CCU women's golf get first at regional at frist day

CCU women's golf get first at regional at frist day

NCAA Women's East Regional golf tournament was a perfect storm of sorts for the Coastal Carolina women's golf team - in a very good way.The Chants' top four players are among the top 19 individuals. Junior Kaitlin Higginbotham shot a 1-under 71 and is tied for sixth while freshman Courtney Boe and senior Alicia Grier each shot 1-over 73 and are tied for 19th. CCU's Brittany Henderson shot a 5-over 77 and is tied for 70th. Alexander's round started on the back nine and included birdies on the par-3 13th and par-5 16th, a bogey on McIlroy Was Unsure To Win Masters the par-4 17th and then back-to-back birdies on par-4s No. 18 and No. 1. She is tied with Florida State's Jesica Negron while three players, including North Carolina's Catherine O'Donnell, are one shot back.California is third, North Carolina fourth and Arizona State and Purdue are tied for fifth in the team standings.The second round is today and the third round is Saturday. The top eight teams along with the top two solo individuals advance to the NCAA women's golf championships.WELLINGTON, Fla. Joe Hackler of Myrtle Beach and partner Norman Swenson of Boynton Beach, Fla., tied for seventh and finished three shots out of fifth place and the prize pool in the 31st annual Society of Seniors Ed Tutwiler Memorial Four-Ball golf tournament Thursday at The Wanderers Club.Hackler and Swenson, who were tied for first after the first round and fourth after the second round, shot a 2-under 66-70-78--214.Van Lefferdink of Jupiter, Fla., and partner Steve Earsley of Hobe Sound, Fla., won the senior division for players 55-64 years old with a 203, and the super seniors bracket for players 65 and older was won by Gary Strickfaden of Southern Pines, N.C., and Larry Boswell of Jamestown, N.C. at 203.CAMDEN While 11 teams were in a playoff to determine the final six qualifying spots at the 60th Carolinas Four-Ball Championship, the team of Bryan Newton of Gray Court and Bret Boulware of Greenville earned the top seed for the match play portion with a playoff win of their own, going four extra holes to outlast two other teams that finished tied at 8-under 132. The medalist score of 132 was the highest since 1989.Surfside Beach's Sammy Truett and Charleston's Bert Atkinson teamed to shoot even-par to finish tied for 44th and miss the cut.Match play begins today at Camden Country Club.Former N.C. State golfer Jerry Richardson of Raleigh, N.C., is at 10-under 133 after a second-round 68 and leads the eGolf Professional Tour's Willow Creek Open by a shot over two players.The Willow Creek Open is the sixth event of the 2011 eGolf Tour season and is being played at both Willow Creek Country Club in High Point, N.C., and Colonial Country Club in Thomasville, N.C.Murrells Inlet's Ryan Tyndall shot a second-round 68 and is at 3-under 140 for the event. He was among 77 players to make the 1-under cut for the 72-hole event. Third-round play begins at 8 a.m. today at Willow Creek Country Club.