GREENSBORO, N.C. – Junior Charlotte Heath finished in a tie for fifth place in the individual standings, and the Seminole Women’s Golf Team finished in fifth place in the team standings as stroke play at the 34th Annual ACC Women’s Golf Championships at the Sedgefield Country Club came to a close. Heath earned the best ACC Championships finish of her career as she carded a 2 under par score of 70 in the third and final round to finish with a 5 under par tournament score of 211. Seminole senior Amelia Williamson finished in a tie for 15th place in the individual standings, as Florida State finished as one of five teams with multiple players who finished in the top 15 of the individual standings.
Wake Forest (first place), Duke (second), Clemson (third) and Virginia (fourth) finished as the top four teams in stroke play, and begin the match play portion of the championship Saturday. Wake Forest faces Virginia and Duke faces Clemson in the semifinals with the two winning teams meeting for the championship on Sunday.
Virginia’s Amanda Sambach defeated Duke’s Phoebe Brinker by two strokes to capture the individual championship and her first ACC Championship of her career. Sambach carded scores of 68-66-68 for a three-round total of 202. She was the only player in the field of 65 golfers who carded each of her score in the 60’s during the stroke play portion of the tournament.
Florida State’s Heath finished the tournament with scores of 70-71-70 for a three-round total of 5 under par 211. It’s the second time she has finished at even par or better in three ACC Championship appearances, and the first time she has finished with three blow par scores in the same ACC Championship. Heath has now carded five sub-par rounds in nine career AC Championship rounds.
Heath finished her third ACC Championship with five birdies in the third round. She had totaled five birdies in the first two rounds of the event and closed the tournament with 10 total birdies. Heath played especially well on her back nine Friday with three birdies on holes No. 10, 12 and 17 to finish with her score of 70. She was three under par over the course of her final 14 holes of the afternoon.
Heath enters the NCAA Regional Championships (May 8-10) having finished in the top five of each of her last three events – second at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, tied for third at the Florida State Match Up and tied for fifth at the ACC…
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