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NCAA Palm Beach Regionals
Alabama in Seventh after Opening Round of NCAA Women’s Golf Palm Beach Regional
5/8/2023 5:11:00 PM | Women's Golf
Three Crimson Tide golfers rank among the top-25 individuals following the opening 18 holes of play
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The Alabama women's golf team finished play in the opening round of the 2023 NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional Monday, closing the day in seventh overall with a team score of 7-over par 299.
Three Crimson Tide golfers ended day one among the top 25 individuals. Benedetta Moresco leads the way after she carded a 1-over par 73 and is in a tie for 11th, following Sarah Edwards (74) who is in a tie for 16th and Emilie Øverås (75) a shot back in 25th overall.
The Crimson Tide will enter Tuesday's second round just one shot back of fourth place, with only a difference of four strokes separating second through ninth place.
The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each of the six regional sites moving on to the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships hosted by Arizona State University in Scottsdale, Ariz. at the Grayhawk Golf Club, from May 19-24.
The second round of the three-day, 54-hole tournament, which is being held on the par 72, 6,102-yard PGA National Resort Champions Course, can be followed live throughout on Golfstat.com.
Individual Highlights
- Benedetta Moresco ended the day with a birdie and two bogeys to result in her round of 1-over par 73
- Moresco topped the Crimson Tide on par 3 (+1, 3.25) and par 4 (+1, 4.10) scoring
- Sarah Edwards led the team on par 5 scoring (-2, 4.50) on her way to carding a round of 2-over par 74, which included a birdie on the final hole of the day
- Emilie Øverås used back-to-back birdies on Nos. 9 and 10 to get to even par, but a string of three consecutive bogeys resulted in her 3-over par 75 on day one
- Taylor Kehoe is tied for 34th after shooting a 5-over 77 and matched Edwards for the team lead on par 5 holes (-2, 4.50)
- Isabella van der Biest rounded out the Crimson Tide golfers with a 79 to place her in a tie for 53rd overall
Team Highlights
- Behind Sarah Edwards and Taylor Kehoe, the Crimson Tide finished the round tied for first in the 12-team field on par 5 scoring average (-6, 4.70)
- No. 34 Michigan State (-3) was the only team to shoot under par on the challenging PGA National trek, and will take an 11-stroke lead over South Florida (+8) and 12-stroke lead over No. 45 Arkansas (+9) into Tuesday's second round
- The Spartans are the No. 6 seed out the 12 teams in the Palm Beach Regional, while USF is the No. 10 seed and Arkansas (+9) is the No. 8 seed
- No. 3-ranked LSU (+10), No. 10 Texas (+10) and No. 28 Duke (+10) are in a three-way tie for fourth, one shot ahead of the Crimson Tide
- Only six strokes separate second place from 10th place heading into moving day
- With this year's selection, the Crimson Tide made its 17th consecutive regional appearance under head coach Mic Potter and its 24th appearance in the event overall.
- The Crimson Tide has advanced to nationals 15 times under head coach Mic Potter and brought home the national championship title once in 2012
Next Up
- Alabama will tee off the second round of the NCAA Palm Beach Regional
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