36 Holes, 1 Day: Women’s Golf at the Windy City Collegiate

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – Sun Devil Women’s Golf complete both the first and second round of the Windy City Collegiate on Monday.

With several teams still to complete their second round as play was suspended today due to darkness, Arizona State (+24/600) sits in seventh place. They improved their score by six strokes from the first to second round, showing no signs of fatigue despite the difficult set up.

“When you agree to play in the Windy City Collegiate, you know what you sign up for,” Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye remarked after the round. “It is a marathon day of 36 holes, but this day will benefit us in the long run.”

Freshman Beth Coulter (+3/147) set the tone with another strong performance, currently sitting in a tie for seventh. She fired a 72 (E) in the second round, the best score by any Sun Devil on the day. She had a total of six birdies over two rounds. Calynne Rosholt (+6/150) is tied for 25th, while Grace Summerhays (+7/151) is one stroke behind and tied for 32nd. Ashley Menne and Paula Schulz-Hanssen look to take advantage of the final day and move up the leaderboard. The action starts tomorrow morning at 7:15 AM MST, with live scoring found here.

FIRST ROUND

Arizona State began their round on the first hole and started on the front nine, with Paula Schulz-Hanssen pacing the team with two birdies and the lowest score at +1. The birdies started to come for Beth Coulter on the back nine, as she recorded two of her own down the stretch. The back nine is where Calynne Rosholt played her best golf of the day, playing mistake free and remaining even over her final nine holes.

SECOND ROUND

The Sun Devils had a tough task in having to turnaround and immediately start another round after playing 18 holes at one of the nation’s strongest tournaments. The Sun Devils were not phased, improving their score by six strokes from round one to round two. Three of five Sun Devils lowered their totals from earlier, led by Beth Coulter. Coulter managed to finish even thanks to a one-under run over her final eight holes of the day. Grace Summerhays (+1/73) also shaved strokes off thanks to a five-birdie effort in the second round. Four of those five birdies came during an insane 10-hole stretch to start her second round.  Rosholt carried over her strong play from the end of the first round by recording birdies…