Spring Break
Golf season comes to an end
Sean Hubbard
Issue date: 4/29/05 Section: Sports
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The women's golf season ended for Gardner-Webb University with an eighth place finish at the conference tournament. After getting off to a slow start, the Lady Bulldogs regained their composure and finished strong near the middle of the pack.
An opening day team score of 332 left GWU in a tie for eighth with Belmont. The second day of competition saw the Lady Bulldogs take sole possession of eighth with a strong round by Stacey Linduska, who tallied a 79. Linduska led GWU for the tournament, finishing in 21 place with a three-day total of 240.
The team continued to improve every day as the third and final round was the best of the tournament. Tara Watts set the pace for the Bulldogs by firing a 78 to help GWU secure the eighth spot for the tournament.
The men's golf team, however, had a reverse finish, as their first round total of 297 was the best they could produce.
Bulldog Rory McCaughna led the team with a four-over-par tournament score of 217, which proved to be good for a tie for 22 place. Much like the team scores, McCaughna started strong bet fell off the pace after day one. A first-round 69 put McCaughna in the top 10 but second and third round scores of 73 and 75 caused the drop in places.
The team total of 906 landed the Bulldogs finishing in 12 position, just three strokes back of Stetson University.
An opening day team score of 332 left GWU in a tie for eighth with Belmont. The second day of competition saw the Lady Bulldogs take sole possession of eighth with a strong round by Stacey Linduska, who tallied a 79. Linduska led GWU for the tournament, finishing in 21 place with a three-day total of 240.
The team continued to improve every day as the third and final round was the best of the tournament. Tara Watts set the pace for the Bulldogs by firing a 78 to help GWU secure the eighth spot for the tournament.
The men's golf team, however, had a reverse finish, as their first round total of 297 was the best they could produce.
Bulldog Rory McCaughna led the team with a four-over-par tournament score of 217, which proved to be good for a tie for 22 place. Much like the team scores, McCaughna started strong bet fell off the pace after day one. A first-round 69 put McCaughna in the top 10 but second and third round scores of 73 and 75 caused the drop in places.
The team total of 906 landed the Bulldogs finishing in 12 position, just three strokes back of Stetson University.