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Big Ten Championship
Hoosiers Wrap Up Day One of Big Ten Women's Golf Championship
4/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 24, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -
Junior Anita Gahir put herself in contention with a second-round 74, but the Hoosiers will need to come back with a strong 18 as they sit ninth after 36 holes of the Big Ten Women's Golf Championship being held at Purdue University-Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind. The teams are back in action beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow with 18 holes, followed by a final round on Sunday.
Indiana posted scores of 332 and 317 for a day one total of 649 (+73). Host Purdue is the team leader with a score of 609 (309-300), followed by Ohio State (317-310=627), Michigan State (313-316=629), Michigan (320-311=631) and Northwestern (327-312=639). All the teams battled a fierce wind throughout the day, making for tough reads on several of the holes.
Gahir is currently tied for fifth at +10 with a score of 154 (80-74), putting her four shots off the lead. Steady was the name of the game in the second round as she pared the first eight holes before a bogey at nine put her one over. She got that stroke back on the next hole with a birdie on 10 and was even until a bogey on 15. She added another birdie on 17 but finished with a double bogey on 18. Gahir got off to a slow start in round one, sitting at +4 with four holes in the book. After a double bogey on four, Gahir hit a beautiful tee shot on the par-3 fifth hole and putted for birdie. She had another double bogey on seven but came back with a birdie on the par-3 13th hole. She finished the round with pars on 14, 15 and 17.
"Anita's play was really outstanding today," said head coach Clint Wallman. "She played really solid and didn't get rattled by the conditions."
Junior Laura Nochta bounced back in the second round and is tied for 38th with a score of 164 (85-79). Nochta pared six of the first nine holes and hit par on four of the final six to become one of two Hoosiers to post a round in the 70s today. In round one, Nochta hit par on four of her first six holes and was tied for ninth. An eight on the par-4 12th hole, followed by a six on the par-3 13 shot her score to 11 over.
Competing at her first Big Ten Championships, sophomore Lauren Giesecke is tied for 47th (85-82=167). In round two Giesecke posted pars on four of the first nine holes and went -1 on holes13 through 16. Giesecke had a birdie on two in the first round but followed up with a double bogey on three. She hit six pars in the remainder of the round, including two of the final three holes.
Sophomore Cecilia Orevik is tied for 53rd in her first Big Ten Championship with a score of 168 (86-82). Orevik hit par on nine of 18 holes in round two and posted just one double bogey in the round. She was +5 after the first nine holes in round one but ran into trouble on the back side of the course, recording a double bogey on the par-5 10th hole, and a triple bogey on the par-3 13th hole.
Senior Amber Lindgren is also tied for 53rd with a score of 168 (82-86). She had pars on four of the first six holes in round two but was tripped up with a quadruple bogey on seven. She also had a double bogey on 13 but closed the day with a par on the 18th hole. Lindgren had a solid run from holes eight through 16 in round one with just a single bogey on 12 during that span. She dug herself out of trouble on 11 when her tee shot went way right near the cart path. Her second shot got the ball on the edge of the green, with her third shot rolling near the cup for an easy par.
Junior Kellye Belcher finds herself 60th with a score of 171 (85-86). Belcher had seven pars in her second round but needed to make up for double bogeys on holes four, 11 and 15. The windy conditions wreaked havoc on Belcher in the first round where she finished +13. The day start well with pars on the first three holes but the back nine was a challenge with three double bogeys. She did close the first 18 with pars on 17 and 18.
"This is not the position we wanted to find ourselves in, but we have an opportunity to come out tomorrow, post a good round and make things happen," Wallman said.
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