BOCA RATON, Fla. - Round one of the Sunshine State Conference Women's Golf Championship is complete. Nova Southeastern University found the conditions most favorable as they took the first-round lead at Osprey Point Golf Club in Boca Raton on Sunday, April 15th. Play resumes on Monday, April 16th at 7:30 a.m. The 2018 event is hosted by Lynn University.
Round 2 Pairings
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Boca Raton Weather for April 16th
Women's Round 1 Recap
Round 1 concluded with Michelle Ruiz of Nova Southeastern five shots ahead of the pack. Ruiz carded a four-under (68) following 34's on Raven (Front 9) and Falcon (Back 9). Josefina Foa Torres of Barry University and Matilda Wahren of Lynn are tied for second at 1-over (73), while Barry's Noemie Pare sits alone in fourth place at 2-over (74). Rounding out the Top-5 is a quintet of golfers at 3-over (75).
Individual Full Leaderboard - Day 1
NSU shot 9-over (297) on Day 1 as a team to hold the early lead. The Sharks placed three golfers in the Top-10 participants after Round 1, while the fourth sits tied for 17th place. Barry is in second place with a 12-over (300), while Lynn is right behind at 14-over (302). The Buccaneers and Fighting Knights placed two golfers each in the Top-5.
Team Leaderboard - Day 1
Women's Tournament Notes
Ruiz's 4-under (68) ties Jennifer Beames' [Rollins College] Day 2 score at Eaglebrook in 2000 for second best SSC tournament round in history. Marie Coors' [Saint Leo University] 6-under in 2014 at Lake Jovita stands as the best all-time.
NSU's Day 1 9-over (297) is 11 shots off of the top single-round score for a team in the SSC tournament history. Barry recorded 2-under (286) at RedTail in 2015. It is the only under-par round by a team in tournament history.
Golfers found hole 11 (Par 4) the most challenging during Round 1, as it played almost a shot over par (+0.95). Hole 3 played nearest to par for the day; the 365-yard Par 4 saw the most pars and third most birdies.
Ruiz and Tilda Larsson [Barry] look to join 24 other women who have finished Top-5 in the SSC championship two or more times and a list of 23 golfers that have finished Top-10 three or more times.
Including Ruiz and Larsson, seven of the Top-10 finishers from 2017 return for the 2018 championship: A. Williams [Florida Southern College], K. Ortiz [Lynn], A. Foigel [Nova Southeastern], A. Jakobson [Saint Leo], and P. Ortiz [Florida Tech]. All seven golfers also finished Top-17 at the 2016 championship.
2018 marks the 20th women's tournament for the conference and the first competition at Osprey Point.
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In-Depth Tournament History