Thunderbirds Launch Into First Place; Owls Make Cut Sit in Eleven
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – On the second day of competition at the 2019 NAIA Women’s Golf Championship, conditions were not quite as favorable for scoring as they were on day one. The temperature was a bit warmer, and the winds a bit breezier, but that was not enough to slow down the University of British Columbia (B.C.).
The Thunderbirds climbed two places in the team standings, taking the lead with a team round of 296 at the halfway point of the Championship. The round was tied for the second best team score of the day, two shots behind the round turned in by SCAD Savannah (Ga.) Bees, who shot a 294. Keiser University (Fla.) sits in second after the cut, with SCAD-Savannah in third, Dalton State (Ga.) College in fourth, and a tie for fifth with the University of Northwestern Ohio and the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.).
The top 17 teams and top 12 individuals who finished in the top-40 and ties after the round made the cut, and beginning on Thursday, the tournament will go to a single session, although tee times will continue to be scheduled off both the front and back nines. The first tee times are for six of the individuals who will tee-off at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday morning.
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Kate Johnston (UBC) and Ashlynn Joyner (Southeastern University, Fla.) tied for the low round of the day with rounds of 69. Johnston had four birdies in the round with one bogey, and Joyner birdied six holes and suffered two one-stroke setbacks.
British Columbia is the only team to rank in the top-4 in scoring on par-3s, par-4s, and par-5s. The Thunderbirds are 7-over par on the par-3 holes, 19-over par on the par-4s, and 6-over par on the par-5s.
The Thunderbirds are also tied with Dalton State for the tournament lead with 121 pars.
Loyola (La.) and Cumberlands (Ky.) are tied for the most birdies with 23, and Keiser is the only other school with more than 20 birdies – the Seahawks have 22.
Texas Wesleyan University, Victoria (B.C.), Keiser (Fla.), SCAD-Savannah (Ga.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Rocky Mountain College (Mont.), Cumberland (Tenn.), Bellevue University (Neb.), and Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.) each have one of the tournament’s nine eagles.
Four teams have two individuals in the top-10: British Columbia (B.C.), Keiser (Fla.), SCAD-Savannah, and Northwestern Ohio.