NINETY-SIX, SC—Senior
Julie Reinertsen finished T8 to help lead Winthrop women's golf to a third place finish at the 2019 Big South Women's Golf Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting.
EVENT: Big South Conference Championship
DATE: Saturday, Apr. 13, 2019 (2
nd & Final Round)
LOCATION: The Patriot Golf Club
COURSE INFO: Par 72 (6,230 yards)
PLACE (WINTHROP): 3
rd of 11 (922/+58)
TOP FIVE TEAMS: #25 Campbell (+5), High Point (+33), Winthrop (+58), USC Upstate (+61), Charleston Southern (+61)
FINAL RESULTS
TAP-INS
- Eagles finished third for the 8th time in program history
- Reinertsen was 4-over in the final round (76) to finish T8, her second straight Top 10 finish at the conference championship
- Chelsea Dantonio had the lowest final round score for the Eagles with a 74 as she finished the final five holes 1-under
- Dantonio finished T13, her third career Top 15 finish at the conference championship as she also finished Top 10 twice
- Eagles posted a second round score of 304, which matched the second round of the team in 2018
- The eight-shot improvement from the first round jumped the Eagles three spots into a T4 heading into the final round
- Reinertsen had the low score of the second round for the Eagles with an even par 72 (37-35)
- Whitney Carter and Dantonio carded the second lowest for the Eagles in the second round with 77's
- Carter finished T23 with a career-best 235 in a 54-hole event
- This is the first time the Eagles have finished in the Top 3 in back-to-back championships since 2009/2010 (finished 3rd both of those years)
- The Eagles 306 final round score is the 4th lowest final round by a Winthrop team in conference championship play
- Reinertsen finished tied for 2nd in Par 5 scoring for the championship at 4-under while finishing tied for 7th in Par 4 scoring (+6)
- Dantonio led the Eagles in Par 3 scoring at even par, which was tied for the 3rd lowest
WINTHROP RESULTS
