Auburn with third place finish at Darius Rucker

Auburn with third place finish at Darius RuckerAuburn with third place finish at Darius Rucker

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Auburn women's golf finished third in a competitive field of 17 teams at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on Wednesday. The finish marks the sixth consecutive top five team finish for the Tigers.
 
"We beat a lot of teams ranked ahead of us so it was a good showing and a complete team effort," Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said after the final round. "Really happy for Anna [Foster] as she deserved a good round after some crazy breaks in round two."
 
The Tigers shot a final round 289 (+5) for a 54-hole team score of 14-over (866). Auburn finished ahead of 14 teams ranked in the Golfweek top 50 including No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 3 Oregon, No. 9 Texas and No. 10 Arizona State. The Orange and Blue led the field in team par-3 scoring and tied for the lead in team par-5 scoring, as the team played both at 2-under.
 
Junior Anna Foster ended her tournament on a high note after struggling in round two. Foster led the Tigers with a 2-under 69 in a round that featured four birdies on the card. Individually, Foster rose 31 spots on the leaderboard from where she started the day to finish in a tie for 23rd at 6-over (219). The Dublin, Ireland native also tied for the lead of the field in par-3 scoring at 3-under.
 
Redshirt freshman Casey Weidenfeld carded a final round 73 (+2) to finish the event at 4-over (217) and in a tie for 16th place. Senior Megan Schofill finished the tournament with a 216 (+3) and in a tie for 13th place after shooting a 76 (+5) in her final round. This marks the sixth top-20 individual finish of the season for Schofill and the fourth for Weidenfeld.
 
Junior Elina Sinz played her front nine at 1-under thanks to two birdies and finished at 2-over (73). Her 54-hole total of 221 (+8) landed her in a tie for 40th individually. Freshman Katie Cranston fired a 74 in her final round (74) which gave her a three-round score of 10-over (223) and a tie for 49th on the leaderboard.
 
After playing three tournaments in three weeks, Auburn will get a much longer break before playing in the Liz Murphy Classic hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens beginning on March 24th.
 
"After playing three in a row, each of our players are very clear in what they need to work on," said Coach Luellen. "First priority is to get some rest!"


Auburn Individuals

PlacementPlayerRound 1 ScoreRound 2 ScoreFinal Round ScoreTotal Score
T13Megan Schofill67 (-4)73 (+2)76 (+5)216 (+3)
T16Casey Weidenfeld72 (+1)72 (+1)73 (+2)217 (+4)
T23Anna Foster74 (+3)76 (+5)69 (-2)219 (+6)
T40Elina Sinz72 (+1)76 (+5)73 (+2)221 (+8)
T49Katie Cranston78 (+7)71 (E)74 (+3)223 (+10)


Team Leaderboard

PlacementTeamRound 1 ScoreRound 2 ScoreFinal Round ScoreTotal Score
1LSU283 (-1)288(+4)287 (+3)858 (+6)
2South Carolina283 (-1)284 (E)295 (+11)862 (+10)
3Auburn285 (+1)292 (+8)289 (+5)866 (+14)
4Wake Forest291 (+7)292 (+8)284 (E)867 (+15)
5Texas295 (+11)286 (+2)290 (+19)871 (+19)
6Arizona State292 (+8)291 (+7)289 (+5)872 (+20)
7Baylor291 (+7)293 (+9)289 (+5)873 (+21)
8Vanderbilt296 (+12)286 (+2)293 (+9)875 (+23)
9Oregon295 (+11)297 (+13)285 (+1)877 (+25)
T10Duke300 (+16)290 (+6)291 (+7)881 (+29)
T10Georgia297 (+13)293 (+9)291 (+7)881 (+29)
12Northwestern300 (+16)290 (+6)292 (+8)882 (+30)
13Alabama297 (+13)295 (+11)291 (+7)883 (+31)
14Virginia307 (+23)297 (+13)286 (+2)890(+38)
15Kentucky305 (+21)295 (+11)294 (+10)894 (+42)
16Furman311 (+27)295 (+11)292 (+8)898 (+46)
17Arkansas307 (+23)297 (+13)300 (+16)904 (+52)