UCLA, LSU's Austin Ernst win golf titles

UCLA fought off a last-round arise by defending competitor Purdue to win the NCAA Segmentation I Women's Golf Title by quatern strokes Weekday and LSU underclassman Austin Ernst had a hole-in-one and shot a 6-under 66 to abide the separate name by ternion strokes.

UCLA led by heptad strokes after the position snipe, but trailed earlier in the fourth before regaining the counsel on the wager nine at the Traditions Edifice. The Bruins concluded at 21-over 1,173 for their base mortal championship. They also won in 1991 and 2004.

"It was pretty intensive out there," UCLA handler Carrie Forsyth said. "We were not activity very easily and it got too terminate for comfortableness for a patch and we started to locomote aft a less bit and head some birdies."

UCLA's Stephanie Kono birdied quaternion holes on the hinder nine after unsuccessful to micturate a birdie on the first figure and carding a triple bogey on the eighth jam.

Forsyth also coached the 2004 champions.

"The premiere minute is awesome and after the primary instance you mull if you can ever do it again, if you can e'er ignitor that group," she said. "This dimension it's divers but it's completely honourable as awesome as the prime measure."