
Paksanont Shoots 69 in Second Round of Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic
2/26/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Kiawah Island, S.C. – Pan Paksanont carded a second round 69 on Monday to lead the USC Upstate women's golf team and is tied for 11th place out of more than 220 golfers after day two of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic from the par 72, 5964-yard Osprey Point Golf Club.
USC Upstate carded its second straight round of 601 and is tied with Marshall and Boston for 22nd place at 602 for the tournament.
College of Charleston leads the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic by 11 strokes at 9-under par 567. Valentina Giraldo of Jacksonville State is atop the individual leaderboard by one stroke over College of Charleston's Victoria Huskey at 7-under 137.
A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD
- The Spartans currently have a 3.40 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.24 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 5.11 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
- USC Upstate has also recorded 102 pars, 20 birdies and one eagle through two rounds.
- The Spartans are tied for the lead in the flight championship heading into tomorrow's final round.
- Paksanont recorded the third round of her career in the 60's after shooting a 69 on Monday.
- Paksanont leads USC Upstate individually tied for 11th place at 1-under 143.
- Brooke Hutto had a second round 78 and is the second-highest golfer, tied for 91st at 152.
- Sidney Dermody and Anna Chanthaphaeng both posted scores of 77 in their second rounds. Dermody is tied for 104th at 153 and Chanthaphaeng tied for 116th at 154.
- Payton Culler rounds out the leaderboard for the Spartans with a second round 80 and is tied for 182nd place at 163.
- Paksanont leads USC Upstate in par 3 scoring (E, 3.00 stroke average), par 4 scoring (-1, 3.94 stroke average, par 5 scoring (E, 5.00 stroke average) and birdies (8).
- Hutto and Chanthaphaeng are both at even-par with a 5.00 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
- Dermody has contributed a team-leading 23 pars through two rounds.
- The Spartans recorded their first eagle of the tournament on Monday as Culler eagled the par 5 4th hole.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
- 1st College of Charleston 288-279=567
- 2nd Murray State 290-288=578
- 3rd Jacksonville 296-283=579
- 4th Western Kentucky 293-291=584
- T-5th SCAD-Savannah 293-292=585
- T-5th Jacksonville State 294-291=585
- T-5th UNC Wilmington 294-291=585
- 8th North Florida 293-294=587
- 9th Georgia Southern 301-288=589
- 10th Fairleigh Dickinson 300-290=590
- T-11th Charleston Southern 297-295=592
- T-11th William & Mary 289-303=592
- 13th Stetson 300-295=595
- 14th UNC Greensboro 296-300=596
- 15th Georgetown 297-300=597
- 16th East Tennessee State 304-294
- T-17th Navy 303-296=599
- T-17th Stephen F. Austin 301-298=599
- T-17th Presbyterian College 307-292=599
- T-17th Bethune-Cookman 307-292=599
- T-22nd Marshall 303-299=602
- T-22nd Boston 307-295=602
- T-22nd USC Upstate 301-301=602
- 25th Richmond 302-301=603
- 26th Elon 299-307=606
- 27th Quinnipiac 305-303=608
- T-28th High Point 304-307=611
- T-28th Samford 303-308=611
- 30th Towson 307-306=613
- 31st College of Charleston (B) 314-302=616
- 32nd UT Arlington 313-304=617
- T-33rd Tennessee Tech 312-307=619
- T-33rd Longwood 315-304=619
- T-35th South Dakota 309-312=621
- T-35th IUPUI 304-317=621
- 37th Western Carolina 324-306=630
- 38th Omaha 327-306=633
- 39th Indiana State 318-322=640
- 40th Bucknell 325-317=642
- 41st Lipscomb 321-326=647
- 42nd Sandhills CC 333-333=666
- 43rd Hampton 349-341=690
USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS
- T-11th Pan Paksanont 74-69=143
- T-91st Brooke Hutto 74-78=152
- T-104th Sidney Dermody 76-77=153
- T-116th Anna Chanthaphaeng 77-77=154
- T-182nd Payton Culler 830-80=163
UP NEXT
- The final round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic will tee off at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
- The top 22 teams will play for the tournament championship at Osprey Point Golf Club while teams 23-43 are playing for the flight championship at Oak Point Golf Club.
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