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Georgia Opens SECs With 306 To Stand Ninth
April 17, 2015 | Women's Golf
Highlights of the Georgia women's golf team from day one of the SEC Championships.
April 17, 2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The Georgia women's golf team opened a rain-soaked SEC Championships with a 306 on Friday, placing the Bulldogs ninth on the team leaderboard at Greystone Golf and Country Club.
The weather was much of the story on Friday. Tee times were pushed back to 10 a.m. CT and altered to a shotgun start to ensure the day's round could be completed. Golfers played their first nine holes in an intermittent shower before a heavier and more steady rainfall set in during the afternoon. By the time play was completed, most of the fairways were thoroughly drenched and contained significant puddles.
"Usually, you wouldn't play in this," head coach Josh Brewer said. "If we weren't trying to get 54 holes in for our championship, we wouldn't do it. Hats off to the golf course staff for getting it ready for today."
Manuela Carbajo Ré and Harang Lee posted 2-over 74s to pace Georgia, while the Bulldogs also counted Rocio Sanchez Lobato's 77 and Sammi Lee's 81.
"(Manuela and Harang) played solid, especially considering the weather and the water in the fairways," Brewer said. "They hung in there. Really the whole team did. It was a team effort. The conditions were borderline unplayable, but we had to to get a championship in. I'm proud of those two, but I'm proud of all five of them. Because they fought today, we've got a chance to move up the leaderboard the next two days."
Though Carbajo Ré and Lee signed for the same score, their routes to those tallies was distinctly different.
Lee began on No. 12 and opened with a trio of pars followed by a pair of birdies to find herself at 2-under through five.
"They just went in so I was like 'Let's go,'" Lee said. "I was motivated and I was trying to have a great round. I made some mistake, but it ended up as an OK score at the end of the day."
Conversely, Carbajo Ré, who started at No. 11, was 3-over through four holes before playing the rest of her loop at 1-under.
"It looks like I just took a shower," Carbajo Ré joked. "I think it stopped raining on one hole for about eight minutes but that was it. It was hard to concentrate when you were putting because some times water would drip from your hat and onto the ball. That, to me, was the hardest part. Also, it's hard to keep everything clean and make sure it wasn't slippery. It was an extra added to your routine."
No. 13 Texas A&M, No. 14 Tennessee and No. 17 Vanderbilt all shot 293 to share the early lead in the team competition. The Commodores' Jenny Hahn shot 5-under 67 and leads the individual field by three strokes ahead of the quartet of South Carolina's Justine Dreher, LSU's Caroline Nistrup, A&M's Bianca Fabrizio and Florida's Taylor Tomlinson.
For Georgia, Carbajo Ré and Harang Lee are tied for 17th, Sanchez Lobato is tied for 36th, Sammi Lee is tied for 60th and Sylive Brick, who shot 86, is 70th.
Play continues through Sunday with live scoring updated every three holes at golfstat.com.
2015 SEC Women's Golf Championships
Greystone Golf and Country Club
Legacy Course
Birmingham, Ala.
Par 72; 6308 Yards
Friday's First-Round Results
Team Leaderboard]
Texas A&M 293
Tennessee 293
Vanderbilt 293
Florida 299
LSU 299
South Carolina 299
Arkansas 300
Alabama 300
Georgia 306
Auburn 307
Kentucky 307
Missouri 307
Mississippi State 308
Ole Miss 310
Individual Leaderboard
Jenny Hahn, Vanderbilt 67
Justine Dreher, S. Carolina 70
Caroline Nistrup, LSU 70
Bianca Fabrizio, Texas A&M 70
Taylor Tomlinson, Florida 70
Lucia Polo, Tennessee 71
Gaby Lopez, Arkansas 71
Michelle Butler, Missouri 71
Madelene Sagstrom, LSU 72
Kendall Martindale, Vanderbilt 72
Georgia Scores
T17. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia 74
T17. Harang Lee, Georgia 74
T36. Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia 77
T60. Sammi Lee, Georgia 81
70. Sylvie Brick, Georgia 86
Players Mentioned
