AAC Women's Championship: SMU takes the team title by two shots

April 17, 2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

SMU Women's Golf team (SMU Athletics Photo)

The Mustangs won by two shots, while Daniela Abonce of UTSA won the individual title

The SMU women's golf team used a strong final round to win the 2024 American Athletic Women's Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, Fla.

The Mustangs carded rounds of 278-289-276 to get to 21-under and win by two shots over Tulsa. SMU's first round of 10-under 278 got them the early lead, but a second round 1-over 289 saw them relinquish the lead to Tulsa and enter the final round down three shots.

In the final round, a 12-under 276 gave the Mustangs the two-shot lead.

Tulsa finished in solo second place at 19-under, and South Florida finished in solo third place at 14-under. East Carolina finished in solo fourth place at 2-over, and UTSA finished in solo fifth place at 7-over.

In the individual competition, Daniela Abonce of UTSA finished 9-under to pull off the come-from-behind win in the final round. Abonce shot a 3-under 69 final round to erase a three-shot deficit from Lovisa Gunnar of Tulsa. Gunnar shot a final round 1-over 73 to fall to solo second place at 8-under.

Abonce shot rounds of 66-72-69 to win the title. She finished T2 in the 2024 Mexican Women's Amateur and is currently ranked No. 283 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's Rankings.

Melanie Green of South Florida and Grace Kilcrease of Tulsa finished T3 at 6-under, and Emily Odwin of SMU, Mackenzie Lee of SMU, Mason Lewis of North Texas, and Ellie Szeryk of SMU finished T5 at 5-under.

Results: AAC Women's Championship

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Daniela Abonce	, Mexico	400	66-72-69=207
2	Lovisa Gunnar	, Sweden	300	68-67-73=208
T3	Grace Kilcrease	Springdale, AR	200	74-68-68=210
T3	Melanie Green	Medina, NY	200	71-67-72=210
T5	Emily Odwin	, Barbados	200	69-73-69=211

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About the AAC Women's Championship

AAC Women's Championship: SMU takes the team title by two shots

54-hole stroke play event for American Athletic Conference Championship. Team (best four scores out of five players each round) and individual competitions.