PROVIDENCE, R.I. – East Carolina junior Lisa Pettersson was selected as the American Women's Golf Player of the Month for October, the league announced on Tuesday.
Pettersson claimed back-to-back American monthly golf honors after setting a personal best 54-hole score at the Pinehurst Challenge on Oct. 11. The junior won the event with a 208 (72-65-72), the best score in a field of 96, and led ECU (861) to the team championship title. Pettersson recorded a pair of Top 6 individual finishes in three events in October and helped the Pirates to Top 5 marks in each of their events.
Around the League
UCF’s
Maria Balcazar notched a Top 16 finish at the Cougar Classic on Oct. 4…The freshman carded a 2-under 214 during the three day event…Teammate
Ashley Holder recorded back-to-back Top 20 finishes against ranked competition at the Cougar Classic and CC of Landfill – Dye Course…
Tara Liebert (Cincinnati) tied for first at the weather shortened Yale Intercollegiate on Oct. 7-8…The senior carded two rounds of 68 (136) and became the first player in Bearcats history to end a two or three round tournament at six-under par…Houston junior
Allie Andersen led the Cougars in each of the last two team scoring tournaments…She opened play at The Club at Carlton Woods with sub-par rounds of 70 and 71…Memphis’
Michaela Fletcher returned to the course after missing all of last season due to injury…Fletcher carded three Top 15 finishes in her season debut in October…
Lindsey McCurdy (SMU) picked up her second and third Top 10 finishes of the season in October…McCurdy posted three of six rounds under par last month, including a 69 in the second round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational…Tulane senior
Belen Goicoechea led the Green Wave in three events last month…The senior carded three sub-par rounds in October.