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‘Nervous’ Beth Earns First Collegiate Victory
March 30, 2026 | Women's Golf, The Frierson Files
By John Frierson
Staff Writer
Trinity Beth wasted no time on the 18th hole Monday afternoon at the UGA Golf Course. She walked to her final tee shot in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a three-stroke lead in the individual tournament and with Georgia ahead by three in the 16-team event.
A Georgia freshman who doesn't play or act like one, Beth teed her ball up, took one vigorous practice swing, stepped behind the ball to line up her shot, and then belted a drive down the middle of the fairway on the 488-yard par 5. Her second shot ended up in a green-side bunker, where she blasted the ball out, and then she two-putted for a routine par.
Beth, who graduated from high school early to join the team in January, shot 1-under in her third round, and she finished a stellar three days on the course at 10-under, good enough for a three-stroke victory. There were tears as she walked off the green into the arms of her celebrating teammates, who later gave her a water bath to celebrate her first collegiate win.
"I was very nervous all day, but I was able to keep it together and finish strong," Beth said. "This win means a lot, especially to be able to win here at our home course. I feel like that's really special. My parents are here, and my grandparents, and I'm really happy they got to see it."
In the first round of the 54th edition of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, Beth made history. Her round of 66, which included five birdies in the final six holes, was the lowest a Georgia player has ever shot in the event.
"I just tried to stay patient every day, but that first day definitely gave me confidence going into the next two," said Beth, whose best individual result in her previous four events as a Bulldog was a ninth-place finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in early March.
On Sunday, Beth started off her second round with two bogeys in her first three holes, but she didn't wilt. She settled down with two pars and then made five birdies over her final 13 holes for a 3-under round of 69. At the end of round two, Georgia had a 10-shot lead and Beth led the individual by four strokes. It's nice to have a sizable lead going into the final round, but it does bring some pressure with it, Beth said.
"It's honestly a lot of pressure to sleep on the lead the last two nights," Beth said. "It's very hard to just stay calm, but I tried my best all day to just remember what hole I was on and not think about the finish."
Beth started Monday's round with three straight pars, followed by a birdie on the fourth. She closed her front nine with a bogey and a birdie to shoot a 1-under 34. After a par on the 10th, she bogeyed the 11th, but then got that shot back at the 15th with a birdie, and then made par on her final three holes to secure the win.
In five tournaments for Georgia, Beth now has 11 par-or-better rounds.
"There are not a lot of weaknesses in her game. And more than anything, she's mentally tough. She's going to beat you," Georgia head coach Erika Brennan said. "I think that mental toughness is everything in this game, and that kid is all fight."
Bulldog Karoline Tuttle, a redshirt junior, paced Georgia on Sunday with a career-best round of 67, and she followed that Monday with a 1-under round to finish the tournament at 1-under, good enough for a tie for sixth place.
"K.T.'s hitting her stride when we need her the most, and has really stepped up as a leader and putting up great scores," Brennan said.
As a team, Georgia shot 4-over in the first round, two strokes behind leader High Point's 2-over. The Bulldogs followed that with an excellent 4-under showing on Sunday, putting them well in front of everyone else. But then came Monday, when Sydney Givens was unable to go due to an injury. That meant that all four Georgia players in the team event — Maria Eidhagen Harrouch competed as an individual, shooting a 1-under in the final round — would have their scores counted, rather than having the luxury of not counting the highest score.
Georgia led by as many as 15 during the final round, but the Bulldogs finished with a combined round of 10-over par. Rutgers put on a robust chase and closed with a round of 1-over, cutting the Bulldog lead down to three by the end.
"It's tough when you've got to tee it up with four kids," Brennan said. "I'm really proud of their fight. We leaked a little oil down the stretch, but got off to the kind of start we needed, for sure. Credit to them for building a big enough lead that, at the end, it didn't matter as much. We got out of here unscathed."
Beth entered Monday's final round at 9-under for the tournament, four strokes ahead of Old Dominion's Barbara Car (-5) and five ahead of James Madison's Klara Sionkova (-4). Car shot a 2-under 70 to finish in second place at 7-under. South Carolina's Molly McLean tied for the lowest round of the day at 3-under, finishing third at 6-under for the event.
Up next for Georgia is the SEC Championships at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., starting April 17.
"We're building some momentum here," Brennan said, "and some good things are on the horizon for us."
Staff Writer
Trinity Beth wasted no time on the 18th hole Monday afternoon at the UGA Golf Course. She walked to her final tee shot in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a three-stroke lead in the individual tournament and with Georgia ahead by three in the 16-team event.
A Georgia freshman who doesn't play or act like one, Beth teed her ball up, took one vigorous practice swing, stepped behind the ball to line up her shot, and then belted a drive down the middle of the fairway on the 488-yard par 5. Her second shot ended up in a green-side bunker, where she blasted the ball out, and then she two-putted for a routine par.
Beth, who graduated from high school early to join the team in January, shot 1-under in her third round, and she finished a stellar three days on the course at 10-under, good enough for a three-stroke victory. There were tears as she walked off the green into the arms of her celebrating teammates, who later gave her a water bath to celebrate her first collegiate win.
"I was very nervous all day, but I was able to keep it together and finish strong," Beth said. "This win means a lot, especially to be able to win here at our home course. I feel like that's really special. My parents are here, and my grandparents, and I'm really happy they got to see it."
In the first round of the 54th edition of the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, Beth made history. Her round of 66, which included five birdies in the final six holes, was the lowest a Georgia player has ever shot in the event.
"I just tried to stay patient every day, but that first day definitely gave me confidence going into the next two," said Beth, whose best individual result in her previous four events as a Bulldog was a ninth-place finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in early March.
On Sunday, Beth started off her second round with two bogeys in her first three holes, but she didn't wilt. She settled down with two pars and then made five birdies over her final 13 holes for a 3-under round of 69. At the end of round two, Georgia had a 10-shot lead and Beth led the individual by four strokes. It's nice to have a sizable lead going into the final round, but it does bring some pressure with it, Beth said.
"It's honestly a lot of pressure to sleep on the lead the last two nights," Beth said. "It's very hard to just stay calm, but I tried my best all day to just remember what hole I was on and not think about the finish."
Beth started Monday's round with three straight pars, followed by a birdie on the fourth. She closed her front nine with a bogey and a birdie to shoot a 1-under 34. After a par on the 10th, she bogeyed the 11th, but then got that shot back at the 15th with a birdie, and then made par on her final three holes to secure the win.
In five tournaments for Georgia, Beth now has 11 par-or-better rounds.
"There are not a lot of weaknesses in her game. And more than anything, she's mentally tough. She's going to beat you," Georgia head coach Erika Brennan said. "I think that mental toughness is everything in this game, and that kid is all fight."
Bulldog Karoline Tuttle, a redshirt junior, paced Georgia on Sunday with a career-best round of 67, and she followed that Monday with a 1-under round to finish the tournament at 1-under, good enough for a tie for sixth place.
"K.T.'s hitting her stride when we need her the most, and has really stepped up as a leader and putting up great scores," Brennan said.
As a team, Georgia shot 4-over in the first round, two strokes behind leader High Point's 2-over. The Bulldogs followed that with an excellent 4-under showing on Sunday, putting them well in front of everyone else. But then came Monday, when Sydney Givens was unable to go due to an injury. That meant that all four Georgia players in the team event — Maria Eidhagen Harrouch competed as an individual, shooting a 1-under in the final round — would have their scores counted, rather than having the luxury of not counting the highest score.
Georgia led by as many as 15 during the final round, but the Bulldogs finished with a combined round of 10-over par. Rutgers put on a robust chase and closed with a round of 1-over, cutting the Bulldog lead down to three by the end.
"It's tough when you've got to tee it up with four kids," Brennan said. "I'm really proud of their fight. We leaked a little oil down the stretch, but got off to the kind of start we needed, for sure. Credit to them for building a big enough lead that, at the end, it didn't matter as much. We got out of here unscathed."
Beth entered Monday's final round at 9-under for the tournament, four strokes ahead of Old Dominion's Barbara Car (-5) and five ahead of James Madison's Klara Sionkova (-4). Car shot a 2-under 70 to finish in second place at 7-under. South Carolina's Molly McLean tied for the lowest round of the day at 3-under, finishing third at 6-under for the event.
Up next for Georgia is the SEC Championships at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., starting April 17.
"We're building some momentum here," Brennan said, "and some good things are on the horizon for us."
Assistant Sports Communications Director John Frierson is the staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association and curator of the ITA Men's Tennis Hall of Fame. You can find his work at: Frierson Files.
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