Summerhays places third at Dick McGuire Invitational

Albuquerque, N.M.--BYU's women's golf team finished 14th and Carrie Summerhays placed third against a tough field at the Dick McGuire Invitational.

Eighteen of the top women's teams in the west are competing in this field including No. 1 ranked Arizona and seven other top-25 teams. On a windy final day, the Cougars moved up on spot thanks to big rounds from Summer Pierce and Adrianne Gibby.

Pierce and Gibby and both shot 78 after struggling in the first two round.

"I felt really good about how Summer (Pierce) and Adrianne (Gibby) came back and finished strong," BYU head coach Gary Howard said.

Howard was also pleased with the play of his outstanding Junior Summerhays. Carrie shot a final round 77 and finished eight shots behind eventual champion Lorena Ochoa from team champion Arizona. Summerhays the 2000 MWC Co-Player of the Year and U.S. Open Qualifier was the low Cougar for the 15th consecutive tournament.

"Carrie (Summerhays) had a great tournament," Howard said. "That's a great finish for her. If she could have made a few more putts, she could have a chance to win this tournament, but that's the way it goes sometimes."

BYU will take a couple of weeks off before they resume play at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Redmond, Washington.

Individual Results
Carrie Summerhays--71-72-77--143
Lisa Dernick--78-78-84--240
MerriLyn Gibbs--81-76-85--242
Adrianne Gibby--85-84-78--247
Summer Pierce--85-87-78--250
Team Standings
Fin Team                     Scores  
   1 Arizona, U. of          291  299  302   892   +16 
   2 Tulsa, U. of             301  291  305  897   +21 
   3 Pepperdine Univ.         295  294  315  904   +28 
   4 New Mexico, U. of        306  298  309  913   +37 
   5 Oklahoma, U. of          304  305  306  915   +39 
   6 Baylor University        307  310  300  917   +41 
   7 Colorado State Univ.     311  304  304  919   +43 
   8 Texas A&M University     311  311  304  926   +50 
   9 UCLA                     310  303  314  927   +51 
  10 TCU                      309  309  310  928   +52 
  11 Texas Tech Univ          312  302  319  933   +57 
  12 Oklahoma State Univ.     318  303  315  936   +60 
  13 Washington, U. of        316  303  319  938   +62 
  14 Brigham Young Univ.      315  310  317  942   +66 
  15 Nevada, U. of            326  309  310  945   +69 
  16 Oregon State U.          305  316  326  947   +71 
  17 Texas El Paso, U. of     327  324  331  982  +106 
  18 Hawaii, Univ. of         336  333  329  998  +122