BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of South Alabama women's golf team will compete in its final regular-season tournament, the 2019 LSU Tiger Golf Classic, Friday through Sunday at the University Club.
The tournament will be an 18/18/18 format featuring 11 teams. It is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. each day, with tee times Friday and Saturday and a shotgun start Sunday.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): 2019 LSU Tiger Golf Classic (LSU)
Dates: March 29-31 (Friday-Sunday)
Format: 54 holes (18/18/18)
Start Time: 8:30 a.m.
Course: University Club (par 72, 6,247 yds)
Live Scoring
THE FIELD (11)
Campbell, Chattanooga, Kansas, LSU, Mercer, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Texas-San Antonio, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, TCU, Tulane
THE JAGUAR LINEUP
-Caroline Berge (So., Hundvag, Stavanger, Norway; 20 rds, 76.10 avg.; 2 T10, 2 T20; 1 rd =/- par in 2018-19)
-Julie Hovland (So., Bergen, Norway; 20 rds, 74.25 avg.; 5 T10; 5 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
-Nele Mattner** (Fr., Braunschweig, Germany; 20 rds, 81.25 avg.; 1 rd =/- par in 2018-19)
-MacKenzie Peyton (Sr., New Castle, Ky.; 17 rds, 76.29 avg.; 2 T20; 1 rd =/- par in 2018-19)
-Siti Shaari (So., Subangjaya, Malaysia; 20 rds, 74.05 avg.; 4 T10, 1 T20; 5 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
-Lexi Worrell (Sr., Milton, Fla.; 20 rds, 77.35 avg.; 2 T10; 2 rds =/- par in 2018-19)
**Competing as an individual
TEE SHOTS
-USA holds a 299.65 scoring average which ranks third in the Sun Belt. Two Jaguars, Siti Shaari and Julie Hovland, are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the individual standings.
-Hovland carded the lowest round by a Jaguar since 2007, a 5-under-par 67, on the final day of the Bama Beach Bash to pick up her fifth top-10 finish in seven events this season. The round ties the second-best in USA program history. The sophomore finished second overall with a tournament total of 217 (+1) and led the field with a 3.92 (-2) par-4 scoring average.
-Shaari's 224 (+8) total tied for sixth at the 2019 Bama Beach Bash. The sophomore was among the top five individually in par-4 scoring and number of holes played at even-par. She leads the team with a 74.05 scoring average on the year and has recorded four top-10s and one top-20 this season.
-Senior Lexi Worrell tied for sixth at the Bama Beach Bash with an 8-over-par 224 total that ranks as her best 54-hole score of the season. She carded four birdies in the final round and averaged 4.93 (-1) on par-5 holes to tie for fourth overall.
-Caroline Berge earned her second top-20 finish of the year with a 229 (+13) effort at the 2019 Bama Beach Bash. She was even on par-5 scoring and led USA with 36 holes played at even-par. The sophomore's 76.10 scoring average is among the top 25 in the Sun Belt this season.
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Matt Luther
On the competition at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic: "It's a good field. It's a good opportunity for us to show who we are and what we're doing. We don't play defense and we don't run an offense against anybody, so we're going to do what we do."
On lessons learned from last weekend's tournament: "There were a lot. Every shot matters. I think we got a really good lesson last week in how important every single shot is."
On the team's development this season: "It's been good. There was a lot of growing up. Everybody is learning and getting better. The short-game facility has helped a ton. We're getting better and growing up. Freshmen are now sophomores. We have two seniors now that understand how to execute a game plan better, so it's fun to see."
For more information about South Alabama athletics, check back with www.usajaguars.com, and follow the Jaguars at www.twitter.com/WeAreSouth_JAGS. Season tickets for all Jaguar athletic events can be purchased by calling (251) 461-1USA (1872).
Join the Chip In Club, the women's golf specific support club of the Jaguar Athletic Fund. All donations to the Chip In Club go directly to support the South Alabama women's golf program. For more information on how you can join visit: jaguarathleticfund.com/chipinclub.
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