Florida State's Mirabel Ting picks up 5th victory of season, heads into ANWA as a favorite
Not one. Not two. Not three. Not four.
There's plenty of focus on the Florida State women's golf team. With Lottie Woad dominating the amateur game the past year, including her Augusta National Women's Amateur win in addition to her rise to the top spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the Seminoles have gotten plenty of deserved spotlight.
Woad's stellar play has continued into her junior season. She has two wins this season, and her worst finish in eight stroke-play starts is a tie for third.
The thing is, she hasn't even been the best player on her team. That honor goes to fellow junior Mirabel Ting, who Sunday won the Florida State Match Up for her fifth victory of the season. The Seminoles won the team competition, finishing at 22 under and 42 shots in front of runner-up Illinois.
Ting has made six stroke-play starts in 2024-25. Her results: 1st, 1st, 1st, T-6, 1st, 1st.
On Sunday at Seminole Legacy Golf Course in Tallahassee, Florida, Ting shot her second straight 67 to finish at 16 under for the tournament, 10 shots better than teammate Kaylah Williams. Woad, who had an ace in the final round, placed third, but the world No. 1 was 12 shots behind her teammate, who is the first women's college golfer in Division I with five victories this season. USC freshman Jasmine Koo is among a select few who have reached the four-win threshold.
In a normal year, Woad would have a great case to win the Annika Award, given to the women's Player of the Year. She still does, too. But Ting's latest victory has made her the favorite between the Florida State dynamic duo with less than two months remaining in the year, and she may even be the favorite over Woad in next week's ANWA.
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