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2023-24 Women's Golf Roster

Brad Puckett

Laura Burch

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Theodore, Ala.

Biography

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
• Competed in four events, 10 rounds, where she averaged 81.20 strokes per round
• Recorded 20 birdies and an eagle 
• Missed the spring after suffering a season-ending injury in the final tournament of the fall
• Became first South Alabama women's golfer to record a hole-in-one since Caroline Berge during the 2019 spring season as she aced the par-three 15th, her final hole of the tournament at the Leadership and Golf Invitational held at Chambers Bay on the Chambers Course and hosted by Seattle and Washington
• Fired a season-low round of 76 in the first round of the 46th Annual FIU Pat Bradley Invitational and also carded a season-low three-round score (239) at the event 

2022-23 (FRESHMAN SEASON)
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Competed in eight events where she averaged 80.75 strokes per round
• Recorded one top-20 finish
• Tied for 16th in her second collegiate tournament at the Hoover Invitational (Sept. 19-20) in Hoover, Ala.
• Fired a season-low 73 in the second round of each of her first two tournaments
• Lowest three-round score came in the season-opening event, the USA Intercollegiate presented by Hampton by Hilton Providence Park/Airport (Sept. 3-5) in Mobile, Ala., where she registered a nine-over 225

AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS
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Lettered in golf six years, volleyball three years and basketball for two years at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School
• 2021 Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A individual state champion
• Also helped the Yellow Jackets capture the 2021 6A state title
• Helped McGill-Toolen to a state runner-up finish in volleyball in 2019 and '21

PERSONAL
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Full name is Laura Anne Burch
• Born Dec. 6, 2003, in Mobile, Ala.
• Daughter of Ernie and Ashley Burch
• Has an older brother, George, who plays golf at Troy
• Majorin in health science

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'8"