The North Carolina women’s golf team finished last in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on Sunday, its lowest finish in the 2018-2019 season so far.
What happened?
In a 17 team tournament at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C. the Tar Heels faced five out of the top-10 teams in the Golfstat poll, and golfed against 22 individual players ranked in the Golfstat top-50.
The Tar Heel golfers for the tournament were Mariana Ocano, Kelly Whaley, Ava Bergner, Brynn Walker and Nicole Lu. Jennifer Zhou also competed as an individual.
After the first round, the team combined for a score of 21-over-par, to sit in 16th place. Bergner shot two-over-par and tied for 28th place on the individual leaderboard after the first round of competition. Zhou shot an even par in the first round and was in 10th place on the individual leaderboard.
In the second round, the Tar Heels shot a combined 15-over-par, which left them with a tournament total of 36-over-par through two rounds. With that, score North Carolina remained in 16th place.
In the third and final round, the Tar Heels faltered some; they shot a combined 23-over-par and finished in seventeenth place on the team leaderboard. No Tar Heels finished in the top-50.
Who stood out?
Zhou stood out as the highest finishing Tar Heel in a five-way tie for 46th place. Though she was competing separately from the rest of her team, she played the best out of any North Carolina golfers on the weekend.
