When Camilla Hedberg shot a 69 (-3) on Sunday, she was just getting started. In the second day of the Cougar Classic, Hedberg turned in a round of 66 (-6), which allowed her to move into first place.
“Camilla had a great round today,” coach Emily Bastel said. “She hit the ball well and gave herself a lot of looks at birdie.”
The sophomore started off the day by birdying her first hole. The only blemish on her scorecard was a bogey on her third hole, but Hedberg immediately recovered and birdied six more holes before finishing the round.
Hedberg’s second-straight under-par round allowed her to replace teammate Isabelle Lendl at the top of the leaderboard. However, Lendl didn’t fall too far.
Lendl carded four birdies against two bogeys for a round of 70 (-2). The senior dropped to second place, but is still seven strokes under for the tournament and only two strokes behind Hedberg.
Senior Mia Piccio was the third Gator of the day to turn in an under-par round. Like Lendl, she finished the day with a score of 70 (-2).
Florida only counted one round over par on Monday from freshman Ursa Orehek. Although Orehek wasn’t under par, she wasn’t too far off with a round of 73 (+1), which was a six stroke improvement from Sunday’s round.
After ending the second day with a total of 279 (-9), Florida took over the lead from Southern California and are now three strokes ahead.
“I’m proud of how our seniors have played thus far,” Bastel said. “They really have been great leaders this week.”
While the women were moving into the top spot, the men were maintaining their No. 1 position at The Invitational at the Ocean Course.
“We had another solid day,” coach Buddy Alexander said.
The Gators were able to extend their lead from four to 20 strokes thanks to Tyler McCumber, T.J. Vogel, A.J. Crouch, Santiago Gavino and J.D. Tomlinson finishing Day 2 in the top 10.
Senior McCumber led the team once again as he turned in a round of 70 (-2), which consisted of five birdies against a bogey and a double to keep him in second place.
Not far behind McCumber is Vogel, who finished one stroke shy of his teammate with a round of 71 (-1). Vogel’s three birdies against two bogeys moved him up from a nine-way tie for fifth place to third.
Both seniors will be in the mix for the individual title as Florida wraps up the season’s first tournament today.
“Our top-two, Tyler McCumber and T.J. Vogel, played some great golf today,” Alexander said.
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T.J. Vogel watches one of his drives during a tournament last spring. Vogel will begin competition at The Masters today.
