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East Carolina University
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The American Championship
ECU In Seventh After First Round At American Championships
April 16, 2017 | Women's Golf
First Round Results (PDF)
PALM COAST, Fla. – East Carolina carded an opening round score of 299 (11-over par) at the 2017 American Women's Golf Championships and currently sits in seventh place. The three-day, 54-hole event is being held at the Conservatory Course at Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club.
Junior Lisa Petterson leads the Pirates following her first-round score of 73 (1-over) and is tied for 15th. Freshman Siranon Shoomee is tied for 17th after carding a 2-over par 74, while fellow classmate Dorthea Forbrigd is tied for 20th after her round of 75 (3-over). Rounding out ECU's roster are sophomores Kate Law (t29/77) and Carley Cox (45th/81).
UCF (284) has a six-stroke lead SMU and Houston, who are both tied for second place (290). Tulsa (292) is fourth followed by Tulane (294), USF (296), ECU, Cincinnati (3-1) and Memphis (315).
Houston sophomore Leonie Harm is the individual leader. Harm's round of 66 (-6) set a new championship record for an individual low 18-hole total. The previous low of 67 was set by Frida Gustafsson Spang (East Carolina) and Ashley Burke (USF) at Hammock Beach's Ocean Course in 2016 and 2015, respectively.
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SMU sophomore Brigitte Dunne is in second place at 68 (-4), while Holder and Ashley Cassidy (Cincinnati) are tied for third overall at 69 (-3).
The second round will begin at 8 a.m. (ET) on Monday, April 17.
PALM COAST, Fla. – East Carolina carded an opening round score of 299 (11-over par) at the 2017 American Women's Golf Championships and currently sits in seventh place. The three-day, 54-hole event is being held at the Conservatory Course at Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club.
Junior Lisa Petterson leads the Pirates following her first-round score of 73 (1-over) and is tied for 15th. Freshman Siranon Shoomee is tied for 17th after carding a 2-over par 74, while fellow classmate Dorthea Forbrigd is tied for 20th after her round of 75 (3-over). Rounding out ECU's roster are sophomores Kate Law (t29/77) and Carley Cox (45th/81).
UCF (284) has a six-stroke lead SMU and Houston, who are both tied for second place (290). Tulsa (292) is fourth followed by Tulane (294), USF (296), ECU, Cincinnati (3-1) and Memphis (315).
Houston sophomore Leonie Harm is the individual leader. Harm's round of 66 (-6) set a new championship record for an individual low 18-hole total. The previous low of 67 was set by Frida Gustafsson Spang (East Carolina) and Ashley Burke (USF) at Hammock Beach's Ocean Course in 2016 and 2015, respectively.
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SMU sophomore Brigitte Dunne is in second place at 68 (-4), while Holder and Ashley Cassidy (Cincinnati) are tied for third overall at 69 (-3).
The second round will begin at 8 a.m. (ET) on Monday, April 17.
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