Augusta, Georgia – The Wake Forest women’s golf team has completed their penultimate event of regular-season play with a ninth-place finish at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, hosted by Augusta, at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
 
Veterans Rachel Kuehn and Mimi Rhodes led the way for the Deacs in Augusta as the only two on the team to finish inside the top 40. Kuehn finished the day even par, her second even-par round of the three.
 
After an opening round 73, Rhodes shot back-to-back rounds of two-over to finish T39. She birdied three of her last seven holes in the second round to maintain her position on the leaderboard.
 
Freshman Brooke Rivers had an opening round 72 before shooting back-to-back over-par rounds to finish outside the top 40. Sophomore Anne-Sterre den Dunnen finished her second round on a high note Sunday morning as her best round of the tournament.
 
Four of the five Deacs birdied the par-five ninth hole in the third round and three of them birdied the par-five sixth. As a team, Wake Forest went -9 on all par-five holes of the event and finished third in scoring on all par threes. Kuehn led the team going -4 on all par fives and finishing even par on all par threes.
 
Coach’s Comments
“The last two weeks have had some challenges, and we are proud of the way our team has handled those challenges. The group is looking forward to getting home, taking some time to rest and restart and begin preparation for the championship season we have ahead of us.” – head coach Kim Lewellen
 
Next Up
Wake Forest has one event remaining on their spring schedule before postseason begins with the ACC Championship in Wilmington in April. The Deacs will wrap up the regular season at the Wolfpack Match Play event in Raleigh at Lonnie Poole Golf Club April 8-9 before postseason begins April 18.
 
Team Leaderboard
Rank   Team                           Scores
1           Ole Miss                         276 283 297      856 -8
T2        South Carolina               283 283 293      859 -5
T2        Michigan                        287 283 289      859 -5
4           Auburn                           285 287 293      865 +1
5           Florida State                   291 293 283      867 +3
6           Georgia                           285 288 298      871 +7
7           Clemson                         286 291 297      874 +10
8           Georgia Southern          286 294 296      876 +12
9           Wake Forest                290 295 293      878 +14
10        Alabama                        289 289 302      880 +16
11        Oklahoma State             287 291 304      882 +18
12        Augusta                          287 297 301      885 +21
13        South Florida                 299 293 300      892 +28
14        Furman                           298 299 297      894 +30
15        Virginia Tech                  298 298 300      896 +32
16        Louisville                        296 303 303      902 +38
17        Coastal Carolina             299 307 315      921 +57
 
Player Leaderboard