London, ON – Lexie McKay finished out a grueling week of golf in 4th place individually as the Mustangs Women's Golf team competed at the 2023 Canadian University/College Championship last week.

The 2nd year Kinesiology student from Aurora, ON shot a final round 73 to finish the four-round event, in what was a very hot week at Firerock Golf Club in Komoka.

"I'm very proud of my finish and to represent Ontario in the top 5 as well." said McKay "It was a hard week with lots of up and downs but to come out of it in solo fourth is a great way to leave. I can't thank Charles (Fitzsimmons, Head Coach) enough for being by my side in the final round!"

McKay finished +8 for the tournament and recalled a very trying situation ahead of her third round of play.

"The morning of the third round I was feeling great as I was in solo second and knew I could make a move closer to the leader. I then found myself in my kitchen making breakfast when suddenly the knife I was using slipped and essentially sliced my thumb. With three hours to my tee time I had no idea what to do, or if I could even play." said McKay "Thankfully with the help of Charles, Fowler Kennedy was able to squeeze me in and close up the wound in time. As I was warming up, I found that I couldn't hold the club normally so I had to adjust a few things in my swing to figure out how to hit it. The first few holes were essentially calibrating my swing but I finally found something and was able to finish the round."

Only the top 25 individual golfers made the final round of play in this format and the top 6 teams. Only McKay played in the 4^th round and the Mustangs finished just outside the cut in 7^th position.
 
Rylie Grogan (2022 OUA Individual Champion) finished +36 over her three rounds of play, Ciara Cornic finished +38 & Madison Telford was +62.

The team now shifts their focus to the fall season in a few months and is feeling confident coming off the week at the national championship.

"We finished highest for the OUA teams so I think that will give us a lot of confidence going into the fall and hopefully we can ride that momentum into some more wins in the regular season," said McKay.

For full event scores and details go to https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/9251555073601882407