MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida State’s Lottie Woad shot a 69 in the second round and is in a tie for second place in the individual standings, and the Seminole Women’s Golf Team is in a tie for 12th place in the team standings after the second of three rounds of the Moon Invitational on the Classic Course at the Suntree Country Club. Woad is just one stroke behind Carla Tejedo Mulet of LSU in the race for the individual title.
Woad is tied with Ingrid Lindblad of LSU, Maribel Ting of Augusta and Annabell Fuller of Florida as all four have carded identical 36-hole scores of 135. All four golfers are chasing Tejedo Mulet who has a two-round total of 134.
The final round of the championship begins at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Woad will play for her second career individual victory after earning medalist honors at the Ivy Intercollegiate during the fall of 2022. The freshman has three top-five and one top-eight finish in her already impressive Seminole resume.
No. 9 LSU continued to lead the team standings and holds a nine-stroke lead over Auburn. The Lady Tigers boast three golfers in the top 15 of the individual standings.
“We didn’t have our best day today and we let the golf course get the best of us,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “We are going to do our best tomorrow because I have confidence in each of these girls. Tomorrow will be a gut check to see if we can shoot the round of the day and finish off on a high note.”
Woad was on top of her game for the second consecutive day as she carded a team-leading five birdies, was never above par, and carded 17 of 18 holes at par or better. She is the tournament leader with 12 birdies through the first two rounds of the event.
Woad carded her first birdie of the day on her first hole of the round for a second straight day to immediately go under par. She then rolled scores of par on her next eight holes and moved to the back nine at one under par for the round. Woad opened her back nine with two birdies on her first three holes to move to three under. She then closed her round with consecutive birdies on holes No. 17 and 18.
Woad has carded birdies on both days on holes No. 1, 10 and 18. Woad, Tejedo Mulet, Lindblad, Ting, Fuller and Leila Raines of Michigan State are the only players in the tournament with scores in the 60’s in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Junior Charlotte Heath carded a 1 under par score of 71 and has a two-round total of 145…
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