Greensboro, NC The third-ranked Virginia women’ golf team is tied with No. 11 Wake Forest for second place after the opening round of the Bryan National Collegiate held at Bryan National’s Champions Course in Greensboro. Both teams shot 16-over 304. LSU managed to post the day’s low score in windy conditions that included gusts up to 30 miles per hour. The Tigers finished the day at 2-over 290.
Virginia’s Jennie Arseneault produced the Cavaliers’ best score at 1-over 73 to figure third overall. Whitney Neuhauser was in seventh place at 75. Lene Krog shot 77 and is 25th while Calle Nielson and Kristen Simpson both carded scores of 79 to figure 50th. Joy Kim, playing as a non-scoring individual, was 86th with a score of 85.
LSU’s Tessa Teachman grabbed the early lead in stroke play, shooting 4-under 68. She was the only player in the 96-golfer field to break par. There were only 18 birdies posted during the first round of play while there were 76 scores above par.
Virginia managed to play the front nine holes at 1-over par, but the windy conditions caught up with the Cavaliers on the final nine holes to push them 14 shots behind the tournament leading Tigers.
The event runs through Sunday with live stats online at Golfstat.com.
Bryan National Collegiate
Bryan National Champions Course
Brown Summit, NC
Par-72, 6,386 yards
First Round ResultsTeam Results
1. LSU 290
2. Virginia 304
2. Wake Forest 304
4. East Carolina 305
5. Louisville 306
6. North Carolina 307
6. Col. of Charleston 307
8. Notre Dame 309
9. Arkansas 310
10. South Carolina 311
10. TCU 311
12. UNC Wilmington 314
12. Tennessee 314
14. Michigan State 315
15. NC State 316
16. Georgia 318
17. Ohio State 320
17. UNC Greensboro 320
Individual Leaders
1. Tessa Teachman, LSU 68
2. Valentime Derrey, TCU 72
3. Jennie Arseneault, Virginia 73
3. Megan McChrystal, LSU 73
3. Catherine O’Donnell, North Carolina 73
6. Caroline Martens, LSU 74
Virginia Results
3. Jennie Arseneault 73
7. Whitney Neuhauser 75
25. Lene Krog 77
50. Calle Nielson 79
50. Kristen Simpson 79
86. Joy Kim* 85
* Non-scoring individual