Troy University Athletics
Sunday, March 3
Kiawah Island, S.C.
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Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic
Photo by: Cass Davis
Women's Golf Set for Play at Kiawah Island Classic
3/2/2013 3:39:00 PM | Golf (W)
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Less than a week following their third place finish at the USA Invitational, the Troy women's golf team will hit the road for the 2013 Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic Sunday through Tuesday.
The tournament will begin Sunday with action on both the Oak and Cougar Point golf courses. 33 teams will take part in the tournament, and will be split into two groups to compete on each of the two courses. Both courses feature a par-72 layout; the Oak Course is 5,907 yards and the Cougar is 6,001 yards.
Both Sunday and Monday's rounds will begin with tee times scheduled for 10:00-12:06, while Tuesday's final round will begin with a shotgun start of 9:00 a.m. on the Cougar Point course.
Sofia Bjorkman leads the Trojans into the tournament after recording her fifth straight top-10 finish of the 2012-13 season this past week at the tournament in Mobile. The senior enters with a 74.07 stroke average and sits fourth in the Sun Belt statistically behind Meghan MacLaren of FIU and two players from UALR.
Langley Vannoy enters looking to record her second top-10 of the season. The Pensacola, Fla., native is ranked 10th in the Sun Belt averaging 76.57 strokes per round.
Taylor McGraw began her spring season with a solid tie for 15th at the USA Invitational, and will look to record her second top-10 of the season with a 77.79 stroke average entering Sunday's play.
Sara Fennvik sits 29th in the conference with a 77.85 stroke average and has recorded two top-20 finishes thus far on the year.
Brooke Spinks will make her spring debut Sunday after competing in three events last fall. Spinks will look to improve on her best finish of eighth, a feat she accomplished in last fall's JU Courtyard Classic.
Five of the 33 teams enter ranked in the top-100 according to Golfweek – Campbell (No. 36), College of Charleston (No. 78), Elon (No. 92), Longwood (No. 97) and Samford (No. 98). Other notable opponents include Sun Belt members Middle Tennessee (No. 104) and Western Kentucky (No. 195). The remainder of the 33-team field includes Bucknell, Central Arkansas, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, Daytona State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, IUPUI, Jacksonville State, Loyola Chicago, Marshall, Newberry, North Florida, UNCG, Oral Roberts, Presbyterian, Radford, Richmond, St. John's, Stephen F. Austin, Tennessee Tech, Towson, Winthrop and Wofford.
Central Arkansas' Julia Roth enters as the only golfer ranked in the top-100 according to Golfstat and sits at No. 74. Bjorkman is the highest ranked Trojan at No. 145 in the nation.
Live scoring of the event can be found at www.GolfStat.com. Check back with www.TroyTrojans.com for a recap of each day's action.
For more information on Troy Athletics, visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find Troy on Twitter at @TroyAthletics, Troy Golf @TroyTrojansGolf, or on Facebook at Facebook.com/TroyAthletics.
The tournament will begin Sunday with action on both the Oak and Cougar Point golf courses. 33 teams will take part in the tournament, and will be split into two groups to compete on each of the two courses. Both courses feature a par-72 layout; the Oak Course is 5,907 yards and the Cougar is 6,001 yards.
Both Sunday and Monday's rounds will begin with tee times scheduled for 10:00-12:06, while Tuesday's final round will begin with a shotgun start of 9:00 a.m. on the Cougar Point course.
Sofia Bjorkman leads the Trojans into the tournament after recording her fifth straight top-10 finish of the 2012-13 season this past week at the tournament in Mobile. The senior enters with a 74.07 stroke average and sits fourth in the Sun Belt statistically behind Meghan MacLaren of FIU and two players from UALR.
Langley Vannoy enters looking to record her second top-10 of the season. The Pensacola, Fla., native is ranked 10th in the Sun Belt averaging 76.57 strokes per round.
Taylor McGraw began her spring season with a solid tie for 15th at the USA Invitational, and will look to record her second top-10 of the season with a 77.79 stroke average entering Sunday's play.
Sara Fennvik sits 29th in the conference with a 77.85 stroke average and has recorded two top-20 finishes thus far on the year.
Brooke Spinks will make her spring debut Sunday after competing in three events last fall. Spinks will look to improve on her best finish of eighth, a feat she accomplished in last fall's JU Courtyard Classic.
Five of the 33 teams enter ranked in the top-100 according to Golfweek – Campbell (No. 36), College of Charleston (No. 78), Elon (No. 92), Longwood (No. 97) and Samford (No. 98). Other notable opponents include Sun Belt members Middle Tennessee (No. 104) and Western Kentucky (No. 195). The remainder of the 33-team field includes Bucknell, Central Arkansas, Charleston Southern, The Citadel, Daytona State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, IUPUI, Jacksonville State, Loyola Chicago, Marshall, Newberry, North Florida, UNCG, Oral Roberts, Presbyterian, Radford, Richmond, St. John's, Stephen F. Austin, Tennessee Tech, Towson, Winthrop and Wofford.
Central Arkansas' Julia Roth enters as the only golfer ranked in the top-100 according to Golfstat and sits at No. 74. Bjorkman is the highest ranked Trojan at No. 145 in the nation.
Live scoring of the event can be found at www.GolfStat.com. Check back with www.TroyTrojans.com for a recap of each day's action.
For more information on Troy Athletics, visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find Troy on Twitter at @TroyAthletics, Troy Golf @TroyTrojansGolf, or on Facebook at Facebook.com/TroyAthletics.
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