Hutto, Paksanont Pace USC Upstate on First Day of Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic

Kiawah Island, S.C. – The USC Upstate women's golf team battled strong winds and rain to shoot its lowest round ever at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic on Sunday to sit in a tie for 17^th place from the par 72, 5964-yard Osprey Point Golf Club.

The Spartans carded a first round 301 and are tied for 17^th place in a field that consists of 43 teams. USC Upstate is tied in the team standings with Georgia Southern and Stephen F. Austin.

College of Charleston leads the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic after day one by one stroke over William & Mary at even-par 288. Individually, there is a four-way tie for first place at 3-under between Valentina Giraldo of Jacksonville State, Alexandra Batista of Stephen F. Austin, Teresa Conroy of North Florida and Allison Olberding of William & Mary.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

The tie for 17^th place standing after round one is the best by the Spartans all-time at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic by more than 10 places.
The first round 301 is also a tournament-low for USC Upstate in the eight years it has played at the event.
The Spartans are ahead of 12 teams in the overall standings that are ranked higher in the Golfstat rankings.
USC Upstate currently sits just five strokes outside the top-10.
The Spartans carded a 3.45 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.22 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 5.20 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
USC Upstate also collected 52 pars and 10 birdies.
Four Spartans finished the final six holes of their first round at even-par or better.
Brooke Hutto and Pan Paksanont lead USC Upstate individually as both are tied for 41^st place out of a field that consists of over 220 golfers. Both players had opening round scores of 74 and recorded three birdies each.
Hutto tied her career-low round of 74 on Sunday.
Sidney Dermody is two strokes back of Hutto and Paksanont in a tie for 83^rd place with a 76.
Anna Chanthaphaeng (T-104^th, 77) and Payton Culler (T-183^rd, 83) round out the individual standings.
Dermody leads the Spartans in par 3 scoring at even-par with a 3.00 stroke average and 13 pars.
Paksanont tallied a team-best one-over par score and 4.10 stroke average in par 4 scoring.
Hutto is first on the team in par 5 scoring at 1-under with a 4.75 stroke average.
Paksanont and Chanthaphaeng are both at even-par (5.00 stroke average) on par 5 holes.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st College of Charleston 288
2^nd William & Mary 289
3^rd Murray State 290
T-4^th SCAD-Savannah 293
T-4^th Western Kentucky 293
T-4^th North Florida 293
T-7^th Jacksonville State 294
T-7^th UNC Wilmington 294
T-9^th UNC Greensboro 296
T-9^th Jacksonville 296
T-11^th Charleston Southern 297
T-11^th Georgetown 297
13^th Elon 299
T-14^th Fairleigh Dickinson 300
T-14^th Stetson 300
T-14^th St. John's 300
T-17^th Georgia Southern 301
T-17^th USC Upstate 301
T-17^th Stephen F. Austin 301
20^th Richmond 302
T-21^st Navy 303
T-21^st Marshall 303
T-21^st Samford 303
T-24^th East Tennessee State 304
T-24^th High Point 304
T-24^th IUPUI 304
27^th Quinnipiac 305
T-28^th Boston 307
T-28^th Towson 307
T-28^th Presbyterian College 307
T-28^th Bethune-Cookman 307
32^nd South Dakota 309
33^rd Tennessee Tech 312
34^th UT Arlington 313
35^th College of Charleston 314
36^th Longwood 315
37^th Indiana State 318
38^th Lipscomb 321
39^th Western Carolina 324
40^th Bucknell 325
41^st Omaha 327
42^nd Sandhills CC 333
43^rd Hampton 349

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-41^st Pan Paksanont 74
T-41^st Brooke Hutto 74
T-83^rd Sidney Dermody 76
T-104^th Anna Chanthaphaeng 77
T-183^rd Payton Culler 83

UP NEXT

The second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic will tee off at 8:45 a.m. on Monday morning.

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