TOCCOA, Ga. – Competing for the final time this fall season, the No. 19 Lander women's golf team finished 10th of 18 teams at the D2 Elite Invitational at Currahee Club this week.
The tournament – which featured 10 top-25 programs – was beset by rain on Monday that altered the schedule and made it a two-round, 36-hole event. This was the longest course yardage of the season to date at 6,319 yards, with par set at 72.
Lander was +29 in a tightly packed field. No. 7 Lee was a single stroke ahead, No. 11 UIndy was +23 and No. 1 Wingate was +22 in seventh; three teams tied for fourth at +21 – No. 6 UT Tyler, No. 22 Eckerd and Lincoln Memorial.
Host and third-ranked Anderson won the tournament at +7.
Isabel Ewers (+1) was named to the All-Tournament Team after tying for fifth place in a field of 92.
She carded a 72 in the first round and a 73 in the final round while sinking seven birdies in all to lead the team.
Kajsa Lindqvist picked up three shots in the second round when she shot 73 following an opening-round 76. She tied for 21st at five-over and made three birdies to complete her tournament.
Lara Stifter (+11) went 78/77 and also had a trio of birdies in the final round.
Sakurako Tanaka (+15) and
Josefine Winkle (+16) each made three birdies during the tournament.
Lander will have a three-month break from competition before returning to action at Flagler's World Golf Invitational on Feb. 9 and 10. It will take place at The King & Bear at World Golf Village in St. Augustine.
