Katie Mitchell had the best day of her career for the No. 21 Florida women’s golf team in the final round of the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday.
Although the Gators dropped one spot from the second round and finished eighth in the tournament for the weekend, Mitchell (E) turned around an eight-stroke difference from Round 1 to Round 3 as she took the top spot for Florida.
“Katie had a great tournament and rebounded well after the first day,” coach Emily Glaser said. “Today was her first round in the 60s as a Gator, and I am sure there will be many more to come.”
Mitchell, a redshirt sophomore who sat out last season after transferring from UCF, shot a 77 and 70, respectively, during the first two rounds before putting together her best performance of the weekend Sunday.
Florida finished one spot ahead of its ninth-place finish last year at the Tar Heel Invitational but finished 24 strokes behind tournament champion Duke (857, -7).
Karolina Vlckova (+5) and Maria Torres (+5) dropped five and three strokes, respectively, on their scores from the second round and finished tied for 32nd.
Juniors Sarah Schober and Camilla Hedberg ended the final round at 7-over and 17-over, respectively.
Florida finished better than four top-25 teams at the Invitational.
Glaser believes the team is capable of a lot more and wants her team to take this as a learning experience.
“Our finish in this tournament wasn’t what we wanted,” Glaser said. “The girls are learning a lot, and assistant coach Janice Olivencia and I are learning a lot about their games.”
Follow Lawrence Laguna on Twitter @LagunaLawrence.
Redshirt sophomore Katie Mitchell shot a 69 (-1) on the final day of competition at the Tar Heel Invitational at Chapel Hill, N.C.
