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Giraldo's 68 Claims Sole Possession of First at Kiawah Island
2/26/2018 8:20:00 PM | Women's Golf
RESULTS & LIVE SCORING
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Valentina Giraldo moved into sole possession of first place in the nation's largest collegiate women's golf tournament on Monday.
The Jacksonville State junior from Ibague, Colombia, fired a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on the par-72, 5,964-yard Oak Point Golf Club in Monday's second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic. She takes a one-shot lead over the field of 218 players into Tuesday's final round of the 54-hole event.
Her round of 68 on Monday tied the sixth-lowest round in school history, a score she has now carded four times in her junior season. Giraldo now holds four of the 15 lowest rounds in school history and also is 18 holes away from her third win of the season.
She led the Gamecocks to a team score of 291 on Monday, tying the fourth-lowest round in school history. JSU is now in a tie for fifth in the 43-team field, the largest women's tournament in the nation.
The Gamecocks' 9-over score after 36 holes trails leader College of Charleston by 18 shots, but they are only seven back of second-place Murray State.
Giraldo started the day in a tie for the lead but used an impressive round that has her one shot ahead of College of Charleston's Victoria Huskey and two ahead of a tie between Bethune-Cookman's Mackenzie Butler and Lyberty Anderson of UNC Wilmington.
Junior Paula Vega also turned in an impressive round on Monday, shooting a 2-under 70 to improve her score by six shots from Sunday and climbing into a tie for 29th. She birdied five holes in her second round, including two of her final three holes.
Pia Ohlenbush is tied for 63rd after her second-round 79 puts her at 5-over, while Valentina Curet's 74 has her in a tie for 104th. Chloe Borders turned in an 81 on Monday and heads into the final round tied for 164th.
The Gamecocks will play Tuesday's final round on the Osprey Point Golf Course and will be paired with SCAD-Savannah and UNCW.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Valentina Giraldo moved into sole possession of first place in the nation's largest collegiate women's golf tournament on Monday.
The Jacksonville State junior from Ibague, Colombia, fired a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on the par-72, 5,964-yard Oak Point Golf Club in Monday's second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic. She takes a one-shot lead over the field of 218 players into Tuesday's final round of the 54-hole event.
Her round of 68 on Monday tied the sixth-lowest round in school history, a score she has now carded four times in her junior season. Giraldo now holds four of the 15 lowest rounds in school history and also is 18 holes away from her third win of the season.
She led the Gamecocks to a team score of 291 on Monday, tying the fourth-lowest round in school history. JSU is now in a tie for fifth in the 43-team field, the largest women's tournament in the nation.
The Gamecocks' 9-over score after 36 holes trails leader College of Charleston by 18 shots, but they are only seven back of second-place Murray State.
Giraldo started the day in a tie for the lead but used an impressive round that has her one shot ahead of College of Charleston's Victoria Huskey and two ahead of a tie between Bethune-Cookman's Mackenzie Butler and Lyberty Anderson of UNC Wilmington.
Junior Paula Vega also turned in an impressive round on Monday, shooting a 2-under 70 to improve her score by six shots from Sunday and climbing into a tie for 29th. She birdied five holes in her second round, including two of her final three holes.
Pia Ohlenbush is tied for 63rd after her second-round 79 puts her at 5-over, while Valentina Curet's 74 has her in a tie for 104th. Chloe Borders turned in an 81 on Monday and heads into the final round tied for 164th.
The Gamecocks will play Tuesday's final round on the Osprey Point Golf Course and will be paired with SCAD-Savannah and UNCW.
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