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Pinehurst Challenge (CofC)
Women's Golf Finishes Pinehurst Challenge in 16th Place
3/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 6, 2007
2007 Pinehurst Challenge - Final Results
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PINEHURST, N.C. - The Marshall women's golf team finished the 2007 Pinehurst Challenge, played at the par-72, 5,978-yard Pinehurst #8, in 16th place after shooting a final round 337 on Tuesday. The tournament was shortened to 36 holes due to weather issues on Monday.
East Carolina claimed the 17-team Pinehurst Challenge due to a tiebreaker with N.C. State. Both schools finished with a 613, but the Pirates' fifth player's scorecard was lower than the Wolfpack's fifth player's total.
Sara Wikstrom of Arkansas-Little Rock tied with ECU's Lene Krog for medalist honors. Both players shot 75 on Monday and a 2-over 74 today for a total of 149. UNC Wilmington's Emily Klein placed third (151).
Amber Churchill (Dublin, Ohio) was Marshall's top finisher with a 165 to place in a tie for 64th.. Fellow senior Allyson Hatcher (Wheeling, W.Va.) fired the best Herd round on Tuesday with a 9-over 81 to finish the tournament in a tie for 77th place (169).
Freshman Larie Lynch (Huntington, W.Va.) followed up her opening-round 85 with an 82 to finish in a tie for 72nd place (167).
Marshall will compete in the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational in Winter Springs, Fla., on March 12-13.
Marshall (36-hole total): 675 (338-337)
Marshall Team Scores (36-hole total): Amber Churchill 165 (79-86), Larie Lynch 167 (85-82), Allyson Hatcher 169 (88-81), Stacy Wagner 174 (86-88), Tammy Mahar 181 (88-93)
