Tuesday, October 10
Pinehurst, N.C.
Jacksonville State University
at
Pinehurst Challenge
Giraldo Caps Record-Setting Performance To Win at Pinehurst
10/10/2017 3:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
FINAL RESULTS
PINEHURST, N.C. – Junior Valentina Giraldo capped the best 54-hole score in Jacksonville State history on Tuesday to win medalist honors at the Pinehurst Challenge.
Giraldo shot an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round to pass second-round leader Malene Krolboll Hansen and claim her second career individual win and her second this fall. She put the finishing touches on a 54-hole score of 208, breaking the previous 54-hole record of 209 set by Melani Sisto in 2013.
The Ibague, Colombia, native's 8-under score on the par-72, 5,974-yard layout at the No. 1 Course at Pinehurst was just the ninth 54-hole score under par in school history. She defeated Krolboll Hansen by one shot to win medalist honors in the 100-player field.
Giraldo rallied to claim the win on Tuesday. After opening with a pair of bogeys in her first six holes, she didn't bogey again and grabbed two birdies in a three-hole span to climb into the lead for good. It is her second win in four events this fall after winning the Gamecocks' home tournament, the Chris Banister Golf Classic in late September.
East Carolina ran away with the team title, while the Gamecocks finished 14th. JSU did tie the fifth-best 54-hole team score in school history over the two-day event, but it couldn't keep up with the top of the field.
Junior Paula Vega tied for 38th after a final-round 76 capped her 54-hole score of 220. Sophomore Javiera Espinosa tied for 72nd with a 229, while fellow sophomores Chloe Borders (tie for 87th) and Layne Dyar (91st) rounded out the JSU lineup.
The Gamecocks will wrap up their fall schedule on Oct. 30-31, when they compete in the UALR Women's Golf Classic in Hot Springs, Ark.
PINEHURST, N.C. – Junior Valentina Giraldo capped the best 54-hole score in Jacksonville State history on Tuesday to win medalist honors at the Pinehurst Challenge.
Giraldo shot an even-par 72 in Tuesday's final round to pass second-round leader Malene Krolboll Hansen and claim her second career individual win and her second this fall. She put the finishing touches on a 54-hole score of 208, breaking the previous 54-hole record of 209 set by Melani Sisto in 2013.
The Ibague, Colombia, native's 8-under score on the par-72, 5,974-yard layout at the No. 1 Course at Pinehurst was just the ninth 54-hole score under par in school history. She defeated Krolboll Hansen by one shot to win medalist honors in the 100-player field.
Giraldo rallied to claim the win on Tuesday. After opening with a pair of bogeys in her first six holes, she didn't bogey again and grabbed two birdies in a three-hole span to climb into the lead for good. It is her second win in four events this fall after winning the Gamecocks' home tournament, the Chris Banister Golf Classic in late September.
East Carolina ran away with the team title, while the Gamecocks finished 14th. JSU did tie the fifth-best 54-hole team score in school history over the two-day event, but it couldn't keep up with the top of the field.
Junior Paula Vega tied for 38th after a final-round 76 capped her 54-hole score of 220. Sophomore Javiera Espinosa tied for 72nd with a 229, while fellow sophomores Chloe Borders (tie for 87th) and Layne Dyar (91st) rounded out the JSU lineup.
The Gamecocks will wrap up their fall schedule on Oct. 30-31, when they compete in the UALR Women's Golf Classic in Hot Springs, Ark.
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