Inside the Scorecard: Landfall Tradition Final Round

Tournament Information
Landfall Tradition
Landfall Country Club (Dye Course)
Par 72, 6,223 Yards
Wilmington, N.C.
Oct. 23-25
54-Hole, Stroke-Play Format

Scorecard
T3 Cathryn Brown 70, 74, 72 … 216 (E)
T14 Isabella Johnson 73, 72, 76 … 221 (+5)
T59 C.A. Carter 72, 79, 79 … 230 (+14)
T59 Karlie Campbell 76, 73 , 81 …  230 (+14)
T92 Lucy Cook 81, 74, 86 … 241 (+25)
6 KENTUCKY 291, 293, 308 … 892 (+28)

Notes
General:

• Eighteen teams are in the field, including seven teams in the Scoreboard powered by Clippd Top 25.
  • Those 18 teams are No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 2 Auburn, No. 6 Duke, No. 7 South Carolina, No. 17 Florida State, No. 19 Alabama, No. 25 Kentucky, Indiana, Kent State, Michigan State, UNCW, Clemson, East Carolina, Southern Methodist, South Florida, NC State, Central Florida and North Carolina.
• Landfall Tradition marks the Wildcats’ first tournament since becoming ranked (No. 25).
• Kentucky played in this event just last year, making quite the splash through two rounds. UK was tied for second place after the first round before earning tied for fourth place after the second round.
  • UK ultimately put together a 15-over for ninth place out of 18 teams.

Final Round:

• Cathryn Brown, a senior from Eddyville, Kentucky, came out of a tough final round for most of the field with an even-par (72), the lineup’s leading scorer Sunday.
  • She carded an eagle on the par-5, 521-yard No. 4. She also added four birdies to her scorecard, to go along with four bogeys and a double.
  • She paced the team after 54 holes, putting together an even-par 216 to tie for third place among 96 competitors.
    • She was T5 after both the first round and the second round.
  • She has led the team after all four tournaments this fall.
  • She has finished in the top 11 in all four tournaments this fall, including three top-10 finishes and two top-three finishes.
  • She has turned in nine rounds of par-or-better through 11 rounds this fall.
  • Brown, the 35th-ranked player in women’s college golf, finished behind players ranked No. 9 and No. 14. She tied with a player ranked No. 17,  and she finished in front of players ranked No. 4, No. 11, No. 16, No. 18, No. 23, No. 28, No. 32 and No. 33.
• Kentucky, as a team, went 20-over (308) in the final round to assemble a 25-over (892), dropping three spots on the leaderboard to find sixth place in the 18-team field.
  • Despite dropping out of the top three, a position the team held after the second round, Kentucky still finished ahead of teams such as No. 2 Auburn and No. 19 Alabama.
• Isabella Johnson, who transferred to Kentucky after a year at Tennessee and a year at Middle Tennessee, went just 5-over (221) through 54 holes to check in at No. 14, a solid comeback since her last outing at The Ally in early October.
  • It marked Johnson’s, a junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, second best finish this season.

Second Round:

• The Wildcats went 5-over (293) to form an 8-over (584) and move up one position for tied for third place.
  • They’re tied with the seventh-ranked team in the nation in South Carolina.
  • They’re two shots behind SMU in second place and eight shots behind No. 6 Duke in first place.
  • The No. 1 team in the nation – Wake Forest – trails Kentucky by three shots in fifth place.
• Kentucky will play in the leader group in the final round.
• Two players are in the top 10, including Cathryn Brown, who remains tied for fifth place, and Isabella Johnson, who moved up to T10.
• Johnson, a junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, led the team in round two, turning in an even-par 72.
  • She is just 1-over (145) through 36 holes, moving up the leaderboard seven shots to find T10.
  • She had three birdies and three bogeys.
• Karlie Campbell, a junior from Ethridge, Tennessee, came up with a strong round, pairing her 4-over (76) in the first round with a 1-over (73) in the second round.
  • Through just four rounds this season, her 1-over (73) is tied for her season best.
  • She is now 5-over (149) through 36 holes and moved an impressive 24 spots up the leaderboard to T30.
• Despite Brown’s 2-over (74), she still paces Kentucky overall with an even-par 144 for T5.
  • She is one shot off T3 and two shots off second place.
• Lucy Cook, a freshman from West Point, Mississippi, shed seven strokes off her first round score (81) to find a 2-over (74) in the second round, a contributing score for Kentucky on Saturday.

First Round:

• It was a tale of two nines for the Kentucky women’s golf team Tuesday, who, after starting on hole No. 10, spent much of the back nine in the bottom half of the leaderboard. After making the turn, however, UK began to climb up the leaderboard, which came to a pinnacle around hole No. 4, when UK added seven birdies to its scorecard between then and the final hole.
• Kentucky is in fourth place on a 3-over (291), just one shot behind No. 1 Wake Forest (3rd, 290), three shots behind No. 19 Alabama (2nd, 288) and five shots behind No. 6 Duke (1st, 286).
  • UK is sitting ahead of three teams ranked higher than it in the polls, including No. 2 Auburn, No. 7 South Carolina and No. 17 Florida State.
• Cathryn Brown, a senior from Eddyville, Kentucky, carded her eighth round of par-or-better through nine rounds this season. She paced the team on a 2-under (70) to sit in a share of fifth place.
  • She is just two shots behind co-leaders Marie Madsen (NC State) and Rianne Malixi (Duke).
  • She had a team-lead six birdies, including three – and going 3-under – in her final five holes of the first round.
• Two Cats are in the top 10 (also C.A. Carter), while three players are in the top 20 (also Isabella Johnson).
• C.A. Carter, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky, had her sixth round of par-or-better through nine rounds this season. She went even-par (72) to find T10.
  • Isabella Johnson, a junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is just one shot behind her at 1-over (73).
• All four score counters earned a birdie on their third hole of the day, the par-5 No. 12.

Next Tournament
Paradise Invitational
Feb. 1-3
Osprey Point Golf Club
Boca Raton, Fla.

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