OXFORD, Miss. – Sophomore Madelene Sagstrom and junior Lindsay Gahm each posted rounds of 1-under par 71 to help the LSU Lady Tigers to a 3-over par total of 291 after the first round Friday of the Rebel Intercollegiate at the Ole Miss Golf Course.
Sagstrom, who has back-to-back runnerup finishes coming into the event, and Gahm are tied for eighth entering Saturday’s second round of the 54-hole event, four shots off the lead.
LSU’s 291 is tied for fifth in the team event with Kentucky seven shots out of the lead of Coastal Carolina at 4-under par 284. Mississippi State and Baylor are tied for second at 1-over 289, while East Tennessee State is fourth at 290.
Sagstrom’s had a four birdie, three bogeys round, shooting 1-under 35 on the back nine to record her 71. Gahm made a nice recovery to get to her 71 after getting in a little trouble that had her two over par after four holes. But she played the last 14 holes of the round in three-under par to get home.
LSU also counted Elisa Bradley with a 1-over 73 and a pair of 4-over 75s from Ali Lucas and Nadine Dreher. Bradley is in a tie for 17th on the individual standings.
The individual leaders at 5-under par 67 are Hayley Davis of Baylor, Chloe Garner of East Tennessee State and Madison Opfer of Tulane. In all, a total of 16 golfers posted even par or below.
The Tigers will go off in the second wave at 10:45 a.m. and will play with Kentucky and East Tennessee State. Live results of the second round can be found at lsusports.net through golfstatresults.com. Follow LSU women’s golf on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/LSUwomensgolf and on Twitter @LSUwomensgolf.
Rebel Intercollegiate
Oxford, Miss.
First Round Team Results (Par 288)
1. Coastal Carolina 284 -4; 2. Baylor 289 +1; 2. Mississippi State 289 +1; 4. East Tennessee State 290 +2; 5. LSU 291 +3; 5. Kentucky 291 +3; 7. Tulane 293 +5; 8. Harvard 299 +11; 9. Furman 300 +12; 10. Ole Miss 301 +13; 11. Minnesota 303 +15; 12. Tulsa 305 +17; 13. Redlands CC 307 +19; 13. Southern Mississippi 307 +19; 15. Missouri 310 +22; 16. Troy 312 +24; 17. Memphis 314 +26; 18. Murray State 317 +29.
Individual Top 5 (Par 72)
1. Hayley Davis, Baylor, 67 -5; 1. Chloe Garner, East Tennessee State 67 -5; 1. Madison Opfer, Tulane, 67 -5; 4. Ally McDonald, Mississippi State, 68 -4; 5. Brittany Henderson, Coastal Carolina, 69 -3.
LSU Scores
T8. Madelene Sagstrom 71 -1
T8. Lindsay Gahm 71 -1
T17. Elise Bradley 73 +1
T43. Ali Lucas 76 +4
T43. Nadine Dreher 76 +4
T53. Katrina Hegge 77 +5