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ATHENS, Ga. -- Annie Park brought more than great skills to Southern Californias womens golf team. The bubbly freshman from Levittown, N.Y., also showed her new teammates how to enjoy their time on the course and ignore the pressure. "I think she helped loosen up the team in general, which is important," senior Sophia Popov said. "Youve got to have fun out there. You can always rely on her. You can say that." Park shot a 1-under 71 to top the individual standings and help Southern California win its third NCAA tournament title with a record-setting team performance Friday. Southern California finished at 19-under 1,133 -- 15 strokes better than the previous tournament mark set by UCLA in 2004 -- to beat second-place Duke by 21 strokes at the University of Georgia Golf Course. Third-place Purdue was 21 over -- 40 shots behind Southern California. Park finished at 10 under for a six-stroke victory over Dukes Lindy Duncan. Kyung Kim and Popov tied for sixth at 1 over for Southern California, which finished second to Alabama last year by one shot. Park was in high school when Southern California had a five-stroke lead vanish on the back nine last year in Franklin, Tenn. Entering the Pac-12 tournament last month in Los Angeles, Park wasnt sure what to think of her game. She had one victory and three other top-10 finishes in six events, but was 27th the week before at Arizona State. Not only did Park win the Pac-12, she also tied for first two weeks later at the West Regional. Even so, she hardly imagined leaving Athens as the NCAA champion. "It was unexpected," Park said. "I was just trying to play my best in each round and shot. It turned out to be good." Alabama junior Stephanie Meadow endured a different kind of day in the swirling wind. Despite leading the nation this season with a 71.1 scoring average and beginning the final round just two strokes off the lead, Meadow fell out contention with a double bogey on the par-4 ninth hole. Meadow, the tournaments top seed, finished with an 80 to tie for sixth at 1 over. "I dont really know what happened today," Meadow said. "I just kind of fell off the map and once it went, it went. Its hard to come back when youre going through that emotionally, but its something Ive got to learn from because theres going to be days in the future when I do this. It wont be the last time I shoot 80." Park became the seventh freshman to win the individual title, joining a group that includes Annika Sorenstam of Arizona in 1991, Vicki Goetze of Georgia in 1992 and Austin Ernst of LSU in 2011. Southern Cal assistant coach Justin Silverstein cited Parks ability to block out distractions as a strength not seen often in freshmen. "Theres no change in emotion if she makes three birdies in a row or a couple bogeys," Silverstein said. "Her ability to miss it in the proper spots is something you rarely see from an 18-year-old and an ability to do that on a golf course this hard is what kind of what separates people like her from the rest of the pack." Under head coach Andrea Gaston, the Trojans also won national titles in 2003 and 2008. "I just saw so much fight in these girls," Gaston said. "We had some tough holes and we fought back and made some birdies to bring our scores back. I think the most impressive thing is it was a team victory. All of them counted at least twice this week." Darnell Savage Jr. Womens Jersey . The Brazilian goalkeeper signed a loan deal with the Major League Soccer club on Friday as he looks to get playing time ahead of this summers World Cup in his home country. 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SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Five tournaments into his rookie season on the PGA Tour, Mackenzie Hughes has the 36-hole lead at Sea Island and expects a few nerves.That weekend he spent with Phil Mickelson should at least help.Hughes had another bogey-free round Friday and took care of the par 5s on the Plantation Course for a 5-under 67, giving him a two-shot lead over C.T. Pan going into the weekend of the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the year. Hughes at was at 14-under 128.Pan also is a rookie, and perhaps they can take inspiration from rookie Cody Gribble winning in Mississippi three weeks ago. Hughes and Pan both spent last year on the Web.com Tour to earn their cards.Hughes started his rookie season in the Safeway Open, made the cut and wound up in the same group with Mickelson, who attracted the largest gallery.There wasnt much of a gallery at Sea Island on another pristine day for scoring, so ideal that the cut came at 5-under par. That probably wont change for the weekend, especially with tournament host Davis Love III and Sea Island neighbors Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar among those missing the cut. It was the lowest cut on the PGA Tour since 5 under at the 2015 Zurich Classic.Hughes opened with a 9-under 61 on the Seaside course at Sea Island, while he didnt hit the ball as cleanly over at Plantation, he had few complaints. He picked up three of his birdies at the par 5s, even on the 18th when he found a fairway bunker off the tee and had to lay up.Hughes and Pan, who shot a 64 at Seaside, played together on the Canadian Tour two years ago, and then all last year on the Web.com Tour. Pan had a brief stay atop the world amateur ranking in 2013 when he won eight times at Washington, and he made the cut as an amateur at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.They will be joined in the final group by Hudson Swafford, who lives at Sea Island and shot a 67 on the Plantation. Swafford was three shots behind with Chad Campbell, Chesson Hadley and Blayne Barber.CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPNAPLES, Fla. -- Lydia Ko shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 to take a three-stroke lead in the CME Group Tour Championship, putting the top-ranked New Zealander in position to win the player of the year award with a victory Sunday.The 2014 winner at Tiburon Golf Club, Ko birdied four of the first six holes and had seven birdies and a bogey on the back nine to get to 12-under 132 in the season finale.dddddddddddd Ryann OToole (67) and So Yeon Ryu (68) were tied for second, and Sei Young Kim (68) and Beatriz Recari (68) followed at 8 under.Going into today definitely my goal wasnt the 62, said Ko, . The first three holes made great Ko needs a victory to top Ariya Jutanugarn in the player of the year race, and also would take the season points title and $1 million bonus with a win. The points in the CME Globe standings were reset for the finale, so Ko, Jutanugarn and Brooke Henderson all control their destinies.Ko is fighting Jutanugarn for the money title and In Gee Chun for the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average. Jutanugarn, the tour victory leader with five, was tied for 19th at 4 under after a 68. Chun (69) was tied for sixth at 7 under, and Henderson (72) was tied for 38th at even par.The 62 matched Kos lowest score of the season, shot in the second round of her Walmart NW Arkansas victory in June. She has four victories this year.First-round leader Shanshan Feng followed her opening 66 with a 73 to drop into a tie for 16th at 5 under. The Chinese star is coming off consecutive victories in Malaysia and Japan.DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Spains Sergio Garcia and Italys Francesco Molinari shared the lead in the European Tours season-ending World Tour Championship.They each shot 5-under 67 to reach 9-under 135 at Jumeirahs Earth Course.First-round leader Lee Westwood of England was a stroke back after a 70.Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson stayed in touch with his rivals for the season points title. The Swede shot a 69 to reach 3 under, the same as No. 2 Danny Willett (70), and one behind compatriot Ale