After a 30 minute weather delay the University of Kentucky?s women?s golf team is in fifth place (316) in the UK Wildcat Fall Invitational. Beth Felts leads the Kentucky Blue team for day one firing a five-over first round to finish tied for eighth.

Freshman Elizabeth Dotson also shot well for Kentucky with a first round 77, tied for 13th. Emily Culbertson fired a 79 to tie for 19th and junior Chapin Hoskins finished the day shooting 84 to tie for 45th. Rounding out the Kentucky Blue five was Erin Faulkner with a score of 85.

For the Kentucky White team, Ali Kicklighter shot well finishing tied for 19th with a 79. Junior Laura Clemmons fired a first round 82, with Katie Dixon finishing one shot back from Clemmons. Sophomore Katie Johnson and Stacy Springer both shot 86 for the first round of the invitational. Leading the tournament is Mississippi State at 18-over (302). Marshall?s Amber Churchill is the individual leader finishing one over. Four women finish the day tied for second place at two-over (73).

The women will continue play at the University Club?s Big Blue Course tomorrow morning with tee times set to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday play begins 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.