KIAC Women's Golf Tournament: April 22-23 at Cherry Blossom G.C.
KIAC Women's Golf Tournament: April 22-23 at Cherry Blossom G.C.
COURSE INFO / SCORECARD / GOLFSTAT
GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- The KIAC Women's Golf Tournament is set for Friday-Saturday, April 22-23 at Cherry Blossom Golf Club in Georgetown, Ky.
The six-team, 36-hole tournament will have the team champion and individual medalist qualify for the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship May 17-20 at Savannah Quarters Country Club in Pooler, Ga.
Play begins Friday at 9 a.m. with split tee times going off of No. 1 and No. 10. The split tees were implemented with the rain forecast later on Friday. There will be 18 holes on Friday, and the final round of 18 holes will be Saturday.
Cherry Blossom Golf Club, a par-72, 5,819-yard layout, is the same venue as the KIAC Fall Preview Tournament held Oct. 2-3, 2015. Brescia (Ky.) University prevailed as the fall preview champion with a five-shot win over Asbury (Ky.) University and by seven shots over Midway (Ky.) University.
Asbury led after the first round in the fall with a team score of 340, one shot better than Brescia. But the Bearcats came out on top with a final-round 346 compared to 352 for Asbury.
Midway took third at 352-342 followed by IU Kokomo (364-353), IU East (374-383) and Point Park (392-383) to round on the team standings.
On the individual leaderboard, Kathryn Lawler of Midway shot 81-80 to win by two shots over Courtney Lucas (80-83) of Brescia. Nicole Burks of Brescia was third at 82-82.
Breanna Nowak, who has had a lock on the KIAC Women's Golfer of the Week award this spring, was fourth in the fall with rounds of 84-84. Asbury had Amanda Smith (83-88) and Sydney Moran (86-85) tie for fifth.
Scoring will be provided by Golfstat, the official scoring partner of KIAC and NAIA golf. Check Golfstat and KIACSports.com for the standings after day one.
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Cherry Blossom Golf Club is located at 150 Clubhouse Drive, Georgetown, Ky. 40324.