09/10/2012

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Long Beach State women's golf team finished day one in the season opening Colonel Bill Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic in eighth place at the Ptarmigan Country Club in Fort Collins, Colo.

LBSU shot a 304 in the opening round and came back with a five-shot improvement for a 299 to finish with a 36-hole score of 27-over 603.

Texas Tech leads the field of 17 teams at 1-under 575 as the Red Raiders holds a comfortable 11-stroke lead over second-place New Mexico (+10) and 14 shots over third-place Louisville (+13).

Senior Simone Hoey and freshman Kassidy Teare were the top players for LBSU, tying for 18th at 5-over-par 149.

Hoey carded an opening round 73 to tie for 13th, collecting four birdies, nine pars and five bogeys. In the second round, the Rancho Cucamonga native turned in a 76, with two birdies, two bogeys and one double-bogey.

Teare, playing in her first collegiate tournament, shot an opening round 78, collecting only two birdies for the round with four bogeys and two double-bogeys. In second round play, Teare improved by seven strokes to turn in a 1-under 71, highlighted by six birdies to end the day.

Junior Rochelle Chan is just one-shot behind with a 6-over 150, tying for 23rd. Chan carded a 78 in the opening round to tie for 54th and moved up in the standings after 36 holes to improve by six strokes for a 72.

Sophomore Chaewon Park is tied for 60th at 11-over, followed by fellow classmate Bow-Kay Salotti tied for 82nd at 22-over.

Manon DeRoey of New Mexico leads the field of 90 players with a 7-under 137, holding a three-shot lead over two players tied for second.

Final round play concludes on Tuesday with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. (PST). LBSU will be paired with San Jose State and Fresno State for the final 18 holes. Live play can be followed on Golfstat.com.

8	Long Beach State	304	299	603
T18	Simone Hoey (1)	73	76	149
T18	Kassidy Teare (4)	78	71	149
T23	Rochelle Chan (2)	78	72	150
T60	Chaewon Park (3)	75	80	155
T82	Bow Salotti (5)	83	83	166

 

Team Leader Board
Course:Ptarmigan Country Club: Ptarmigan Ram Classic     Par 72 - 6302 yards
current  position	team	scoring			rounds		total  score
		to par	thru	today	1	2
1	Texas Tech	-1	F	-2	289	286	575
2	New Mexico	+10	F	E	298	288	586
3	Louisville	+13	F	+4	297	292	589
4	Baylor	+15	F	+6	297	294	591
T5	UNLV	+18	F	+8	298	296	594
T5	Nevada	+18	F	+8	298	296	594
7	San Jose State	+20	F	+19	289	307	596
8	Long Beach State	+27	F	+11	304	299	603
9	Fresno State	+29	F	+11	306	299	605
T10	Colorado State	+31	F	+10	309	298	607
T10	Idaho	+31	F	+15	304	303	607
12	Colorado	+34	F	+22	300	310	610
13	Wyoming	+37	F	+20	305	308	613
14	Illinois	+39	F	+14	313	302	615
15	UTEP	+40	F	+26	302	314	616
16	Northern Colorado	+45	F	+34	299	322	621
17	New Mexico State	+61	F	+29	320	317	637