Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Friday, September 21
Franklin, TN
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Mason Rudolph Championship
Burks, Long leading way for Raiders at Mason Rudolph
9/21/2018 4:15:00 PM | Women's Golf
Round One Results
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – After a blistering start to the season, Middle Tennessee women's golf cooled off Friday as it struggled in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship with a score of 15-over par 303.
Senior Hanley Long and sophomore Sophie Burks led the way for the Blue Raiders on day one, posting matching rounds of 2-over 74 to land in a tie for 38th individually through 18 holes.
As the day neared its end with only six groups remaining on the course the tournament went into a short rain delay before play finished up at Vanderbilt Legends Club.
The Blue Raiders return to the course tomorrow in an attempt to climb up the leaderboard. Saturday will now feature an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start with the hopes of completing rounds two and three prior to more impending weather Saturday evening and Sunday.
Live scoring of rounds two and three can be followed at Golfstat.com.
NOTABLES
QUOTABLES
"I think we came out a little tight today trying to force some things and the golf course was not forgiving. We were not as mentally tough as we need to be and as a result compounded some mistakes with more on top of them. We have two more rounds to bounce back, play to our strengths and minimize the mistakes." – Head Coach Chris Adams
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – After a blistering start to the season, Middle Tennessee women's golf cooled off Friday as it struggled in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Championship with a score of 15-over par 303.
Senior Hanley Long and sophomore Sophie Burks led the way for the Blue Raiders on day one, posting matching rounds of 2-over 74 to land in a tie for 38th individually through 18 holes.
As the day neared its end with only six groups remaining on the course the tournament went into a short rain delay before play finished up at Vanderbilt Legends Club.
The Blue Raiders return to the course tomorrow in an attempt to climb up the leaderboard. Saturday will now feature an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start with the hopes of completing rounds two and three prior to more impending weather Saturday evening and Sunday.
Live scoring of rounds two and three can be followed at Golfstat.com.
NOTABLES
- After only 28 pars on the back nine, the Blue Raiders rebounded to post 36 on the back nine without posting any holes of double bogey or worse after logging five big numbers on the back nine
- Middle Tennessee's 64 pars as a team leads the field through 18 holes with sophomore Sophie Burks' 14 pars ranking tied for fourth among 78 golfers
- Senior Hanley Long is tied for eighth in the field in Par 3 scoring at 1-under par (2.67)
QUOTABLES
"I think we came out a little tight today trying to force some things and the golf course was not forgiving. We were not as mentally tough as we need to be and as a result compounded some mistakes with more on top of them. We have two more rounds to bounce back, play to our strengths and minimize the mistakes." – Head Coach Chris Adams
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