Women’s golf team finishes 17th at Jekyll Island Collegiate

The Olivet College women’s golf team finished 17th out of 23 schools at the 2017 Jekyll Island Women’s Collegiate. Oglethorpe (Ga.) University hosted the three-day tournament at the Indian Mound Golf Course on Jekyll Island in Georgia.

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Women’s golf team finishes 17th at Jekyll Island Collegiate
March 19, 2017

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – The Olivet College women's golf team finished 17th out of 23 schools at the 2017 Jekyll Island Women's Collegiate. Oglethorpe (Ga.) University hosted the three-day tournament at the Indian Mound Golf Course on Jekyll Island in Georgia.

THE BASICS
Location: Indian Mound Golf Course; Jekyll Island, Ga.
Par / Yardage: 72 / 5,801

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Comets posted a three-round total of 1,016 strokes.
  • New York University won the team title with a three-round total of 934 strokes.
  • Three golfers – Samantha Haubenstock from Washington University-St. Louis, Kelly Ranson from Claremont Mudd-Scripps and Sydney Weaver from Berry – all shared medalist honors with 230s. Weaver birdied her final hole to force the three-way tie.

FOR THE COMETS

  • Freshman Nicole Deweyert led Olivet with a three-round total of 241 strokes to tie for 28th-place out of 120 golfers. In today's round, she carded a team-best 80, with two birdies, 10 pars, three bogies, two double bogies and one triple bogie. The birdies were on the par 4, 327-yard No. 9 and the par 5, 440-yard No. 17.
  • Today, freshman Ashley Folleth shot a 41 on both the front and back nines for an 82. She registered a three-round total of 247 strokes to share 43rd-place in the player standings.
  • Senior Laura Bacso had her best round of the tournament today with an 81, including a 39 on the back nine. She finished with a three-day total of 252 strokes.
  • Sophomore Hayley Cooper returned the clubhouse with a 96 for the second straight day for a three-round total of 279 strokes.
  • Freshman Molly Morey completed her three rounds in 305 total strokes.

FINAL TEAM SCORES

1. New York Univ. 318-398-318=934; 2. Rhodes (Tenn.) 319-306-318=943; 3. Claremont Mudd Scripps (Calif.) 314-316-316=946; T4. Berry (Ga.) 326-311-325=962; T4. Washington Univ.-St. Louis (Mo.) 316-316-330=962; 6. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 319-322-322=963; 7. DePauw (Ind.) 323-317-324=964; 8. Washington & Lee (Va.) 322-331-314=967; 9. Illinois Wesleyan 322-325-323=970; 10. Methodist (N.C.) 326-315-335=976; 11. Oglethorpe (Ga.) 321-340-318=979; 12. Sewanee (Tenn.) 326-320-334=980; 13. Huntington (Ala.) 325-328-331=984; 14. Centre (Ga.) 329-332-344=1,005; 15. Bridgewater (Va.) 346-335-327=1,008; 16. Piedmont (Ga.) 334-333-345=1,012; 17. OLIVET 336-341-339=1,016; 18. Transylvania (Ky.) 347-348-335=1,030; 19. Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 340-348-356=1,044; 20. Hanover (Ind.) 357-334-364=1,055; 21. Greensboro (N.C.) 354-347-383=1,094; 22. Randolph-Macon (Va.) 354-364-376=1,095; 23. Millsaps (Ga.) 392-385-369=1,146.

UP NEXT

  • Olivet is now idle until Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, when it participates in the Ohio Northern University Polar Bear Classic at Colonial Golfers Club in Harrod, Ohio.