Kim Has Arkansas Near The Top
Results
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – ANNIKA Award Watch List selection Dylan Kim had five birdies on the back nine and six in the round leading the ninth-ranked University of Arkansas women’s golf team to third place after round one action at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Friday.
Kim began her day on hole 3 with the round one shotgun start. She played the first seven holes even with a birdie and a bogey before moving to the back nine at Finley Golf Course. Kim played the back side 4-under with five birdies. She birdied four of the final six holes on that side of the course. Kim is T-4th place overall, just two shots back of the leader.
Senior Cara Gorlei, playing in her first tournament of the season, also played to a top-10 finish. Gorlei counted a 3-under 69 and is T-10th overall. Gorlei played the final eight holes 3- under with a birdie, an eagle and six par holes.
Maria Fassi was steady finishing with a 1-over 73. Fassi’s day began on hole four and she opened with a birdie. She finished strong with a birdie on her final hole helping Arkansas move up a spot late in the round. Fassi is in the clubhouse T-26th overall.
Junior Grace St-Germain rallied playing her final five holes even to finish T-42nd with a 3-over 75. Freshman Ximena Gonzalez, playing in her first collegiate event, is T-68th shooting 77.
Tenth-ranked Duke ran away from the field opening with a 17-under 271 on the first of three days of play. Virginia is just ahead of Arkansas with Louisville and Furman rounding out the top-5 team scores.
Play is scheduled to continue through Sunday in the third of four fall events for the Razorbacks.
From Shauna Taylor
We got off to a bit of a slow start, but we finished really strong. With the weather we didn’t get to play the whole course during the practice round but now that we have all seen the course, we can execute our game plan. We look forward to going out there tomorrow. Dylan (Kim) was so solid and I’m really proud of Cara’s (Gorlei) 69 today. This is an awesome group and they have all the tools they need to go out and take care of business tomorrow.
NCAA Championship
Arkansas hosts the 2019 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships at Blessings Golf Club in Johnson, Arkansas, May 17-29. Check out NCAAGolf19.com for more information.
Inside The Ropes
• UNC Finley Golf Course
• Par 72 | 6379 Yards
• 18 teams
• Four Top-10 Teams
• Six players who are on the ANNIKA Award presented by 3M Watch List
The Lineup
| PLACE | PLAYER | SCORE | TO PAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| T4. | Dylan Kim | 68 | -4 |
| T10. | Cara Gorlei | 69 | -3 |
| T26. | Maria Fassi | 73 | +1 |
| T42. | Grace St-Germain | 75 | +3 |
| T68. | Ximena Gonzalez | 77 | +5 |
The Field
| PLACE | TEAM | SCORE | TO PAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No. 10 Duke | 271 | -17 |
| 2 | No. 7 Virginia | 277 | -11 |
| 3 | No. 9 Arkansas | 285 | -3 |
| 4 | No. 37 Louisville | 288 | E |
| T5. | No. 13 Furman | 289 | +1 |
| T5. | No. 11 Wake Forest | 289 | +1 |
| T7. | No. 34 South Carolina | 290 | +2 |
| T7. | No. 2 Vanderbilt | 290 | +2 |
| 9 | No. 25 Michigan State | 296 | +8 |
| 10 | No. 41 North Carolina | 297 | +9 |
| 11 | No. 62 NC State | 298 | +10 |
| 12 | No. 38 Ohio State | 300 | +12 |
| T13. | No. 53 Charlotte | 301 | +13 |
| T13. | No. 113 Tulane | 301 | +13 |
| 15 | No. 66 Michigan | 302 | +14 |
| 16 | No. 30 Clemson | 303 | +15 |
| 17 | No. 145 UNCW | 305 | +17 |
| 18 | Rollins | 309 | +21 |
More Information
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