Two Finish Among Top 10 to Lead Alabama at the Illini Women’s Golf Invitational

Tuesday, October 11

Medinah, Ill.

Alabama

Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah

Two Finish Among Top 10 to Lead Alabama at the Illini Women’s Golf Invitational

10/11/2022 3:56:00 PM | Women's Golf

Illini Womens Invitational_Final Results

Kynadie Adams tied for fourth with Sarah Edwards just behind in seventh

MEDINAH, Ill. – Two Alabama golfers finished among the top-10 individuals, leading the Alabama women's golf team to an eighth-place finish Tuesday following the final round of action at the Illini Women's Golf Invitational at Medinah. Freshman Kynadie Adams tied for fourth while senior Sarah Edwards tied for seventh as the duo led the Crimson Tide to a 54-hole score of 843 (273-283-287).

Adams' round of 4-under par 68 Tuesday marked the lowest for any UA golfer on the day and gave the Nashville, Tenn., native her third consecutive round in the 60s. She finished the event with an 11-under par 205 (68-69-68). Meanwhile, Edwards held the clubhouse lead entering the day after carding a career-best 36-hole total of 11-under par 133, the second-best two-round score in program history. She finished at 1-over par Tuesday to result in a 10-under par 206 (66-67-73). Benedetta Moresco was the third UA golfer to finish below par with a 3-under 213 (69-73-71) and tied for 26^th overall.

Isabella van der Biest (70-74-75/219) and Taylor Kehoe (74-74-75/223) rounded out the UA golfers tying for 58^th and 72^nd place, respectively.

Head Coach Mic Potter Said

"It is a mixed bag kind of feeling. We had a terrific start and held a lead midway through the second round. We were as low as 15-under and if you told me coming in that we would finish at 21-under par, I would be ecstatic. But then we had the lead, and we couldn't get it done today. We didn't hit the putts we were making yesterday and hit some tough shots into the wind. For us right now, it's all a learning experience. As long as we come away from a tournament having gotten the message – today it was executing better and do the little things we have to in order to compete against elite competition – then it will all be worth it. I love this team. I think we have a great group of student-athletes who are willing to give the type of effort that is needed to succeed."

Highlights

Adams became the first UA golfer to record three consecutive sub-70 scores in the same tournament since Benedetta Moresco did so when she claimed medalist honors at The Ally (63-66-67/197)
Adams entered her final three holes at 1-under par, but proceeded to record birdies in each of her final three holes to match the season-best score of 68 which was shot in round one
Moresco caught fire early in the round, recording five birdies over a seven-hole stretch, going to 3-under par at one point before settling for her 1-under par 71
Adams (-8, 4.33) ranked second in the field in par 5 holes while Moresco matched the fourth-lowest average on par 4s (-5, 3.83)
As a team, Alabama finished second in total birdies (61) and was fifth in par-3 (+6, 3.10) and par-4 (-6, 3.96) scoring
Sarah Edwards was the only Alabama golfer to average under par in par33 (-1, 2.92), par-4 (-4. 3.87) and par-5 (-5. 4.58) scoring throughout the 54 holes
Edwards' opening day total of 11-under par 133 marked the second best 36-hole score in program history
The Tide's opening round team score of 273 matched the seventh-lowest round and fifth-best score vs. par in program history

The Field

Kentucky (-34. 830) claimed the tournament title by five shots over No. 38 Auburn (-29, 835)
No. 25 San Jose State (-28, 836) finished in third with Georgia (-24, 840) in fourth and No. 29 Texas Tech (-23, 841) and Northwestern (-23. 841) tied for fifth
Tournament host Illinois (-22, 842) finished in seventh, one shot ahead of the Crimson Tide

Fun Fact

Kynadie Adams finished with 20 birdies across her 54 holes which led all individual golfers and was one better than Jenny Bae of Georgia (19)

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