ANDERSON, S.C. – With two rounds in the books at the 2023 South Atlantic Women's Golf Championships, Carson-Newman moves into a tie for third place entering tomorrow's final round.
Carson-Newman scored 307 strokes as a team in the middle round, three more strokes than yesterday's opening round. C-N is 35-over par for the tournament and tied with Limestone for third place. The Eagles are ten strokes back of second place. Anderson is in the lead and has gone 5-under par through 36 holes of golf.
Scoring a 2-over 74 in round two, Hannah Holland (Sale Creek, Tenn.) was C-N's best second round score. Her team-best 2-over 74 round ties her career best mark at the SAC Championships. Holland put together C-N's best front nine score, going 1-over. She made her lone birdie of the day on the par 4, fifth hole. The graduate student continued to play well into the back nine, where she made par on eight of the nine holes, to go 1-over. Her 14 made pars were the most by a C-N golfer in the second round. Holland enters the final round in 11th place.
Maeve Cummins (Waringston, Northern Ireland) played a consistent round on her way to a 6-over 78 in round two. She made seven pars and two bogeys, as part of a front nine 2-over 38. Cummins made four bogeys on the back nine to finish at 6-over for the round. The graduate student made 13 pars in the middle round. She is the highest ranked C-N golfer, currently in a tie for ninth entering the final round tomorrow.
Making par on 12 of her final 14 holes of the day, Ellie Haughton (Lincolnshire, England) scored a 5-over 77 in round two. The senior recovered after a slow start in which she made bogey on three of her first four holes, to finish the front nine with pars on four of her last five holes to go 4-over on the front. Haughton carried the late front nine success, into the back nine, where she made eight consecutive pars to shoot 1-over on her final nine holes of the day. She enters the final round in a tie for 22nd.
Caroline Nemes (Orlando, Fla.) carded a second consecutive round of 6-over 78 on day two. Nemes made her first birdie of the day on the par 5, fourth hole. She opened the day with a 4-over 40 on the front nine. Her second birdie of round two came on another par 5, the 15th hole of the day. She made five pars to go along with her birdie on the back to finish at 2-over on her final nine holes of the day. Like Haughton, she is also tied for 22nd after two rounds.
Ida Peterson (Copenhagen, Denmark) completed her second round with an 11-over 83. Peterson secured her only birdie of the day, on the par 5, fourth hole and finish the front nine with a 3-over 39 score. The freshman made four pars on each nine, giving her eight total for the day.
Carson-Newman is top five in both pars (96) and birdies (19) made through two rounds.
Final round action gets underway tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring is available at this link:
