Alabama Women’s Golf Fall Recap
11/3/2016 1:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's golf team wrapped up a successful fall portion of its schedule with a sixth-place finish at The Landfall Tradition, Oct. 28-30 at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
Alabama posted a first place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship to open the season and followed that up with second place finishes at the Schooner Fall Classic and the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational in the other fall outings for the Tide.
Record-Setting Season Opener
Alabama's victory in the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 16-18 was a record-setting weekend as the Tide posted a school-record 39-under par 825 to win the tournament by 43 shots. Alabama also set a single-round record with a 25-under par 263 in the final round.
Leading the way for the Crimson Tide was sophomore Cheyenne Knight, who set a school-record score with a 14-under par 202 (68-67-67) to break the previous record of 13-under par (203) set by Kathleen Ekey at the 2008 Crimson Tide Classic.
Junior Lakareber Abe carded a school-record nine-under par 63 on the final day to surpass the old record by two shots. The third round performance pushed her into a tie for fourth in the final standings. Sophomore Lauren Stephenson fired a 65 on Sunday to equal the previous Alabama low-round record.
Crimson Tide Boasts Four of Nation's Top 30 Golfers
Sophomore Cheyenne Knight ended the fall as the No. 5-rated golfer in the nation in the latest Golfstat statistical rankings released Oct. 31. Knight (69.50) is joined in the top 30 by three of her teammates: sophomore Lauren Stephenson (70.08) is ninth, junior Lakareber Abe (70.17) is tied for 10th and freshman Kristen Gillman (71.77) is 29th.
Knight (4th), Stephenson (8th), Abe (23rd) and Gillman (32nd) are also among the leaders in the Golfweek women's rankings released Oct. 31.
Alabama in the National Rankings
The Crimson Tide's team score of 72.04 ranks No. 3 in the Golfstat statistical rankings released Oct. 31. USC (71.84) is No. 1. Florida State (71.85) is No. 2. Arkansas (72.23) and Florida (72.49) round out the top five. The Tide is No. 1 in the latest Golfweek ratings with a rating of 70.68. Florida State (70.70), USC (70.97), Stanford (71.01) and UCLA (71.13) round out the top five.
Up Next
The Crimson Tide will begin its spring schedule Feb. 12-14 at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
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