W. Golf: No. 12 Seminoles In 3rd Place At Valspar Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. – No. 12 Florida State sits in third place after the completion of 36 holes on the primary day of the Valspar Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Membership. The Seminoles carded an even-par first spherical adopted by a 1-under par second spherical to complete 1-under for the event. No. 9 Golfstat-ranked Charlotte Heath leads the Seminoles at 7-under par after taking pictures a 1-under par 71 in spherical one and a 6-under par 66 in spherical two.

Wake Forest leads the event as a crew at 13-under par, as one in all their very own, Rachel Kuehn, totaled a 10-under par 134 to safe a spot on the prime of the leaderboard individually. 

Junior Charlotte Heath had a promising end in spherical one after preventing via a 2-over par front-nine. Heath shot 3-under on the back-nine, capturing two back-to-back birdies on holes No. 13 and 14, and a ultimate birdie on No. 18 that secured a spherical one end of a 1-under par 71. 

The front-nine proved to not be troublesome for simply Heath, however the whole 78-player subject averaged above-par on the 9, averaging a +0.16.

Heath started her second spherical with early birdies on the primary and third gap, she continued her phenomenal play with two back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth gap. Her 4-under par front-nine momentum carried onto the back-nine the place she carded one bogey adopted by an eagle and a birdie to shoot 6-under within the second spherical. 

Heath is in sole possession of second place at 7-under par. She is just three strokes off the lead heading into the ultimate spherical.

A shotgun begin for each rounds put Alice Hodge on gap No. 3 to begin her day. She opened up her first spherical with two back-to-back birdies adopted by one other birdie on gap No. 8 to complete the front-nine at 2-under par. 

Hodge made the flip and secured one other birdie on gap No.11, a 535-yard par 5. She joined 4 different Seminoles in birdying gap No. 18, from there she parred out to shoot a primary spherical rating of 3-under. 

Though spherical two was began with a bogey on gap No. 3 for Hodge, she shortly recovered along with her sixth birdie of the day on the sixth gap. Hodge was unable to safe a birdie on the back-nine and shot 3-over par (75) for the second 18 of the day. 

She is at the moment tied for twelfth place at even-par.

Senior Amelia Williamson shot a 1-over par 73 to finish spherical one of many Valspar Augusta Invitational. Beginning off on the second gap of Forest Hills Golf Membership, she carded a single birdie to shoot 2-over on the front-nine. 

Her sport proved to be constant on the back-nine, not carding a single bogey and securing her second birdie of the day on No. 18, a 290-yard par 4. 

In spherical two, Williamson confirmed her resiliency from spherical one’s front-nine and shot 2-under on her third 9 of the day, carding extra birdies on a single-nine than her first spherical in complete. 

Though she began the flip off with a bogey, adopted by one other on the fifteenth, she recuperated with a birdie on gap No. 16 to return to 1-under for the second spherical. Williamson recorded her solely double-bogey of the day on the 18th gap, however ended the day with a par to shoot a 1-over 73 in spherical two. 

She is T22 at 2-over par. 

Sophomore Kaylah Williams was one in all 4 Seminoles to shoot over-par on the front-nine, though she fought again with an even-par rating on the back-nine to complete spherical one 3-over par. 

Beginning spherical two on the third gap, Williams made two birdies on No. 6 and No. 8 accompanied by two bogeys in between to begin the 9 off at even-par.  

Two birdies on the back-nine gave Williams her finest end of the season, carding an 1-over par 73. She is tied for thirty fourth place at 4-over. 

Particular person freshman Katherine Prepare dinner shot a season-low 2-over par 74 in her spherical one efficiency in Augusta. Starting her spherical on No. 16, she shortly birdied the 18th gap to search out herself 1-under par via her first three holes. 

The front-nine confirmed its difficulties for the Seminoles, as Prepare dinner carded two bogeys to shoot 2-over on the 9 that totaled 7-over for the crew in spherical one. Florida State had a clutch back-nine as a crew, totaling 1-under par in spherical one for the ultimate 9. 

Prepare dinner was unable to card a birdie within the second spherical, taking pictures 5-over on the front-nine and 1-over par on the again to complete a 6-over par 78 for spherical two. She is T53 with a 8-over par two-round complete. 

No. 2 Golfstat-ranked Lottie Woad shot the very best spherical of her profession at Florida State, carding a 4-over par 76 in spherical one. The freshman confronted problem on the back-nine with a bogey and two uncommon double-bogeys to begin off her back-nine at 5-over par. 

Though the back-nine may have began higher, Woad didn’t waver and captured a birdie following the three-hole hurdle. She parred the remainder of her remaining holes to shoot 4-over on the back-nine. 

Woad and Heath had been the one Seminoles to birdie the toughest gap on the golf course, the 383 par-4 eighth gap. 

Spherical two began off with a birdie for Woad on the second gap, a 355-yard par 4. The remainder of her spherical was encompassed with six bogeys and a birdie, which resulted in a 4-over par (76) second spherical rating. She is T53 at 8-over.

As a crew, the Seminoles recorded 31 birdies, the third-highest within the 14-team subject. Florida State was one in all 4 groups to report an eagle within the event. 

Amelia Williamson and Kaylah Williams led Florida State in par-3 scoring, averaging a 3.00 (E). Charlotte Heath had a formidable par 4 scoring common of three.75 (-5). Heath was additionally 3-under on par 5’s, securing a Seminole team-low 4.63 common. 

The ultimate spherical of the Valspar Augusta Invitational will start with a shotgun begin at 9:00am ET. Stay scoring might be discovered on golfstat.com. You should definitely preserve up to date on the Seminoles by following @fsugolf on Twitter and Instagram.