ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The Catawba College women's golf team put together a better second round than three top-25 teams at the World Golf Invitational on Monday, good for a 10th place standing heading into the final 18 holes.
Battling against some of the most high-profile competition this season – 14 of the 16 programs in attendance are in the top 40 per Clippd – the Catawba Indians are hanging tough behind individual scoring rounds of 80 or better in both strolls around the course. At 613 (+37), Catawba is just three strokes behind eighth-place Eckerd and are directly ahead of #8 Lynn and #7 Lee. Host Flagler is in first place on the team leaderboard with an eight-over-par 584.
RESULTS
T-17. Mary-Paige King (150, +6)
T-21. Sara Kristinsdottir (151, +7)
T-44. Rachel Carlson (155, +11)
T-57. Taya Buxton (157, +13)
T-79. Hannah Waddell (164, +20)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- King dotted five birdies in the second round to pick up a 74, the field's 14th-best, after a 76 in the opening 18 holes to stand inside the top 20
- Kristinsdottir registered an eagle during her excellent first round, tying for ninth place at 73, before a bumpier Round 2 put her seven shots above par with 18 holes to go
- Carlson boasted a five-shot betterment across the two rounds, using a second-round card of 38-37 to elevate into the top half of the field
- Buxton and Waddell enjoyed improvements by three and four strokes with 80-77 and 84-80 cards, respectively, on the first day of spring action
UP NEXT
Catawba concludes the World Golf Invitational tomorrow morning with the third round, opening via shotgun start at 8 a.m.
