CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
PALM COAST, Fla. – East Carolina (309) and Memphis (309) tied for the lead after a windy opening day at the 2016 American Women’s Golf Championship Sunday afternoon at Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club.
Seniors Frida Gustafsson Spang (-1, 71) and Nicoline Engstroem Skaug (E, 72) paced the No. 32 Pirates after the first 18 holes of play. The Tigers, meanwhile, were led by three players in the Top 8 in Emily Goldenstein (+2, 74), Madison Thomas (+4, 76) and Leighann Cabush (+4, 76).
UCF (311), USF (311) and SMU (311) each tied for third as teams battled 20-25 mile-per-hour wind gusts during round one.
Gustafsson Spang is the individual leader. The senior tied Cincinnati’s Valentina Herrera and SMU’s Brigitte Dunne with a round-high four birdies on the day.
Herrera is in second place at 72 (E), while Goldenstein, Dunne and Nicole Autrique (USF) are tied for third overall at 74 (+2).
The second round will begin at 8 a.m. eastern on Monday.
Complete results and a recap from each day may be found at
www.TheAmerican.org/wgolf and live results are available at
www.golfstat.com.
Day 1 Results
Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club
Par-72, 6,225 yards
Team Results
T1. No. 32 East Carolina, 309 (+21)
T1. Memphis, 309 (+21)
T3. UCF, 311 (+23)
T3. USF, 311 (+23)
T3. No. 29 SMU, 311 (+23)
6. Cincinnati, 316 (+28)
7. No. 28 Houston, 319 (+31)
8. No. 44 Tulane, 321 (+33)
9. Tulsa, 329 (+41)
Top-10 Individuals
1. No. 8 Frida Gustafsson Spang, East Carolina, 71 (-1)
2. Valentina Herrera, Cincinnati, 72 (E)
T3. Nicole Autrique, USF, 74 (+2)
T3. Brigitte Dunne, SMU, 74 (+2)
T3. Emily Goldenstein, Memphis, 74 (+2)
T6. No. 47 Ashley Holder, UCF, 75 (+3)
T6. Ayaka Nakayama, UCF, 75 (+3)
T8. Leighann Cabush, Memphis, 76 (+4)
T8. Nicoline Engstroem Skaug, East Carolina, 76 (+4)
T8. No. 72 Jenny Haglund, SMU, 76 (+4)
T8. Madison Thomas, Memphis, 76 (+4)