Oct. 23, 2003

The Kentucky women’s golf team heads back into action on Friday, Oct. 24, when they travel to Destin, Fla., for the fourth annual ACC/SEC Challenge at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. The 54-hole, three-day tournament features 12 teams, six from each conference, and eight of which are ranked in the top-40 in the country.

The Cats are coming off of a fourth place performance at the Wildcat Fall Invitational. UK finished the tournament with a three-round score of 950 at the par 72 University Club in Lexington, Ky. Freshman Marissa Muir showed her best outing of the year with an eighth place 234 three-day score. Senior Eva Gessner finished just three shots behind Muir and ended the tournament in a tie for 17th.

The Cats took 11th last season in the Challenge, as former Cat Kelly Anders shot a three-under in the first round en route to a 12th place finish. Gessner took 31st with a 16-over 229. Auburn captured the SEC’s third consecutive team title in 2002, and the Tigers’ Diana Ramage earned medalist honors.

Results from the tournament will be available after each round at ukathletics.com.