TEMPE, Ariz. (April 9, 2001) -- The TCU women's golf team continued its impressive spring season by netting a third-place finish at the Ping/ASU Invitational over the weekend. The 18th-ranked Lady Frogs finished with a 54-hole total of 895, which was six strokes behind first-place Southern California (889) and two behind host Arizona State (893).

Sophomore Shannon Barr rolled to a third-place individual finish, the best result by a Frog golfer this season. Her three-day total of 218 was just two shots off the pace of Stanford's Stephanie Keever (216). With a final-round 70, Barr moved from 10th place into third on the final day. It also ranked as the best finish of Barr's two-year career.

TCU freshman Courtney Wood (223) landed in a tie for 15th position to gain her fourth Top 20 placement of the year. Junior Jennifer Patterson (T-22nd, 225), freshman Brooke Tull (T-47th, 231) and senior Amy Sands (T-62nd, 239) also participated for the Frogs.

TCU stayed in the Top 3 during the entire tournament and led the event after the first day with a card of 299. The Frogs have now placed in the Top 5 in four of their last five tournaments.

TEAM TOTALS: 
 Team                       Score           
 1.  Southern California    305-298-286=889
 2.  Arizona State          302-298-293=893
 3.  TCU                    299-303-293=895         
 4t. Arizona                304-293-299=896
 4t. Stanford               307-300-289=896
 6.  Tulsa                  302-300-296=898
 7.  New Mexico State       308-299-293=900
 8.  New Mexico             309-295-303=907 
 9.  California             301-305-303=909 
 10. UCLA                   302-310-301=913
 11. Oregon                 312-304-299=915
 12. Oregon State           303-306-307=916
 13. Washington             311-308-300=919
 14. San Jose State         311-306-310=927
 15. Washington State       321-320-314=955

TCU INDIVIDUAL TOTALS: 
 3t. Shannon Barr           74-74-70=218
 15t. Courtney Wood         74-74-75=223
 22t. Jennifer Patterson    72-80-73=225
 47t. Brooke Tull           79-77-75=231
 62t. Amy Sands             85-78-76=239