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Alabama Women's Golf Closes Play at ANNIKA Intercollegiate
9/18/2019 6:44:00 PM | Women's Golf
The 24th-ranked Crimson Tide finished in eighth overall among a field that featured 11 teams ranked among the top-25 in the nation
LAKE ELMO, Minn. – The 24th-ranked Alabama women's golf team closed play in its season-opening event, the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, finishing in eighth place with a 54-hole team total of 881 (295-294-292). The prestigious tournament, which featured 11 of the nation's top-25 teams and some of the best competition in collegiate golf, concluded on Wednesday at the Royal Golf Club.
The start of Wednesday morning's final round was delayed two hours due to inclement weather and was played with a shotgun start.
As a team, Alabama entered the day in 10th and was able to move up the leaderboard and fall into eighth overall, passing defending NCAA Champion Duke (883) and No. 6 UCLA (891). The 2019 NCAA runner-up Wake Forest (847) claimed a 14-stroke victory over Arkansas (861) to win the 2019 ANNIKA Intercollegiate title.
A Look at the Alabama Line-Up
- Senior Kenzie Wright recorded her third consecutive round of par or better on the season, posting a top-10 finish, tying for eighth with a 2-under par 214 (71-71-72). The senior totaled a team-leading 13 birdies and led the tournament field on par 3 averages (2.92) on the week.
- Angelica Moresco fired a 1-under par 71 in Wednesday's third round, to finish into a share of 26th place with a 4-over par 220 (75-74-71) total.
- Freshmen Caroline Curtis recovered from a difficult opening round to finish strong with at 6-over-par 222 (77-72-73/222) tied for 32nd overall in her first collegiate debut.
- Junior Polly Mack, competing in her first tournament with the Crimson Tide, finished tied for 42nd (72-77-76/225).
- Freshmen Emilie Øverås (78-77-80/235) rounds out the Crimson Tide starting five with a 54th place overall finish in her first collegiate tournament.
Alabama Leaderboard
- T8. Kenzie Wright (71-71-72/214)
- T26. Angelica Moresco (75-74-71/220)
- T32. Caroline Curtis (77-72-73/222)
- T42. Polly Mack (72-77-76/225)
- 54. Emilie Overas (78-77-80/235)
Team Leaderboard
- 1. Wake Forest (282-282-283/847)
- 2. Arkansas (283-289-289/861)
- 3. Texas (288-285-289/862)
- 4. Arizona State (288-286-291/865)
- 5. Southern California (291-279-296/866)
- 6. (285-289-294/868)
- 7. South Carolina (286-293-301/880)
- 8. Alabama (295-294-292/881)
- 9. Duke (292-289-302/883)
- 10. UCLA (291-297-303/891)
- 11. Virginia (305-297-303/905)
- 12. Minnesota (308-311-319/938)
Next Up
- Alabama will return to action Sept. 27-29 at the Schooner Fall Classic at the Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla. Last year, the Crimson Tide shot a record-setting 45-under par to take home the team title.
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