Results
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of South Alabama women’s golf team posted a final-round 302 to earn a top-three finish at the Courtyard Classic at Hidden Hills Country Club Tuesday.
South Alabama (309-300-302) finished with its lowest three-round team score (911) of the season to earn a third-place finish, led by Kristen Golightly (76-75-73) who posted a 1-over par 72 in the final round for a seventh-place finish – her first top-10 finish of the year.
Ashleigh Ryals (79-74-73) turned in three-round total of 226 after also finishing with a 1-over par 73 Tuesday, and finished tied for 10th to earn her first top-10 finish of the season.
Ingrid Hagen (79-76-74) tied for 14th with a three-round score of 229 after carding a 2-over par 74 in the final round. Anna Lesher (75-75-82) earned a top-20 finish with a three-round total of 232, while Taylor Appleyard (84-81-85) finished with a score of 250 in three rounds.
“We made some strides this week. We played pretty consistently tee-to-green, and that’s what we’re looking for. We’re real close to posting a nice team score, but overall we played really consistent. The three low scores today [Golightly, Ryals and Hagen] had chances to shoot under par, and that’s [scores under par] what we’re looking for. We’re getting closer; we feel like we’ve improved each tournament. We just need to continue to do that next week at Middle Tennessee.”
Troy (305-300-293) won the team title with a three-round 898, while Florida Gulf Coast’s Georgia Price (75-70-74) earned individual medalist honors in a playoff.
South Alabama will conclude its fall schedule next week at the Blue Raider Invitational, hosted by Middle Tennessee, Oct. 22-23.
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Courtyard Classic
Hidden Hills Country Club, Jacksonville, Fla.
Par 72, 5,969 yards
Team results
1) Troy, 305-300-293-898; 2) Daytona State College, 308-296-306-910; 3) South Alabama, 309-300-302-911; 4) Florida Gulf Coast, 310-294-308-912; 5) Jacksonville, 297-306-316-919; 6) North Florida, 305-308-310-923; 7) Seminole State, 309-310-316-935; 8) South Dakota State, 333-320-324-977; 9) Florida Atlantic, 327-326-325-978; 10) Northern Kentucky, 327-330-339-996
Individual results
1) Georgia Price, FGCU, 75-70-74-219; 2) Taylor McGraw, Troy, 71-74-74-219; 3) Jessica Welch, JU, 69-72-79-220; T4) Sofia Bjorkman, Troy, 74-72-75-221; T4) Mary Dawson, Daytona St., 75-68-78-221; 6) Tess Huber, UNF, 72-76-74-222; 7) Kristen Golightly, USA, 76-75-73-224; T8) So Young Hwang, DSC, 76-73-76-225; T8) Brooke Spinks, Troy, 77-77-71-225; T10) Ashleigh Ryals, 79-74-73-226; T10) Joanna Yoo, Seminole St., 71-75-80-226; T10) Langley Vannoy, Troy, 79-76-71-226
South Alabama results
7) Kristen Golightly, 76-75-73-224 (+8); T10) Ashleigh Ryals, 79-74-73-226 (+10); T14) Ingrid Hagen, 79-76-74-229 (+13); T19) Anna Lesher, 75-75-82-232 (+16); T41) Taylor Appleyard, 84-81-85-250 (+34)