Despite an overall better performance by the Cats the women continue to hold on to the fifth place spot at the UK Wildcat Fall Invitational. Elizabeth Dotson played well again today for the Cats finishing the day with an even round 72, tied for fourth in the tournament.
?Elizabeth Dotson played very well. She had a great round, she was three-under at one point and finished up even. With the way the course is playing, it?s tough out there so we were really proud of her,? UK head coach Stephanie Martin said.
Playing as an individual for the Cats, Marissa Muir fired (76-78) to land tied for 13th. For Kentucky Blue, Beth Felts is second for the team tied for 20th (76-81). Erin Faulkner improved her first round game by seven shots and junior Chapin Hoskins also improved her score, firing a second round 80, improving four shots from day one. Emily Culbertson sits tied for 41st after shooting an 84 for the second day.
?The rest of our team is really close to playing really well, but struggling on a few holes here and there. If we can get out the high numbers and get more consistent for all 18 holes they are going to play really well,? said Martin.
The Kentucky White team moved up three places, currently sitting in 9th at the UK Invite. Ali Kicklighter still leads the UK White team with a 78 second round, tied for 20th. Junior Laura Clemmons improved by two strokes today firing a second round 80 tying with sophomore Katie Johnson and Katie Dixon for 33rd place. Stacy Springer improved her second round score by five shots from day one to round out the UK White five.
?The women look good and are excited about playing in a home tournament so hopefully they can put in a good round tomorrow,? said Martin
Mississippi State leads the field at the UK Wildcat Fall Invitational after 36 holes at 25-over 601, shooting a 299 for the day. Marshall?s Amber Churchill slipped from her first round lead (72-76) to Mississippi State?s Amanda Mathis who recorded the lowest score of the tournament thus far firing a 71 second round (73-71).
The women will continue play at the University Club?s Big Blue Course tomorrow morning with a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. The field for the invitational includes; Boston College, Eastern, Florida Southern, Kentucky, Marshall, Memphis, Miami, Mississippi State, Murray State, Richmond and Western Carolina.
Opening in 2002, the University Club of Kentucky became the official home of the UK men?s and women?s golf teams. The University Club of Kentucky features two 18-hole courses, one named the Wildcat and the other Big Blue, which the women will compete on. The internationally renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills designed the renovations to the 36-hole course. Each 18-hole course is approximately 7,000 yards in length and stretches across over 300 acres of rolling terrain. The courses are complimented by a dozen lakes and ponds.
