The No. 5-ranked Georgia women’s golf team shot 17-over 301 in Friday’s opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, placing the Bulldogs in 12th place in the field.
 
 
“No one really got it going to get that excitement or momentum going for us today,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “You’re going to have those days when everyone doesn’t play well. Today was one of those days for us, but we have two more days to keep going. We just have to play like we know we’re capable of playing, and we’ll move up the leaderboard.”
 
 
Harang Lee led Georgia on the day with a 2-over 73. The Bulldogs other counting rounds were a 74 from Bailey Tardy, a 76 from Rinko Mitsunaga and a 78, the score signed for by both Manuela Carbajo Ré and Mary Ellen Shuman.
 
 
No. 4 Alabama grabbed the first-round lead afternoon shooting 6-under 278. The Crimson Tide owns a three-shot lead over Virginia. Between Alabama and Georgia are Virginia at 281, Vanderbilt at 282, No. 3 Arkansas at 289, North Carolina at 290, No. 10 Oklahoma State at 292, No. 21 Tennessee at 295, Auburn at 296, No. 1 Southern Cal at 297, No. 2 Duke at 299, Wake Forest at 300 and the Bulldogs at 301.
 
 
Alabama’s Cheyenne Knight, Vanderbilt’s Alexandra Farnsworth and Virginia’s Lauren Coughlin are tied about the individual leaderboard at 4-under 67. For Georgia, Lee is tied for 21st, Tardy is tied for 31, Mitsunaga is tied for 50th and Carbajo Ré and Shuman both are tied for 68th.
 
 
Play will continue through Sunday at the Long Cove, with live scoring updated on a three-hole basis at www.golfstat.com.
 
 

Friday’s First-Round Results

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Long Cove Club

Hilton Head, S.C.

Par 71, 6243 Yards

 
 

Team Leaderboard

 
Alabama                               278

Virginia                              281

Vanderbilt                            282

Arkansas                              289

North Carolina                        290

Oklahoma State                        292

Tennessee                             295

Auburn                                296

Duke                                  297

Southern Cal                          297

Wake Forest                           300

Georgia                               301

LSU                                   303

Furman                                303

Mississippi State                     303

South Carolina                        303

Kentucky                              307
 
 

Individual Leaderboard

 
Cheyenne Knight, Alabama              67

Alexandra Farnsworth, Vanderbilt      67

Lauren Coughlin, Virginia             67

Elizabeth Szokol, Virginia            69

Elizabeth Mallett, N. Carolina        70

Lakareber Abe, Alabama                70

Emma Talley, Alabama                  70

Linnea Johansson, Oklahoma State      70

Jennifer Kupcho, Wake Forest          71

Sandy Choi, Duke                      71

Janie Jackson, Alabama                71

Cindy Ha, Vanderbilt                  71

Jenny Hahn, Vanderbilt                71

Maddie McCrary, Oklahoma State        71

Maria Fassi, Arkansas                 71
 
 

Georgia Scores

 
T21. Harang Lee, Georgia              73

T31. Bailey Tardy, Georgia            74

T50. Rinko Mitsunaga, Georgia         76

T68. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia      78

T68. Mary Ellen Shuman, Georgia       78
 

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