Sept. 16, 2002
After beginning the morning in fifth place while three other teams in the 16 team field finished their suspended second rounds, the University of Kentucky women’s golf team found themselves in third place at the start of the third and final day.
After finishing their first nine holes however, play was again suspended and eventually halted due to inclement weather. The stormy conditions forced tournament officials to “call” the match, thus leaving the second round results as the final results for the 2002 Lady Kat Inivitational.
Senior Kelly Anders finished the tournament tied for second place at one-over par with a two day total of 145. Anders wasn’t aware of where she was in the standings when she started her day and said she didn’t want to know.
“I knew I was kind of close to the top,” she said. “I didn’t want to know how close because I wanted to be able to focus on my game.”
Anders also said that she was kind of disappointed that the tournament was called, but knows it was out of her control.
“I’m a little disappointed,” she said. “But you can’t help the weather. One of my goals this year was to be at the top of the leader board and it would have been nice to be able to win this one, especially since it was at home.”
Junior Eva Gessner finished in a tie for sixth at four over par with a two day total of 148. Other scorers for UK included Rachel Lester (155), Stacy Springer (166) and Maggie Gabelman (172).
The Cats’ next tournament will be Sept. 27, at the Dodge ACC/SEC Challenge in Destin, Fla.
