Women's Golf Finishes Play at LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic
3/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Alabama women’s golf team concluded play at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic on Sunday shooting a final round 309 at the LSU University Club.
Tide juniors Carina Sorensen and Audrey Gale both carded final rounds of 76 to lead the squad on Sunday The scores were the pair’s best rounds of the event. Senior Megan George, who posted a round of 78, was the team’s low finisher in the tournament earning a tie for 28th with a 228 total.
Sorensen finished in a tie for 39th at 233 while Gale was tied for 44th at 234. Freshman Emily Sykes fired a 79 to finish at 239 (T64th) and sophomore Amy Middleton shot an 81 (239/ T64th) to complete the Tide’s scoring on the final day.
“We just gave away too many shots, especially around the greens,” said UA head coach Betty Palmer. “We had our chances, but we started extremely slowly on Friday. We have to work on getting out of the gates quicker. Overall, I was proud of the team’s efforts. There were definitely some things we can build on for the remainder of the year.”
LSU, the host team, completed their wire-to-wire victory finishing with a three-day total of 879. Tulane was second at 896 with North Carolina State (903), Vanderbilt (914) and Mississippi State (915) rounding out the Top Five team finishers. Alabama posted a 932 to place 14th at the event. Vandy’s Chris Brady captured the individual medallist crown with a five-under-par total of 211.
Alabama concludes a stretch of three consecutive weekends of competition this coming weekend when the Tide travels to Athens, Ga., to participate in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Mar. 25-27 at the UGA Golf Course.
