off a win at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate last week, shot an even 72 in the first round with two birdies and two bogeys. Her second round saw five birdies but two double-bogeys and two bogeys put her at 1-over and four shots back of the leader, Texas’ Cindy Hsu (-3).

Reagan Zibilski and Abbey Schutte both finished 7-over par after the first 36 holes and are tied for 14th place headed into Tuesday. Schutte, whose first round score of 77 was dropped, began her second round with three birdies in the first four holes before bogeying five of her next 11 holes to score a 2-over 74.

Zibilski’s first round was the better of the two despite back-to-back double bogeys on her 15th and 16th holes of the morning. The junior rallied for two birdies to close out the round with a 3-over par 75. In the second round, Zibilski parred 14 of 18 holes and finished with a 76.

Maria José Marin, the No. 3 ranked NCAA women’s golfer, had Arkansas’ second lowest first round with a 74 on the first 18. The Cali, Colombia native struggled with four bogeys and a double and fell to 8-over par but still in the top 20 in sole possession of 16th place.

Freshman Clarisa Temelo only birdied twice all day, both times on the par 5 fifth hole. Temelo parred four of her last five but made an 8 on No. 10, a 379-yard par 4, to drop to +10 and 23rd place after day one.

The final round tees off at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday. No. 7 Texas, the tournament host, sits in first place a 7-over.

The Razorbacks

T3. Kendall Todd 72+73=145 (+1)
T14. Reagan Zibilski 75+76=151 (+7)
T14. Abbey Schutte 77+74=151 (+7)
16. Maria José Marin 74+78=152 (+8)
23. Clarisa Temelo 76+78=154 (+10)

Top 10 Team Leaderboard

1. #7 Texas 286+297=583 (+7)
2. #13 LSU 291+304=595 (+19)
3. #2 Arkansas 297+301=598 (+22)
4. #40 Tennessee 299+306=605 (+29)
T5. #34 Oklahoma 301+308=609 (+33)
T5. #16 TCU 304+305=609 (+33)
7. Louisville 316+304=620 (+44)
8. Colorado 310+311=621 (+45)
9. #33 UNLV 312+313=625 (+49)
10. Texas State 313+319=632 (+56)

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