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UCLA fought off a last-round surge by defending champion Purdue to win the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship by four strokes Saturday and LSU freshman Austin Ernst had a hole-in-one and shot a 6-under 66 to take the individual title by three strokes.
UCLA led by seven strokes after the third round, but trailed early in the fourth before regaining the lead on the back nine at the Traditions Club. The Bruins finished at 21-over 1,173 for their third national championship. They also won in 1991 and 2004.
"It was pretty intense out there," UCLA coach Carrie Forsyth said. "We were not playing very well and it got too close for comfort for a while and we started to come back a little bit and make some birdies."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6574431
UCLA led by seven strokes after the third round, but trailed early in the fourth before regaining the lead on the back nine at the Traditions Club. The Bruins finished at 21-over 1,173 for their third national championship. They also won in 1991 and 2004.
"It was pretty intense out there," UCLA coach Carrie Forsyth said. "We were not playing very well and it got too close for comfort for a while and we started to come back a little bit and make some birdies."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6574431
