{"id":942252,"date":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942252\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:10:29","slug":"ava-villegas-earns-bronze-as-london-places-third-at-uil-state-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942252\/","title":{"rendered":"Ava Villegas earns bronze as London places third at UIL state golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-07\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rey Castillo, Corpus Christi Caller Times<\/p>\n<p>Wed, May 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"1580\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/1377bcb1268c52f8e402a101f8c48322.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ava Villegas earns bronze as London places third at UIL state golf<\/p>\n<p>Ava Villegas capped off her final high school golf tournament in style after earning bronze medalist honors and helping the London girls golf team place third at the UIL Class 3A state tournament at Jimmy Clay Golf Course on Tuesday, May 5.<\/p>\n<p>Villegas, who also finished the season as a district and regional champion, won a playoff to secure third place individually after posting rounds of 81 and 81 for a 162 total over 36 holes. London finished with a two-day score of 694 after opening with a 342 and shooting 352 in the final round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London girls golf: <\/strong><a data-ylk=\"slk:Ava Villegas leads London golf to fourth consecutive regional title;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/sports\/high-school\/golf\/2026\/04\/17\/london-girls-roll-to-fourth-consecutive-regional-golf-title\/89661352007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Villegas leads London golf to fourth consecutive regional title<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EvaLucia Gonzalez and Payton Freeman each posted 174 totals for the Pirates and Julianna Jimenez added a 184. Anna Grabowske rounded out London with a 202.<\/p>\n<p>Sweetwater captured the Class 3A state championship with a 675 and Odessa Compass Academy finished second after winning a playoff against London.<\/p>\n<p>In Class 2A, Port Aransas\u2019 Sarah Foster finished tied for 28th with a two-day score of 186 after rounds of 95 and 91.<\/p>\n<p>Three Rivers\u2019 Mydri Moya placed 33rd with a 195 total after carding rounds of 100 and 95.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ava Villegas finishes standout golf season with state bronze medal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/sports\/high-school\/golf\/2026\/05\/06\/ava-villegas-finishes-standout-golf-season-with-state-bronze-medal\/89893581007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Villegas finishes standout golf season with state bronze medal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rey Castillo, Corpus Christi Caller Times Wed, May 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC Ava Villegas earns bronze&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[263170,748,393,191027,4884,263173,257,263172,263171,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-942252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-ava-villegas","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-golf-tournament","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-jimmy-clay-golf-course","14":"tag-london","15":"tag-london-girls","16":"tag-uil-class-3a-state-tournament","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116529453185467169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}