NINETY-SIX, SC— Winthrop shot the second lowest score in the final round of the Big South Conference Women's Golf Championship to place second, Saturday afternoon at The Patriot at Grand Harbor.
EVENT: Big South Conference Championship
DATES: Saturday, April 14, 2018 (Final Round)
LOCATION: The Patriot at Grand Harbor
COURSE INFO: Par 72 (6,175 yards)
PLACE (WINTHROP): 2
nd out of 9 teams (914/+50)
TOP FIVE TEAMS: #36 Campbell (+13), Winthrop (+50), High Point (+53), Charleston Southern (56), UNC Asheville (+67), Longwood (+67)
FINAL RESULTS
TAP-INS
- Winthrop finished second for the first time since 1999
- The Eagles finished with a total of 914 for the championship, which is the third lowest in program history for a 54-hole conference championship
- Julie Reinertsen fired a final round 73 to earn All-Championship Team honors as she placed third (+3)
- Reinertsen led all players in Par 3 scoring at -1 and was third best in Par 4 scoring
- Ashley Sloup, who earned All-Big South Conference honors, finished 6th for her second best finish in the conference championship
- Sloup shot an even par 72 in the final round, which was her 4th round of even par or better this season and lowest round in a conference championship
- This is Reinertsen's first Top 10 finish in the conference championship and her first round 71 was her best in championship play
- It's also Reinertsen's first Top 10 finish of the season
- Louise Jeppesen closed out her career tied for 21st, which is her second best finish at the conference championship
- Jeppesen shot a final round 76, which tied her second lowest round at the championship
- Sloup was also named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team
WINTHROP RESULTS
