CATOOSA, Okla. – The Arkansas Tech women's golf team battled through high scores that plagued the entire field at the 23
rd-annual NSU Golf Classic on Tuesday and ended their first tournament of the new year in sixth place.
FINAL RESULTS
One of the extremely bright spots to come out of the tournament was the play of true freshman
Ellen Spigner. A day after shooting six-over (76), Spigner carded a one-over (71) and climbed nine rungs on the individual leaderboard to finish her first collegiate tournament in eighth place.
Spigner's second round saw the Nashville, Ark. native shoot even-par through the front-nine. After making the turn, Spigner made bogey on 10, but went on to par the next three holes. On 14, Spigner made birdie on the 534-yard, par-5 to drop her back to even-par.
She then made three-straight pars to bring her to the final hole of the tournament. On Monday, Spigner double bogeyed 18, but on Tuesday, she was able to get a stroke back on the hole and made bogey, ending her round at one-over.
Yesterday's low scorer,
Josie Roberson turned in another round in the 70s as she shot nine-over (79) on Tuesday. Roberson would end the tournament tied for 13
th.
Katie Whitfield was the third scorer for the Golden Suns at the tournament as she ended up placing in a tie for 28
th overall with a two-round stroke total of 157.
Hallie Jones improved two strokes from her first round and rounded out scoring for the Golden Suns with a two-round total of 166.
The Golden Suns will now prepare for their next tournament, the DBU Classic. That event will run from Monday, September 19 – Tuesday, September 20 and will take place at the Wild Horse Golf Club.
