2024 FINAL SCOREBOARD BY CLIPPD RANKING: No. 131
HONORS
SEC Golfer of the Week | March 22, 2023
2023-24 BESTS
Low Round: 67, Round 2 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (10/9-10/23)
Low Tournament: 215 (71-74-70), at the Carmel Cup (9/1-3/23)
Best Finish: 3, at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/2-4/23)
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 67, Round 2 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (10/9-10/23) and Round 1 at the Ally at Old Waverly (10/25/21)
Low Tournament: 209 (70-70-69), at the MountainView Collegiate (3/17-19/23)
Best Finish: 3, at the Blessings Collegiate (10/2-4/23)
RECORD BOOK
Career
4th – Eagles (6)
12th – Birdies (265)
13th – Scoring Average (74.10)
14th – Par or Better Rounds (30)
Season
T10th – Birdies (101), 2023-24
T10th – Eagles (2), 2022-23 & 2021-22
11th – Par 5 Scoring (4.8142), 2022-23
15th – Par or Better Rounds (14), 2023-24
Tournament
T27th – Low Round vs. Par, -5 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (10/9/23)
T29th – Low Round, 67 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (10/9/23)
AS A SENIOR (2023-24)
Played in all 11 tournaments and 33 rounds … Tied for a team’s most birdies (101) and finished third in rounds at par or better (14) … Registered one top five showing and three top 20 finishes throughout the year … Began the year with a season-low 1-under 215 (71-74-70) to tie for 13th at the Carmel Cup … Earned a career-high third place showing with a 4-under 140 (70-70) at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational … Matched a career-low 67 in the second round of the Jackson T. Stephens Cup … Tallied a 3-over 216 (72-75-69) at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … Tied for 14th with a 6-over 216 (71-74-71) at The Bruzzy … Tied for 47th with an 11-over 221 (75-75-71) at the SEC Championship and defeated Texas A&M’s Zoe Slaughter, 5&4, in the quarterfinals of match play … Finished her collegiate career with a tie for 75th at the NCAA Championship, highlighted by a 71 in the first round.
AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)
One of two Hogs to play in all 10 tournaments and 29 rounds … Led the squad with a 73.21 scoring average (1.41 vs. par), 334 pars and tied for a team’s best 10 rounds at par or under … Her scores counted in all but one round for a 96.6 percentage, which was the best on the team … Ranked the highest on the team with a No. 128 ranking, according to Golfstat … Paced the team in five of 10 tournaments … Commenced the season with a 4-over 220 (72-74-74) for a tie for 13th at the Carmel Cup … Followed that up with a career-best finish at the Blessings Collegiate, registering a tie for seventh with a 5-over 221 (72-74-75) … Registered a solid performance at the competitive Jackson T. Stephens Cup with another top 10 finish after registering a tie for eighth with a 3-under 213 (73-71-69) … Began the spring slate with an even 216 (70-72-74) at the Moon Golf Invitational … Awarded SEC Golfer of the Week following an 11th place showing at the MountainView Collegiate, in which she logged a career-low 7-under 209 (70-70-69) and a season-high 14 birdies … Led the Hogs at the SEC Championship with a 229 (75-78-76) and tied for 28th (75-75-74=224) at the NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22)
Played in 31 rounds in all 11 events … Earned two top 10 finishes throughout the year … Logged two rounds in the 60s and six rounds at par or better … Had an impressive performance at the Blessings Collegiate after carding a 218 (74-68-76) to log a career-best ninth place … Earned a career-low 67 in the first round of The Ally at Old Waverly to finish the tournament 1-under 212 with 10th place … Finished the Moon Golf Invitational with a 223 (78-74-71) … Came up big for the Hogs at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional with a 19th-place finish after logging a 222 (74-72-76) to send the team to the NCAA Championship.
AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Showed potential in the three events that she played in, two in the lineup and one as an individual … Finished in the top-20 at the UCF Challenge, her first collegiate event … Fired a career-low 69 in the first round of that event … Carded a 229 (75-75-79) at the Moon Golf Invitational … Played as an individual at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS/AMATEUR
Ayora, who came to Fayetteville by way of the Leadbetter Golf Academy at Championsgate in Davenport, Fla., arrives at the Blessings as a budding Spanish player … Won the 2023 Campionat de Catalunya Absolut … Tied for third at the 2023 Campeonato de España Amateur … The Barcelona native had plenty of good finishes at top-flight Spanish events, including a top-10 finish at the 2018 Spanish Championship (73-73-74-69), a top-five finish at the Campeonate de Espnana FFAA Absoluto Femenino (76-73) and wins at the 2019 Optimist (74-67) and at the 2019 Catalunya Championship (76-65-67).
