ROCK HILL, SC— After a three and a half month layoff, the Winthrop women's golf team is set to open its spring season at the Amelia Island Collegiate.
Event: Amelia Island Collegiate
Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 18-19, 2018
Location: Amelia Island, FL
Course: Amelia Island Golf Club (Par 72 (36-36)/6,029 yards)
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (Sunday practice round/Monday 36 holes/Tuesday 18 holes)
Tee Times: Monday (8 a.m. shotgun off holes 10-12), Tuesday (8:30 a.m. shotgun)
Tournament Field: Cincinnati, Daytona State, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Southern, Georgia State Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Marshall, Morehead State, North Florida, Same Houston State, Samford, UAB, USC Upstate, Western Kentucky Winthrop .
Weather Forecast: Monday (40% chance showers, 75 degrees, winds 12 mph) Tuesday (80% rain, 63 degrees, winds 18 mph)
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A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- For the sixth straight year the Eagles open up the spring season at Amelia Island
- Coming off a fall in which the team had two Top 5 finishes placing 4th in the Gardner-Webb shootout and 2nd in the Terrier Intercollegiate
- Senior Chelsea Dantonio led the team with a 74.89 scoring average in the fall while senior Julie Reinertsen was second at 76.50
- Dantonio and Reinertsen each had two rounds under par with Reinertsen firing the team's low round of 69 in the Starmount Fall Classic
- Freshman Sarah Funderburg had the third best scoring average in the fall at 77.30
- Eagles finished 6th at the Amelia Island Collegiate in 2018 with Ashley Sloup having the best individual finish at 9th
- Reinertsen tied for 23rd at the event in 2018
- Two years ago Dantonio finished 9th at the Amelia Island Collegiate at +2
- Winthrop is paired with Cincinnati and fellow Big South member USC Upstate for 36 holes on Monday
WINTHROP LINEUP
- Chelsea Dantonio
- Sarah Funderburg
- Julie Reinertsen
- Morgan McClaugherty
- Alexis Brindley
