MSU women's golf 4th after first round of NCAA regional
STANFORD, Calif. – The Michigan State women’s golf team shot a 7-over-par 291 in Thursday’s first round of the NCAA Stanford Regional and is tied for fourth place in the 18-team tournament. The Spartans’ round of 291 ties for the second lowest in school history at an NCAA Regional.
Making its 17th appearance in the NCAA Regionals in the past 18 seasons, the Spartans need to finish in the top six at Stanford to advance to the NCAA Championships. No. 2 USC leads the field at 3-over 287, followed by No. 15 Virginia (288) and No. 12 Stanford (289). The Spartans are tied with Texas Tech for fourth and Colorado and Wake Forest are tied for sixth at 295.
Freshman Carolyn Markley led the way for the Spartans by shooting a collegiate-low 1-under 70, which has her in a tie for fourth on the individual leaderboard, just two strokes off the pace. Markley, who started from hole 10, shot 1-under 35 on holes 10-18 and even-par 35 on holes 1-9 on the par 71 Stanford Golf Course. After bogeying her first hole of the day, she collected four birdies and 11 pars against just two bogeys the remainder of the round.
Sophomore Sarah Burnham shot even-par 71 and is also in the top 10, sitting in a tie for seventh place.
Redshirt sophomore Katie Sharp (74) and senior Alison Knowles (76) rounded out the team scoring and are tied for 36th and 52nd place, respectively.
Senior Gabby Yurik carded an 81.
Round two of the three-round tournament continues Friday. Michigan State tees off at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) from hole one, along with Texas Tech and Colorado. Live scoring is available on golfstat.com.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Michigan State’s single-round record at an NCAA Regional is 283, set in the third round of the 2012 East Regional; MSU also carded a 291 in the first round of the 2015 West Regional and the 2013 Central Regional . . . Markley’s previous low this season was a 71 at the Landfall Tradition on Oct. 25, 2015, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
-MSU athletic communications