ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop women's golf is back on the course this weekend as it heads to Hilton Head Island for the Low Country Intercollegiate.
Event: Low Country Intercollegiate
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, Mar. 16-17, 2019
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Course: Moss Creek Golf Club (Par 72 / 5,386 yards)
Format: 36-Hole Tournament (Friday practice round / Saturday - 18 holes / Sunday – 18 holes)
Tee Times: Saturday (9:30 a.m. shotgun start | Sunday (9:30 a.m. shotgun start)
Tournament Field: Appalachian State, Brown, Bethune-Cookman, The Citadel, Columbia, Elon, Gardner-Webb, Lander, Limestone, Navy, Presbyterian College, Radford, USC Beaufort, USC Upstate, Winthrop, Wofford
Weather Forecast: Saturday (Cloudy, 63 degrees, N 10mph) | Sunday (Cloudy, 59 degrees, NE 12mph)
Live Stats: (
BirdieFire.com)
A GLANCE AT THE EAGLES
- Eagles are participating in the Low Country Intercollegiate for the first time since 2010-11
- That year they finished 10th and were led by Allison Itria, who tied for 25th
- The last even the Eagles competed in was canceled due to snowfall
- The team's had made it through most of the second round, but play was called due to darkness and could not resume the following morning so the final results were after 18 holes of play
- Senior's Julie Reinertsen and Chelsea Dantonio were the top finishers on the team as they opened with 78's in the first round
- Dantonio leads the team with a 75.69 scoring average this season while Reinertsen is second at 76.86
- Freshman Sarah Funderburg is third in scoring at 77.71
- Carleigh Greene will be playing as an individual and her first completion of the spring as she last competed in the Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 29-30
WINTHROP LINEUP
- Julie Reinertsen
- Chelsea Dantonio
- Sarah Funderburg
- Morgan McClaugherty
- Alexis Brindley
