Wisconsin Badgers
Maxwell-Berning Classic (Oklahoma)
Badgers in 6th place through 18 holes
October 16, 2011 | Women's Golf
Oct. 16, 2011
NORMAN, Okla. – The Wisconsin women’s golf team stands in sixth place in the 17-team field with a 9-over par 297 after one round at the 54-hole Susie Berning Maxwell Classic in Norman, Okla. The Badgers sit 13 shots behind the leader Florida State with its opening 4-under par 284.
Texas A&M sits four strokes off FSU even at 288. New Mexico and Texas Tech both shot a 1-over 289 and are tied for third through one round. Oklahoma, at 5-over, finished four shots ahead of the Badgers.
Sophomore Kris Yoo led the Badgers and finished the day in a tie for third place after shooting a 2-under, 70—one shot off her career best round. Yoo’s career-best tournament performance was a seventh place finish at last year’s Big Ten Championships.
Senior Jessie Gerry joined Yoo in breaking the top-20 in the first round, turning in a 1-over par 73, good for 17th place. Junior Lindsay Danielson is one shot behind Gerry, tied for 22nd.
Freshman Aaren Ziegler, in her first collegiate road tournament, sits in a tie for 73rd, having shot an 8-over 80, while fellow freshman Kimberly Dinh finished the day 12-over, in 87th place.
The No. 22-ranked golfer in the country, Kimberly Kaufman of Texas Tech, and Kennesaw State’s Ket Preamchuen, are tied atop the individual leader board through 18 holes, both shooting a 4-under 68. Behind Kaufman and Preamchuen sit six others tied for third place, including Yoo.
The tournament continues with 18 holes both Monday and Tuesday. Follow livestats at golfstat.com.
Badger Scores:
T3, Kris Yoo, -2 (70)
T17 Jessie Gerry, +1 (73)
T22 Lindsay Danielson, +2 (74)
T73 Aaren Ziegler, +8 (80)
T87 Kimberly Dinh, +12 (84)
Team Leaderboard:
1 Florida State, -4 (284)
2 Texas A&M, E (288)
T3 New Mexico, +1 (289)
T3 Texas Tech, +1 (289)
5 Oklahoma, +5 (293)
6 Wisconsin, +9 (297)
T7 Kennesaw State, +10 (298)
T7 Texas State, +10 (298)
9 Middle Tennessee, +11 (299)
10 Kansas, +14 (302)
