Wisconsin Badgers
NCAA Championships
Women's golf opens with a 301 at NCAA Championships
May 21, 2013 | Women's Golf
May 21, 2013
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Wisconsin shot a 13-over par 301 and is in a two-way tie for 20th after the first round of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship in Athens, Ga. Three strokes separate 10 teams which are between 12th and 20th place. The 72-hole, 24-team tournament continues with 18 holes daily through May 24.
No. 1 Southern Cal made a push in the final holes to tie No. 48-ranked San Jose State at 4-under par 284. SJSU's Regan De Guzman shot a 5-under par career-best 67 in the opener. No. 3 Duke is third at 2-under 286.
All five Badgers broke 80 led by sophomore Kimberly Dinh who is tied for 33rd with a 1-over par 73 on the par 72, 6,372-yard University of Georgia course. Also contributing to team scoring were Kris Yoo at 3-over 75, Aaren Ziegler at 4-over 76 and Alexis Nelson at 5-over 77. Senior Lindsay Danielson had a 79.
This is just the second trip to the national championship for the Badger program and the first since 2003 when the team finished 24th with a 1291. UW is one of four Big Ten Conference programs competing. Purdue is tied for fifth at 1-over par. Big co-champions Michigan State and Northwestern are tied for 12th at 10-over 298.
The team is paired with Oregon and UCLA and will tee off tomorrow at 10:53 a.m. ET. Follow live scoring at golfstatresults.com.
WISCONSIN INDIVIDUALS
T22 Wisconsin 301
T32 Kimberly Dinh 73 +1
T68 Kris Yoo 75 +3
T81 Aaren Ziegler 76 +4
T98 Alexis Nelson 77 +5
T110 Lindsay Danielson 79 +7
TEAM RESULTS ROUND 1
T1 Southern California 284 -4
T1 San Jose State 284 -4
3 Duke 286 -2
4 Alabama 288 E
T5 UCLA 289 +1
T5 Purdue 289 +1
7 Stanford 290 +2
8 Oklahoma 291 +3
9 Arizona State 293 +5
10 Tulane 295 +7
11 Arkansas 296 +8
T12 Michigan State 298 +10
T12 Arizona 298 +10
T12 Northwestern 298 +10
T15 Texas 299 +11
T15 UC Davis 299 +11
T15 Florida 299 +11
T15 Vanderbilt 299 +11
19 Mississippi State 300 +12
T20 Oregon 301 +13
T20 Wisconsin 301 +13
22 Oklahoma State 303 +15
23 South Carolina 304 +16
24 Auburn 305 +17
