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Friday, March 6
Long Cove Club / Hilton Head, S.C.
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Darius Rucker Intercollegiate - Round 1

Georgia's Jo Hua Hung during the 2019 SEC Championships.

Hung Leads Bulldogs At Darius Rucker

March 06, 2020 | Women's Golf

Georgia Competing Against 13 Top-25 Teams

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HILTON HEAD, S.C. — A 3-over 74 from sophomore Jo Hua Hung paced the Georgia women's golf team en route to a 311 in Friday's opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. The Bulldogs are tied with Alabama and Northwestern in 15th place on the leaderboard at the elite tournament, which features 13 of the nation's top-25 teams.

The Bulldogs also counted a 76 from freshman Candice Mahe, a 79 from sophomore Jenny Bae and an 82 from freshman Caterina Don. Freshman Caroline Craig, who is competing as an individual, posted a 75.

Overall, Hung is tied for 21st, Craig is tied for 33rd, Mahe is tied for 42nd, Bae is tied for 65th, Don is 85th and freshman Céleste Dao is tied for 89th.

No. 7 Wake Forest carded a 287 to grab the team lead following the first of three rounds. The Demon Deacons are five shots ahead of No. 14 UCLA, while No. 1 Texas, No. 19 Auburn and No. 20 Baylor are tied for third at 294.

Wake Forest's Rachel Kuehn is the individual leader after shooting 2-under 69, a stroke better than Agathe Laisne of Texas.

Georgia will tee off first from No. 10 between 8:30-9:10 on Saturday at the Long Cove Club. Live scoring is available via golfstat here.

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head, S.C.
Par 71; 6290 Yards

Friday's First-Round Standings

Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest                      287
UCLA                             292
Auburn                           294
Texas                            294
Baylor                           294
North Carolina                   296
LSU                              299
Duke                             299
Arkansas                         300
Vanderbilt                       302
South Carolina                   303
Furman                           303
Florida State                    304
Virginia                         308
Georgia                          311
Alabama                          311
Northwestern                     311

Individual Leaderboard
Rachel Kuehn, Wake Forest        69
Agathe Laisne, Texas             70
Megan Schofill, Auburn           71
Emma Spitz, UCLA                 71
Emilie Paltrinieri, UCLA         71
Jennifer Zhou, N. Carolina       71
Ana Belac, Duke                  71
Ana Pelaez, S. Carolina          71
Mariann Ocano, N. Carolina       71
Natalie Srinivasan, Furman       72
Louise Yu, Vanderbilt            72
Emilia Migliaccio, Wake Forest   72
Auston Kim, Vanderbilt           72
Siyun Lui, Wake Forest           72

Georgia Scores
 T21. Jo Hua Hung                74
*T33. Caroline Craig             75
 T42. Candice Mahe               76
 T65. Jenny Bae                  79
  85. Caterina Don               82
  90. Céleste Dao                86


* denotes competing as an individual
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