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W. Golf: Woad In 2nd After Two Rounds Of Moon Invitational
2/20/2023 5:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
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 (74-71). She totaled 17 of 18 holes at par or better with two birdies. She was never above par during the second round. Heath birdied hole No. 10 and finished her final 11 holes of the day at 1 under par. She earned a clean slate of eight consecutive holes scored at par to finish the round.
With Woad leading the way, Florida State has earned a team total of 30 birdies and is one of only seven squads in the 17-team field with 120 or more holes scored at par.
Florida State closes play in the Moon Invitational on Tuesday playing with Arkansas, Michigan State, and North Carolina beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Moon Invitational/Classic Course/Feb. 19-21, 2023
Suntree Country Club/Melbourne, Fla./Par 72
T12/17.-Florida State, 577
T2.-Lottie Woad, 135
T50.-Charlotte Heath, 145
T62.-Amelia Williamson, 147
T73.-Alice Hodge, 150
T84.-Kaylah Williams, 154
T84.-Katherine Cook, 154*
*playing as an individual
Moon Invitational/Classic Course/Feb. 19-21, 2023
Suntree Country Club/Melbourne, Fla./Par 72
1.-LSU, 550
2.-Auburn, 559
3.-UCF, 561
T3.-Northwestern, 561
T5.-Florida, 564
T5.-Michigan, 564
7.-Clemson, 567
8.-Vanderbilt, 568
9.-Arkansas, 569
10-.Michigan State, 574
11.-North Carolina, 576
T12.-Florida State, 577
T12.-Virginia Tech, 577
14.-Augusta, 584
15.-Alabama, 586
16.-Louisville, 587
17.-Miami, 604