Alabama Women's Golf Enters March Break on a High Note
3/7/2017 2:55:00 PM | Women's Golf
Crimson Tide will return to action March 31-April 2 at the Bryan National Collegiate
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's golf team will have the next three weekends off before traveling to Brown's Summit, N.C. for the Bryan National Collegiate March 31-April 2. The tournament will be held at the Champions Course at Bryan Park and will be hosted by Wake Forest University.
Crimson Tide Boasts Three of Nation's Top 20 Golfers
Sophomore Cheyenne Knight the nation's top-ranked golfer in the Golfstat individual statistical rankings released March 6. Knight (69.83) is joined in the top 20 by three of her teammates: sophomore Lauren Stephenson (70.61) is seventh and freshman Kristen Gillman (71.50) is 19th. Knight (third), Stephenson (eighth), Gillman (23rd) are also among the leaders in the Golfweek women's rankings.
Alabama in the National Rankings
The Crimson Tide's team score of 72.47 ranks No. 2 in the latest Golfstat statistical rankings released Feb.28. Florida State (71.88) is No. 1. South Carolina (72.73) is No. 3, followed by Florida (72.85) and Texas A&M (72.94). The Tide is No. 3 in the latest Golfweek ratings with a rating of 70.57. Stanford (70.48) is No. 1. Florida State (70.57) is No.2. Arizona State (70.71) and USC (70.92) round out the top five.
Last Outing
Sophomore Cheyenne Knight fired a career-best 65 in the final round to lead Alabama to victory at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, March 3-5 at the par-71, 6,218-yard Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Alabama's win at the Rucker is the second in a row for the team and for Knight, who earned individual medalist honors a year ago as well.
As a team, Alabama finished at 7-over par overall (292-291-286/859) to outdistance second-place Duke, which finished at 9-over par (286-287-288/861). Arizona State finished third at 13-over par (288-288-289/865), South Carolina was fourth at 24-over par (289-291-296/876). Georgia (292-295-293/880) finished fifth at 28-over par at the par-71, 6,218-yard Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Knight (68-72-65/205) played a bogey-free final round with three birdies on both the front and back nines to win by seven shots over Arizona State's Linnea Strom and become just the seventh Tide golfer to shoot a round of 65 or better and the third to do it this season. Knight's previous low round was a five-under par 66 in the first round of the Schooner Fall Classic earlier this season. Her three-round score of 205 is the second-lowest of her career, behind only her school-record 202, set at the 2016-17 season-opening Mason Rudolph Championship, and the fifth-lowest in school history.
Freshman Kristen Gillman (58-71-75/214) finished fourth at 1-over par. Sophomore Lauren Stephenson (71-75-72/218) tied for 9th at 5-over par. Junior Lakareber Abe tied for 51st at 14-over par (75-73-79/227) and senior Mia Landegren (78-80-74/232) tied for 67th at 19-over par.
Alabama has now won four of the last seven titles at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. The Tide also won in 2011, 2012 and 2016.
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