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Old Dominion Women’s Golf Places Third, Sets ODU Record at Pinehurst


BY ODU ATHLETICS


their fall slate with the Palmetto In- tercollegiate Oct. 22-24 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort.


“We look forward to getting back to work next week and going to Ki- awah for the last tournament of the fall,” said Hetzel.


PINEHURST CHALLENGE


Pinehurst Resort (No. 1 Course) -- Pinehurst, N.C. Oct. 9-10, 2017 Par: 72 Yardage: 5974 Team Leaderboard 1. East Carolina (-17) 2. Coastal Carolina (-9) 3. Old Dominion (-5) 4. Maryland (-1) 5. North Florida (+4) 6. Towson (+7) 7t. Samford (+8)


PINEHURST, N.C. -- The Old Dominion women’s golf team placed third at the Pinehurst Chal- lenge and set a new program record for a 54-hole score with an 859 team score at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina this week.


“I am glad that our program-best


score belongs to this particular team, because it is a great group,” said second-year head coach Mallo- ry Hetzel. “You have to play well to finish a tournament under par and it was definitely a collective effort.”


The record-breaking performance shattered the previous record of 872 by 13 strokes, set at the UNCW Se- ahawk Classic in the spring of 2012.


Following the first round early Monday, the Monarchs sat in a tie for seventh at +2. However, ODU


then fired a -5 and -2 in the second and third rounds, respectively, to climb four spots and finish third.


All five ODU competitors placed


in the top 40 of the 100-player field, as Katerina Vlasinova and Sana Tufail both finished in the top 20. Vlasinova (-2) recorded a top-15 finish for the second consecutive event, tying for 12th, while Tufail (-1) tied for 19th. Rounding out the ODU lineup were Maggie Simmer- macher (+1), who finished 26th, and Charlotte De Corte (+4) and Noemie Sudron (+4), who both tied for 38th.


East Carolina (-17) won the team


title, while Jacksonville State’s Val- entina Giraldo (-8) took home indi- vidual medalist honors.


Up next, the Monarchs close out Justin Tomas FROM PAGE 2


honored the game’s best players with the PGA Player of


the Year


Award. It is presented to the top Tour professional based on a point system for tournament wins, official money standings, and scoring averages. Points for the 2016-17 season began with the Safeway Open on Oct. 16, and concluded Sept. 24, at the Tour Championship.


Spieth, who previously won the


Vardon Trophy in 2015, posted a 68.846 adjusted scoring average based upon 85 complete rounds. Rickie Fowler was runner-up at 69.083; Tomas


third (69.359);


Leishman fourth (69.468); and Paul Casey fiſth (69.469).


Since 1937, the PGA of America


has presented the Vardon Trophy, in honor of legendary British golfer Harry Vardon to the touring professional with the lowest scoring average. Since 1988, it has been awarded to the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average. It is based on a minimum of 60 rounds, with no


incomplete rounds, in


events co-sponsored or designated by the PGA Tour. Te adjusted score is computed from the average score of the field at each event.


Te PGA Tour also recognizes


its annual Player of the Year, with the winner announced in early October, determined by a vote of the membership.


7t. James Madison (+8) 9. UNC Greensboro (+10) 10. Nebraska (+12) 11. Jacksonville (+13) 12. Georgia State (+27) 13. Presbyterian (+28) 14. Jacksonville State (+31) 15. Charleston (+33) 16. Elon (+35) 17. William & Mary (+41) 18t. Charleston Southern (+42) 18t. UAB (+42)


ODU Player Leaderboard 12t. Katerina Vlasinova (-2) 19t. Sana Tufail (-1)


26. Maggie Simmermacher (+1) 38t. Charlotte De Corte (+4) 38t. Noemie Sudron (+4)


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