Razorbacks Finish Round One of Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Arkansas women’s golf team came across some trouble on a stretch of holes on day one of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, hosted by South Carolina. Arkansas is in a tie for 15th with a 23-over 307, just two strokes behind 14th-place Kentucky. Kendall Todd leads Arkansas with a 4-over 75, as she is currently in a tie for 40th.

Todd started the day strong with pars on her first five holes and back-to-back birdies on holes six and seven. She then double bogeyed twice and logged back-to-back bogeys to finish the day +4. Todd has a 4.67 average on par 5s, which is the fourth best in the field.

The next Razorback is Meghan Royal, who is in a tie for 51st with a 5-over 76. Royal tallied two birdies, but had seven bogeys, four of those coming from the back nine. Kajal Mistry is in a tie for 63rd with a 6-over 77. She logged a birdie on hole two, but also had five bogeys and one double bogey. She has the second-best par 3s average among the field with 2.75.

Miriam Ayora is in a tie for 73rd at 8-over 79. She struggled on the front nine with three double bogeys and two bogeys but turned things around in the back nine with one birdie and seven pars. Giovanna Fernandez had a 9-over 80 on day one, as she is in a tie for 79th.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES (AFTER ROUND 1)

T40 – Kendall Todd – 75 (+4)
T51 – Meghan Royal – 76 (+5)
T63 – Kajal Mistry – 77 (+6)
T73 – Miriam Ayora – 79 (+8)
T79 – Giovanna Fernandez – 80 (+9)

TEAM SCORES (AFTER ROUND 1)

T1 – LSU – 283 (-1)
T1 – South Carolina – 283 (-1)
3 – Auburn – 285 (+1)
T4 – Wake Forest – 291 (+7)
T4 – Baylor – 291 (+7)
6 – Arizona State – 292 (+8)
T7 – Oregon – 295 (+11)
T7 – Texas – 295 (+11)
9 – Vanderbilt – 296 (+12)
T10 – Alabama – 297 (+13)
T10 – Georgia – 297 (+13)
T12 – Northwestern – 300 (+16)
T12 – Duke – 300 (+16)
14 – Kentucky – 305 (+21)
T15 – Arkansas – 307 (+23)
T15 – Virginia – 307 (+23)
17 – Furman – 311 (+27)

UP NEXT

Arkansas will look to turn this around tomorrow, as the team is set for the second round of play at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. The shotgun start is at 8:20 a.m.

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