Chattanooga
Round 2
Chattanooga Tied for Second Heading into Final Round of Kinderlou Forest Challenge
2/28/2011 5:36:00 PM | Women's Golf
VALDOSTA, Ga. --- Chattanooga freshman Yushira Budhram (Johannesburg, South Africa) fired a career-best four-under par total of 69 in leading the Mocs to a tie for second with 18 holes to play at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge. Budhram carded six birdies on her day en route to carrying the day for UTC.
She is tied for fifth with teammate Emma de Groot (Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia) at two-over par 148. de Groot, who was tied for the lead after round one, shot 77 (+4) today. The duo is two shot off the pace set by the trio of Charlotte Guilleux (Georgia State), Casey Kennedy (Augusta State) and Laura Wearn (Furman) at 146.
Budhram's 69 is a new tournament record. It tops the former number of 70 (-3), held by four golfers including de Groot in last year's second round.
The duo is not the only Mocs currently in the top 20. Junior Maria Juliana Loza (Bucaramanga, Colombia) and freshman Marion Duvernay (Publier, France) are tied for 19th at 154 (+8). Loza shot three-over par 76, while Duvernay, playing as an individual, shot 81 (+8) while battling flu-like illness.
Christine Wolf (Igls, Austria) is tied for 31st after today's 79 (+6) gave her a two-day total of 156. Wolf scored Chattanooga's first eagle of the 2010-11 season on the par 5 18th hole today. That tied with Jordan Britt (Dayton, Tenn.) at 79 today. Britt is tied for 48th overall at 160.
Coastal Carolina maintained is first round lead taking a six-stroke advantage over the Mocs and Florida State into the final round. The Chanticleers are at 600 after a second round score of 297. Chattanooga and FSU are tied for second at 606. East Carolina is fourth at 611.
Among the teams the Mocs currently lead are Southern Conference rivals Furman and Western Carolina as well as No. 12 Georgia. UTC holds a 12-shot lead over the Paladins, while Western Carolina is 17 strokes behind the Mocs. Chattanooga is 20 shots clear of the Bulldogs.
The Mocs tee off at 9 a.m, in a shotgun start. They will be paired with Coastal Carolina and Florida State. Live scoring is at GoMocs.com.
LEADERBOARD
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1) Coastal Carolina |
303-297 |
600 (+16) |
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T2) Chattanooga |
305-301 |
606 (+22) |
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T2) Florida State |
306-300 |
606 (+22) |
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4) East Carolina |
309-302 |
611 (+27) |
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5) Augusta State |
306-307 |
613 (+29) |
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6) Georgia State |
309-307 |
616 (+32) |
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7) Furman |
306-312 |
618 (+34) |
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8) Western Carolina |
304-319 |
623 (+39) |
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9) UCF |
311-313 |
624 (+40) |
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10) No. 12 Georgia |
306-320 |
626 (+42) |
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11) Texas Tech |
313-318 |
631 (+47) |
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12) Illinois |
313-320 |
633 (+49) |
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13) Kennesaw State |
319-317 |
636 (+52) |
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14) Wisconsin |
309-333 |
642 (+58) |
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Mocs: |
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T5) Emma de Groot |
71-77 |
148 (+2) |
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T5) Yushira Budhram |
79-69 |
148 (+2) |
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T19) Maria Juliana Loza |
78-76 |
154 (+8) |
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T19) Marion Duvernay* |
73-81 |
154 (+8) |
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T31) Christine Wolf |
77-79 |
156 (+10) |
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T48) Jordan Britt |
81-79 |
160 (+14) |
*Playing as an individual
NOTES:
>The Mocs played with Coastal Carolina and Western Carolina...CCU beat UTC by four, while the Mocs spanked their SoCon rivals by 18 strokes.
>Chattanooga is one of three SoCon teams in the field with Furman and WCU...The Mocs are 6-0 against SoCon competition this season...UTC lead Furman by 12 and WCU by 17.
>Front Nine (Counters by Round): +21 (+14/+7/-)...Budhram was -4 on the front opening with five pars and then closing with four birdies...She leads the team through the first two rounds at +2 on the first nine.
>Back Nine: +1 (-1/+2/-)...de Groot and Budhram were even on the back side, while their three teammates were +1 each...de Groot is -3 on the side through two rounds, Budhram level par.
>Chattanooga is -2 (E today) on the Par 5s on its counting cards with an eagle, eight birdies and 23 pars...Budhram was -2 on the par 5s today, -1 for the tourney...de Groot is -1 as well while Loza and Wolf are E.
>Budhram's 69 tied for the low round of the season with Maju Loza (Mercedes-Benz Women's Championship) and Jordan Britt (Landfall Tradition)...It is her 2nd par or better round...After five consecutive pars, Budhram carded four straight birdies and six in nine holes...Six total birdies is also a new best topping her four in the 2nd round of the Lady Paladin Invitational and ties Jordan Britt (Landfall Tradition Rd 3) for team high...Moved from tied for 44th to tied for 5th...Leads six top 100 golfers including No. 6 Marta Silva Zamora of Georgia (75) and teammate Christine Wolf (86)...-4 over her last 27 holes.
>de Groot is +5 through the first seven holes, -3 on holes 8-18...Played the final five holes at -1 after a rough start...Leads six top 100 golfers including No. 6 Marta Silva Zamora of Georgia (75) and teammate Christine Wolf (86)...Six birdies through 36 holes is three off her season-high of nine in a tourney (Mercedes-Benz)...She is tied for the tourney lead in par 3 scoring (-2).
>Wolf has counted in 39 straight rounds...Eagled the par 5 18th to tie Jordan Britt at 79 to keep the streak alive...It's the Mocs 1st eagle of the season
>Loza's 76 was second on the team today...It featured one birdie and 13 pars.
>Duvernay is playing as an individual...Battled flu-like symptoms today in shooting 81.
>Eagles (Counters by Rounds): 0 (0/1/-). Wolf 1 (0/1/-).
>Birdies (Counters by Rounds): 18 (8/10/-). de Groot 6 (4/2/-), Budhram 6 (0/6/-), Wolf 3 (2/1/-), Loza 3 (2/1/-), Duvernay 3 (2/1/-), Britt 2 (2/0/-).
>Pars (Counters by Rounds): 88 (46/42/-). Duvernay 24 (15/9/-), Budhram 23 (13/10/-), de Groot 23 (12/11/-), Britt 23 (11/12/-), Loza 23 (10/13/-), Wolf 19 (11/8/-).
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