Feb. 5, 2010
Live Scoring
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Wake Forest women's golf team will open the spring season on Monday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. The 54-hole event will run through Wednesday, Feb. 10. The Deacons have enjoyed a fair amount of success at Palos Verdes Country Club, finishing in the top-10 all four years including second last year and fourth in 2006. Individually, Natalie Sheary won her first collegiate tournament at the Northrop Grumman as a freshman in 2008 while graduate Nannette Hill finished tied for fourth in both 2006 and 2009. The field will once again be one of the toughest the Deacons will face all year . Ten of the 15 teams are ranked in the top-25 of Golfweek's most recent Sagarin Ratings led by top-ranked Arizona State, No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 Michigan State, No. 7 Duke and No. 9 USC. Wake opens the spring ranked No. 15. Head coach Dianne Dailey's lineup this week will feature senior Dolores White, junior Natalie Sheary, sophomore Cheyenne Woods and freshmen Michelle Shin and Stephanie Kim. Woods is coming off a strong fall which saw her average a team-best 72.8 over 12 rounds. She had seven rounds at par or better and finished in the top-7 in three of the four events. Sheary was second on the team with a 74.0 stroke average and has finished outside of the top-11 just once.
The weather forecast looks ideal next week in Palos Verdes, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. Golfstat.com will provide live scoring of the event and WakeForestSports.com will have a complete recap at the end of each round. |
