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SEC Women's Golf Championship
Jiwon Jeon Posts Top-Five Finish to Lead Alabama at the 2019 SEC Women’s Golf Championships
4/19/2019 4:29:00 PM | Women's Golf
Crimson Tide finishes three-day, 54-hole event in 11th overall
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama junior Jiwon Jeon finished tied for fifth to highlight the No. 36-ranked Alabama women's golf team's showing at the 2019 Southeastern Conference Women's Golf Championships. The Crimson Tide finished the three-day, 54-hole event, which was played at the Greystone Golf and Country Club, in 11th-place overall with a 54-hole total of 898 (301-292-305).
Alabama, which was one of 10 squads in the 14-team field that was ranked among the nation's top-50 entering championship play, failed to qualify for the match play portion of the event, finishing six strokes back of the cut line. The top-eight teams after stroke play advanced to match play, which begins on Saturday morning.
"Well, we wanted to be playing tomorrow and we are not," said head coach Mic Potter. "We had a golden opportunity after nine holes today with a five-shot advantage on the ninth-place team. Right now, we are just trying to figure out what happened at the turn. We need to see what happened mindset wise and correct it."
Individually, the Crimson Tide was paced by Jeon, who improved her score each day with her best round coming on Friday as she fired off a 2-under par 70. Jeon's third-round total moved her up 10 spots on the leaderboard into a fifth-place tie at 1-under par 215 (73-72-70). With this most recent result, Jeon collected her second top-five finish and her team-leading 12th round of par or better this season.
Jeon carded four of her five birdies over the opening nine holes of the day. Her 10 birdies over the three-day tournament tied for fourth-most in the entire field, while her 2.92 (-1) average on par 3 holes ranked second best.
The Alabama cause was additionally aided by junior Kenzie Wright, who closed the third round with consecutive birdies to finish at 3-over par 76. The McKinney, Texas, native ended play tied for 16th overall with a 4-over par 220 (76-69-75), earning her fourth top-20 finish of the year. Furthermore, her second-round score of 3-under 69 was not only the lowest round shot by any UA golfer on the week, but was one of only nine rounds in the 60s throughout the three days of championship play.
Sophomore Angelica Moresco also figured in the Tide's team total, as she tied for 36th overall with a 9-over par 225 (77-70-78) on the par 72, 6,274-yard Legacy Course. Junior Anna Reid (75-87-82/244) and freshman Mary Mac Trammell (87-81-92/260) round out the Alabama lineup.
The Crimson Tide will now await its 2019 postseason fate, hoping to earn the program's 14th consecutive NCAA Regional bid. The NCAA Women's Golf selection show will air Wednesday, April 24 at 4:30 p.m. CT on GolfChannel.
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