HANAHAN, S.C. – The Illinois women’s golf team kicked off its 2022-23 season with a tied-for-12th place finish at the Cougar Classic after carding a 54-hole total of 862 (+10) at Yeamans Hall Club. The Illini were +7 (291) in today’s final round.
Graduate student Crystal Wang picked up right where she left off last season, finishing tied for 13th. Dating back to the end of the 2021-22 campaign, Wang has finished in the Top 15 in four-straight events. The Diamond Bar, Calif., native posted a 68 (-3) today, picking up three birdies in her bogey-free round. Wang carded a 210 (-3) over her 54 holes, posting back-to-back even-par rounds of 71 on Monday.
Sophomore Lexanne Halama posted a final-round 2-over 73 for a 54-hole total 214 (+1) to finish in a tie for 31st. Sophomore Alise Knudson and freshman Mattie Frick rounded out the scoring the Orange and Blue. Knudson shot a final round 1-over 72 and finished in a tied for 52nd with a 219 (+6) total. Frick, making her Illini debut, carded a final round of 82 (+11) and tied for 82nd with a 54-hole total of 226 (+13).
Junior Isabel Sy finished in a tie for 85th after shooting a final round 78 (+7) to finish the tournament with a 227 (+14).
Ole Miss took home the tournament title with a 54-hole score of 839 (-13), with Clemson (840), College of Charleston (849) and Florida State (850) rounding out the top four. The Rebels’ Andrea Lignell captured the individual title with a 9-under 204.
Illinois next heads to the Schooner Fall Classic at the Belmar Golf Club in Norman, Okla., on September 24-26.
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