Junior Jenny Bae posted a 1-over 73 to lead the No. 13-ranked Georgia women’s golf team to a 301 team score in the opening round of the Gamecock Intercollegiate on Monday. The Bulldogs are in 15th place in the field that features four of the top-5 and 11 of the top-25 teams in the country.
Georgia’s additional counting rounds were a 75 from Caroline Craig, a 76 by Jo Hua Hung and a 77 from Candice Mahé. Caterina Don shot 79, the Bulldogs’ drop score, and Isabella Holpfer, who is competing individually, posted a 78.
Georgia battled back from a slow start to the day. The Bulldogs made the turn at 14-over as a team but rallied to shoot 1-under on the back-nine. Bae was 2-under after the turn, while Craig and Hung were 1-under and even, respectively.
Overall, Bae is tied for 28th, Craig is tied for 47th, Hung is tied for 61st, Mahé is tied for 76th, Holpfer is tied for 79th and Don is tied for 87th.
No. 22 Duke carded a 6-under 282 to grab the team lead, four shots ahead of No. 4. There is a six-way tie for the individual lead at 4-under 68 with Erica Shepherd and Phoebe Brinker of Duke, Kendall Griffin of LSU, Lois Kaye Go of South Carolina, Nicole Adam of North Carolina and Blair Stockett of Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs will be paired with No. 16 Arkansas and No. 20 Alabama for Tuesday’s second round, teeing off from No. 10 in waves from 9:45-10:21 a.m. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
Gamecock Intercollegiate
Columbia Country Club
Columbia, S.C.
Par 72; 6297 Yards
Monday’s First-Round Standings
Team Leaderboard
Duke 282
LSU 286
Mississippi State 287
South Carolina 287
Auburn 287
North Carolina 290
Wake Forest 290
Vanderbilt 291
Ole Miss 294
Baylor 294
Kentucky 298
Arkansas 299
Alabama 299
Texas A&M 300
Georgia 301
Florida 302
Tennessee 303
Furman 309
Individual Leaderboard
Erica Shepherd, Duke 69
Kendall Griffin, LSU 69
Lois Kaye Go, S. Carolina 69
Nicole Adam, N. Carolina 69
Blair Stockett, Miss. St. 69
Phoebe Brinker, Duke 69
Benedetta Moresco, Alabama 70
Celina Sattelkau, Vanderbilt 70
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt 70
Gurleen Kaur, Baylor 70
Gina Kim, Duke 70
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest 70
Kaleigh Telfer, Auburn 70
Paula Kirner, S. Carolina 70
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU x
Mychael O’Berry, Auburn 71
Julia Johnson, Ole Miss 71
Cecilie Finne-Ipsen, Charlotte x
Clara Moyano, Miss. St. x
Abbey Daniel, Miss. St. x
Jensen Castle, Kentucky x
Georgia Scores
T28. Jenny Bae 73
T47. Caroline Craig 75
T61. Jo Hua Hung 76
T76. Candice Mahé 77
*T79. Isabella Holpfer 78
T87. Caterina Don 79
* denotes competing individually