Augusta Climbs Leaderboard To Finish Tied For Sixth At LPI

Augusta Climbs Leaderboard To Finish Tied For Sixth At LPI

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Augusta University women's golf team tied for sixth place with Virginia Tech at 20-over par on Sunday in the final round of the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman Golf Club.

 

 

Host Furman and Daytona State battled for the top spot on the team leaderboard in the final day, but the Lady Paladins proved too much and won their tournament 7-under par. Daytona State secured second place (+3), Kennesaw State third (+10), Middle Tennessee State fourth (+11), and Memphis was fifth (+15) for the top scoring teams.

 

Daytona State's Jiwon Jeon won the tournament 11-under par, beating Furman's Haylee Harford by two strokes.

 

After shooting a 303 (+15) in round one on Friday, Augusta shaved nine strokes with a round-two 294 (+6) before scoring a 287 (-1) on Sunday. The Jaguars turned in the second best team score in round three to climb the leaderboard in their second tournament of the season.

 

AU freshman Teresa Diez-Moliner spent time in the top 10 of the leaderboard on Sunday and finished tied for 10th to lead the Jaguars in the second event of her career. T. Diez-Moliner shot back-to-back 73s (+1) in her first two rounds and ended with an even-par 72.

 

Senior Maggie Ashmore and junior Cecilia Diez-Moliner, came in next for the Jags in a tie for 26th. Ashmore and C.-Diez-Moliner finished 7-over par. Ashmore had the low round of the day for AU with a 71 (-1) and C. Diez-Moliner shot her lowest round of the event with a 72 (E) in the final 18 holes.

 

Sophomores Linda Lundqvist and Charlotte Alran rounded out Augusta, with Lundqvist taking a tie for 45th (+11) and Alran a tie for 56th (+14).

 

Augusta competes in the 2017 Magnolia Cup, hosted by Mississippi State and Ole Miss, Oct. 2-3 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

 

AUGUSTA @ LPI (Final)

POS

TEAM/PLAYER (SEED)

ROUND 1

ROUND 2

ROUND 3

TOTAL

T6

Augusta University

303 +15

294 +6

287 -1

884 +20

           

T10

Teresa Diez-Moliner (2)

+1 (F)

+1 (F)

E (F)

218

           

T26

Cecilia Diez-Moliner (1)

+4 (F)

+3 (F)

E (F)

223

           

T26

Maggie Ashmore (3)

+3 (F)

+5 (F)

-1 (F)

223

           

T45

Linda Lundqvist (4)

+7 (F)

+4 (F)

E (F)

227

           

T56

Charlotte Alran (5)

+10 (F)

-2 (F)

+6 (F)

230

 

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