Sept. 25, 2011

FRANKILN, Tenn. -

The California Golden Bears finished the Mason Rudolph Fall Preview, a tournament featuring the top teams in golf, in tenth place. Senior Emily Childs had the low round of the day for Cal, shooting a one-under 71.

The UCLA Bruins won the team title, finishing with a total of 873, six strokes better than second-place Alabama. Duke's Lindy Duncan defeated Alabama's Jennifer Kirby on the first playoff hole after both players finished at 212 (-4).

The tournament was held at the Vanderbilt Legends Club course (par 72 - 6426 yards). The course, in Franklin, Tenn., will be the site of the 2012 NCAA Championships.

For the Bears, the team posted a 297 in the final round and finished at +29 with a total score of 893.

Senior Emily Childs became the third different Cal golfer to card the low round for the squad during the three day tournament. Childs birdied two of her last three holes to come in with the one-under 71. She had the second lowest overall score for the Bears, finishing at +7, in a tie for 26th place.

Senior Daniela Holmqvist was the lowest overall score for Cal, finishing at +4 and tying for 16th place.

"Aside from our first round, we were pretty solid," said head coach Nancy McDaniel. "We were reminded that we cannot start a tournament flat in and NCAA Championship field and expect to fully make up for it. Under-par rounds from Nico [Nicola Roessler] and Emily [Childs] were encouraging. Dani's [Daniela Holmqvist] consistent play really helped to pace us through rounds two and three. We are in need of some good preparation before leaving for Washington on Saturday."

The Bears next tournament is the Edean Ihlandfeldt in Sonomish, Wash. on Oct. 2-4. The Bears and Emily Childs were last year's team champion and individual medalist at the tournament.

California Scores

10 	California 	    306 	290 	297 	893
T16 	Daniela Holmqvist  	73 	73 	74 	220
T26 	Emily Childs    	78 	74 	71 	223
T49 	Joanne Lee      	79 	72 	77 	228
T52 	Nicola Roessler   	83 	71 	75 	229
T78 	Joi Pentin      	76 	81 	80 	237

Team Scores
1 UCLA
	+9 	F 	  +6 	296 	283 	294 	873
2 Alabama
	+15 	F 	  +6 	296 	289 	294 	879
T3 Arizona State
	+20 	F 	  +7 	293 	296 	295 	884
T3 Virginia
	+20 	F 	  +6 	304 	286 	294 	884
T5 North Carolina
	+22 	F 	  +10 	298 	290 	298 	886
T5 Texas A&M
	+22 	F 	  +2 	303 	293 	290 	886
7 Duke
	+23 	F 	  +9 	304 	286 	297 	887
8 Southern Cal
	+24 	F 	  +8 	292 	300 	296 	888
9 Vanderbilt
	+26 	F 	  +9 	296 	297 	297 	890
10 California
	+29 	F 	  +9 	306 	290 	297 	893
11 LSU
	+32 	F 	  +5 	303 	300 	293 	896
12 Georgia
	+38 	F 	  +10 	310 	294 	298 	902
13 Florida
	+41 	F 	  +18 	303 	296 	306 	905
14 Arkansas
	+45 	F 	  +11 	304 	306 	299 	909
15 Arizona
	+51 	F 	  +21 	298 	308 	309 	915
16 Tulane
	+55 	F 	  +22 	309 	300 	310 	919
17 Tennessee
	+60 	F 	  +25 	303 	308 	313 	924
18 Purdue
	+66 	F 	  +27 	313 	302 	315 	930