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Sunday, February 10
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Bulldogs 7th After 1st Round In Puerto Rico
February 10, 2019 | Women's Golf
Bulldogs 7th After 1st Round In Puerto Rico
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RIO MAR, P.R. — The Georgia women's golf team posted an 11-over 299 in Sunday's first round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. The Bulldogs are in seventh place on the team leaderboard at the Wyndham Rio Mar Country Club, 10 shots off the pace of No. 7 Arkansas.
"Great teams more up the leaderboard as the tournament goes on because they learn from their mistakes and improve," head coach Josh Brewer said. "That's exactly what we look forward to doing tomorrow."
Freshman Harmie Constantino and junior Kelsey Kurnett, who is competing individually, both shot even-par 72 on Sunday. In addition to Constantino's score, the Bulldogs also counted a pair of 75s from freshman Jenny Bae and junior Gabriela Coello and a 77 from senior Rinko Mitsunaga. Georgia dropped freshman Jo-Hua Hung's 78.
"It was a good round that was close to being a really good round," Brewer said. "I could see a little bit of rust, which you would expect in the second round of the spring. We did some things really well, but at the same time you could see some mental errors, especially on the par-5s. We had a couple of loose swings that led to bogeys or doubles when we thought we would have a chance to make birdies. We're good enough to clean that up."
Overall, Constantino and Kurnett are tied for 12th, Bae and Coello are tied for 29th, Mitsunaga is tied for 45th and Hung is tied for 56th.
The 14-team field teed off with a shotgun start on Sunday.
Constantino's loop began at No. 5. She opened with birdies at No. 5 and No. 6 but gave one of those strokes back with a bogey at No. 8. Constantino dipped to 4-under with a trio of birdies at No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14 but gradually came back to par with with a double-bogey at No. 17 and bogeys at No. 18 and No. 4.
Kurnett teed off at No. 13 and started hot, with birdies at No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Bogeys at No. 5 and No. 6 on the front side brought her to 1-under before a third bogey at No. 10. She finished her day with two more pars.
Arkansas shot 1-over 189 and has a one-shot lead over No. 21 TCU in the team field. Trailing the Razorbacks and Horned Frogs and rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 11 Kent State and Purdue at 292, ECU at 297, Virginia Tech at 298, the Bulldogs at 200 and Augusta, N.C. State and Indiana all at 300.
ECU's Dorthea Forbrigd grabbed the individual lead with a 5-under 67, two shots better than the trio of Arkansas' Dylan Kim, Kent State's Karoline Stormo and Purdue's Danielle DuToit.
Play continues on Tuesday, with the Bulldogs paired with Augusta and N.C. State. Those three teams will tee off at 9:00 a.m. ET on holes Nos. 8-10. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
Lady Puerto Rico Classic
Rio Mar Country Club - River Course
Rio Mar, P.R.
Par 72; 6164 Yards
Sunday's First Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Arkansas 289
TCU 290
Purdue 292
Kent State 292
East Carolina 297
Virginia Tech 298
Georgia 299
Augusta 300
N.C. State 300
Indiana 300
Northwestern 302
Iowa State 304
Nebraska 304
Maryland 307
Individual Leaderboard
Dorthea Forbrigd, ECU 67
Dylan Kim, Arkansas 69
Karoline Stormo, Kent State 69
Danielle DuToit, Purdue 69
Chloe Salort, Kent State 70
Erin Harper, Indiana 71
Kaylee Benton, Arkansas 71
Sabrina Iqbal, TCU 71
Elizabeth Bose, Virginia Tech 71
Maria Fasso, Arkansas 71
Linda Lundqvist, Augusta 17
Georgia Scores
T12. Harmie Constantino 72
*T12. Kelsey Kurnett 72
T29. Jenny Bae 75
T29. Gabriela Coello 75
T45. Rinko Mitsunaga 77
T56. Jo-Hua Hung 78
* competing as an individual
RIO MAR, P.R. — The Georgia women's golf team posted an 11-over 299 in Sunday's first round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. The Bulldogs are in seventh place on the team leaderboard at the Wyndham Rio Mar Country Club, 10 shots off the pace of No. 7 Arkansas.
"Great teams more up the leaderboard as the tournament goes on because they learn from their mistakes and improve," head coach Josh Brewer said. "That's exactly what we look forward to doing tomorrow."
Freshman Harmie Constantino and junior Kelsey Kurnett, who is competing individually, both shot even-par 72 on Sunday. In addition to Constantino's score, the Bulldogs also counted a pair of 75s from freshman Jenny Bae and junior Gabriela Coello and a 77 from senior Rinko Mitsunaga. Georgia dropped freshman Jo-Hua Hung's 78.
"It was a good round that was close to being a really good round," Brewer said. "I could see a little bit of rust, which you would expect in the second round of the spring. We did some things really well, but at the same time you could see some mental errors, especially on the par-5s. We had a couple of loose swings that led to bogeys or doubles when we thought we would have a chance to make birdies. We're good enough to clean that up."
Overall, Constantino and Kurnett are tied for 12th, Bae and Coello are tied for 29th, Mitsunaga is tied for 45th and Hung is tied for 56th.
The 14-team field teed off with a shotgun start on Sunday.
Constantino's loop began at No. 5. She opened with birdies at No. 5 and No. 6 but gave one of those strokes back with a bogey at No. 8. Constantino dipped to 4-under with a trio of birdies at No. 12, No. 13 and No. 14 but gradually came back to par with with a double-bogey at No. 17 and bogeys at No. 18 and No. 4.
Kurnett teed off at No. 13 and started hot, with birdies at No. 15, No. 16 and No. 18. Bogeys at No. 5 and No. 6 on the front side brought her to 1-under before a third bogey at No. 10. She finished her day with two more pars.
Arkansas shot 1-over 189 and has a one-shot lead over No. 21 TCU in the team field. Trailing the Razorbacks and Horned Frogs and rounding out the top-10 teams are No. 11 Kent State and Purdue at 292, ECU at 297, Virginia Tech at 298, the Bulldogs at 200 and Augusta, N.C. State and Indiana all at 300.
ECU's Dorthea Forbrigd grabbed the individual lead with a 5-under 67, two shots better than the trio of Arkansas' Dylan Kim, Kent State's Karoline Stormo and Purdue's Danielle DuToit.
Play continues on Tuesday, with the Bulldogs paired with Augusta and N.C. State. Those three teams will tee off at 9:00 a.m. ET on holes Nos. 8-10. Live scoring is available via golfstat.com.
Lady Puerto Rico Classic
Rio Mar Country Club - River Course
Rio Mar, P.R.
Par 72; 6164 Yards
Sunday's First Round Results
Team Leaderboard
Arkansas 289
TCU 290
Purdue 292
Kent State 292
East Carolina 297
Virginia Tech 298
Georgia 299
Augusta 300
N.C. State 300
Indiana 300
Northwestern 302
Iowa State 304
Nebraska 304
Maryland 307
Individual Leaderboard
Dorthea Forbrigd, ECU 67
Dylan Kim, Arkansas 69
Karoline Stormo, Kent State 69
Danielle DuToit, Purdue 69
Chloe Salort, Kent State 70
Erin Harper, Indiana 71
Kaylee Benton, Arkansas 71
Sabrina Iqbal, TCU 71
Elizabeth Bose, Virginia Tech 71
Maria Fasso, Arkansas 71
Linda Lundqvist, Augusta 17
Georgia Scores
T12. Harmie Constantino 72
*T12. Kelsey Kurnett 72
T29. Jenny Bae 75
T29. Gabriela Coello 75
T45. Rinko Mitsunaga 77
T56. Jo-Hua Hung 78
* competing as an individual
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