Need to know
Team Leaderboard: PC finishes 8th of 15 teams
Team Participants: 15 teams
Individual Participants: 85-player field
Lady Lions' Leader: JANA GUY (t-32nd, 80, 84 [164])
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, Highland Park Golf Course
Birmingham, AL - The Piedmont College women's golf team finished the 2016 fall opener 8th of 15 teams at the 'Southern Shootout in Head Coach Susan Martin's first tournament at the helm of the program. Round two was all about consistency as the Lady Lions' five competitors finished within three strokes of one another.
The last time the Lady Lions had five athletes finish a round within four strokes of each other was on October 13, 2009 with this year's squad doing one better finishing the second round within three strokes of one another.
Piedmont had three 84's shot in round two by
JANA GUY,
JORDAN ABBOTT and
CHARLI JUSTICE while
ASHTON MAMULA had an 85 and
KENSLEY BROWN shot an 86. In last year's 'Southern Shootout, Piedmont had four golfers with an 84 in round two as Guy and Justice both accomplished the feat two years in a row.
JANA GUY led the program with a 164 two-round score shooting an 84 in the second round while
KENSLEY BROWN held on to finish second on the team with an 86 in the second round for a 165 total. Freshman
JORDAN ABBOTT continued her hot start carding an 84 and finshing one stroke behind Brown with a 166 two-round score.
ASHTON MAMULA and
CHARLI JUSTICE were separated by just two strokes overall as Mamula had a 174 total with Justice scoring a 176. The Lady Lions scored a 667 as a team finishing ahead of seven schools including Greensboro College and Maryville College.
Standout Performances
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JANA GUY finished as the Lady Lions' top competitor with an 84 in round two to finish with a two-round total of 164.
--Both
ASHTON MAMULA and
CHARLI JUSTICE shaved strokes off their first round score in the second round as Mamula took off four strokes while Justice took off eight.
Lions On the Leaderboard
Piedmont as a Team on the Leaderboard
Individual Leaderboard
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News & Notes
--Piedmont's 667 two round score is seven strokes better than the Lady Lions finished in this same tournament last season.
Up Next
The Lady Lions will travel to the Montgomery Country Club Invitational in Montgomery, Alabama on September 25 & 26 to compete in the event hosted by Huntingdon College.
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