Furman 16th at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
AUSTIN, Texas – Freshman Taylor Totland (E) carded a par 72 for the second consecutive day to tie for 20th place, leading Furman on Monday in a rainy second round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the par-72, 6,143-yard University of Texas Golf Club. Furman (+28) moved up to 16th place following Monday’s second round.
Totland, who teed off of hole 10, birdied four holes on the back, including back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17, then birdied her final hole of the day to finish the round seven strokes behind leaders Allison Lee (-7) of UCLA and Jessica Peng (-7) of Mississippi State, who each fired a 137 in the tournament’s first two rounds.
Paladin senior Aubrie Street (+6) is tied for 52nd place after registering four birdies and recording a 74 in Monday’s round, while junior Laura DeMarco (+10) carded a birdie on 4 then consecutive birdies on 8 and 9 to finish the round, moving into a tie for 67th place with a second-round 75.
Senior Ingunn Gunnarsdottir (+12) birdied the par-5 No. 5 to shoot an 80 on Monday, finishing the round tied for 79th, while sophomore Valentina Romera (+15) also registered an 80 in the second round to head into Tuesday’s round tied for 86th.
UCLA (-13) moved into first place with a second-round 282 and leads Arizona State (-10) by three strokes. Miami (-8) is in third place, followed by Iowa State (-3) and Mississippi State (-1).
The tournament will conclude Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. Central time.
Wofford fifth at JU Classic
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Wofford College women’s golf team competed in the first two rounds of the Jacksonville University Classic on Monday from the Marsh Landing Country Club and is in fifth place with a two-round score of 31-over par.
The Terriers shot an opening-round 17-over-par 305 and were in seventh place before climbing two spots with a second-round 14-over-par 302. The two-round 607 has Wofford just five strokes from second-place North Florida, while College of Charleston leads the field at 14-over par.
For the Terriers, junior Lauren Dunbar led the way. Dunbar put together a 36-hole score of 5-over-par 149 and is tied for eighth place on the individual leaderboard. Dunbar shot a 4-over 76 in the morning session, following that up with a 1-over 73.
Sophomore Maegan Higgins is alone in 20th, carding a first-round 2-over 74 and a second-round 5-over 77. Freshman Katy Funk and senior Anne Marie Covar were identical, shooting 79s in round one and 76s in round two. The two Terriers are tied for 30th at 11-over. Sophomore Emiley Pagrabs is tied for 37th at 12-over-par.
Leading the tournament is Florida Atlantic’s Jacqueline Shelly at 1-under par.
The Wofford women’s golf team will attempt to climb the leaderboard in Tuesday’s final round, beginning at 9 a.m.