Buckeyes Tied for Fourth after 18 at Tar Heel Invite

Friday, October 11

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Ohio State

Tar Heel Invitational

Buckeyes Tied for Fourth after 18 at Tar Heel Invite

10/11/2019 5:33:00 PM | Women's Golf

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Ohio State women's golf team recorded its best round of the fall season and sits in a tie for fourth after the opening round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational Friday at UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C. Wake Forest carded a 6-under 282 followed by Kentucky and Alabama in a tie for second after a 5-under 283 and the Buckeyes and host North Carolina tied for fourth after a 4-under 284.

Buckeye sophomore Aneka Seumanutafa leads the 96-competitor field by three strokes after carding seven birdies against one bogey for a 6-under 66 in the opening round. The round is the best of the season and second best of Seumanutafa's career after posting six rounds in the 60's a year ago.

Aneka Seumanutafa out ahead of the 96-competitor field at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational by three strokes after an opening-round 6-under 66!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/u2fjoqbiQQ

— Ohio State W Golf (@OhioStateWGOLF) October 11, 2019

Fellow sophomore Skylar Thompson is tied for 24th at even-par while senior Adeena Shears, junior Yukie Sasaki and sophomore Lauren Peter round out the Buckeye lineup in a tie for 35th at 1-over. Freshman Kristin Jamieson, playing as an individual, is tied for 95th at 9-over after the opening round.

As a team, the Buckeyes are tied for third in par-4 scoring at even-par and par-5 scoring at 5-under. The Buckeyes' 18 birdies are fourth-most in the field. Individually, Seumanutafa is tied for second in par-3 scoring at 2-under and tied for third in par-4 scoring at 2-under and par-5 scoring at 2-under. Sasaki also is tied for third in par-5 scoring at 2-under while Seumanutafa's seven birdies are tied for the most in the field.

BUCKEYE RESULTS
T-4th Team 284 (-4)
1st – Aneka Seumanutafa 66 (-6)
T-24th – Skylar Thompson 72 (E)
T- 35th – Adeena Shears 73 (+1)
T- 35th – Yukie Sasaki 73 (+1)
T- 35th – Lauren Peter 73 (+1)
T-95th – Kristin Jamieson (Ind.) 84 (+12)