Total Team Effort Moves USC Upstate into 13th Place at Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic

Monday, February 25

Osprey Point/Oak Point Golf Clubs, Kiawah Island, S.C.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic

2/25/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

Kiawah Island, S.C. – For the first time in program history, the USC Upstate women's golf team will play for the Osprey Point Championship as the Spartans carded a second round 300 on Monday during the second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic from the par 72, 5941-yard Oak Point Golf Club.

Tabbed as the largest collegiate tournament in the country, USC Upstate currently sits in a tie for 13^th place out of 49 teams with UNC Greensboro and Elon at 601 (301-300).

North Florida leads the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic by four strokes over Coastal Carolina at 1-over 577. South Florida's Ramya Meenakshisundaram and Amy Wooten of Western Carolina sit atop the individual leaderboard at 5-under par 139.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

The Spartans turned in an average score of 75.8 on Monday which bested the course average at Oak Point by nearly two strokes at 77.28.
All five golfers finished with scores in the 70's led by Pan Paksanont with a second round 74.
USC Upstate has now had all five golfers card rounds of 75 or better through the first two rounds of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic.
Paksanont is currently the top individual performer for the Spartans tied for 32^nd place at 3-over par 147 (73-74).
Brooke Hutto is the second-highest golfer tied for 70^th with a 151 (75-76).
Kathryn Elliott finished the day tied for 85^th position with a total score of 152 (73-79).
Anna Chanthaphaeng and Beem Pabsimma both had rounds of 75 on Monday to round out the individual leaderboard.
Chanthaphaeng is tied for 123^rd place at 155 (80-75) and Pabsimma tied for 163^rd with a 159 (84-75).
USC Upstate has compiled a 3.29 stroke average in par 3 scoring, 4.30 stroke average in par 4 scoring and 5.09 stroke average in par 5 scoring.
The Spartans have also recorded 97 pars and are tied for fifth among the tournament field with 25 birdies.
Hutto is tied for fifth place in par 3 scoring at 1-under par with a 2.89 stroke average.
Elliott ranks tied for 10^th in par 4 scoring at even-par to go with a 4.00 stroke average.
Paksanont is 2-under par with a 4.78 stroke average on par 5 holes while Hutto sits at 1-under par and a 4.89 stroke average.
Chanthaphaeng leads USC Upstate with 23 pars.
Hutto has recorded a team-leading seven birdies.
Paksanont has contributed six birdies, Elliott five, Pabsimma four and Chanthaphaeng three.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st North Florida 293-284=577
2^nd Coastal Carolina 286-295=581
T-3^rd Delaware 289-296=585
T-3^rd College of Charleston (B) 291-294=585
T-5^th Tulsa 290-299=589
T-5^th Stetson 290-299=589
7^th Youngstown State 293-297=590
8^th South Florida 291-300=591
9^th High Point 296-297=593
10^th College of Charleston 296-298=594
11^th Western Carolina 295-302=597
12^th Jacksonville 305-293=598
T-13^th UNC Greensboro 294-307=601
T-13^th USC Upstate 301-300=601
T-13^th Elon 303-298=601
16^th Georgia Southern 304-300=604
17^th Bethune-Cookman 298-307=605
T-18^th Boston 304-304=608
T-18^th IUPUI 313-295=608
20^th UT Arlington 309-300=609
21^st Jacksonville State 306-304=610
22^nd Tennessee Tech 310-303=613
T-23^rd Navy 303-311=614
T-23^rd Quinnipiac 299-315=614
T-23^rd UNC Asheville 307-307=614
26^th Wyoming 305-311=616
T-27^th Fairleigh Dickinson 311-306=617
T-27^th SCAD-Savannah 302-315=617
29^th Lehigh 306-312=618
30^th Charleston Southern 306-314=620
T-31^st Presbyterian 309-312=621
T-31^st Indiana State 315-306=621
33^rd South Dakota 311-311=622
34^th Omaha 309-315=624
35^th Butler 313-312=625
36^th Richmond 309-317=626
37^th Longwood 320-307=627
38^th Murray State 308-320=628
39^th Sacred Heart 322-308=630
40^th Bucknell 323-310=633
41^st William & Mary 328-307=635
42^nd Towson 320-317=637
43^rd Lipscomb 306-333=639
44^th Dayton 326-319=645
45^th Hofstra 343-323=666
46^th Fairfield 344-325=669
47^th North Alabama 333-339=672
48^th Hampton 347-343=690
49^th Monmouth 362-339=701

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-32^nd Pan Paksanont 73-74=147
T-70^th Brooke Hutto 75-76=151
T-85^th Kathryn Elliott 73-79=152
T-123^rd Anna Chanthaphaeng 80-75=155
T-163^rd Beem Pabsimma 84-75=159

UP NEXT

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

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