Women's Golf Shoots Best Round of Tournament on Final Day of Tar Heel Classic

Friday, March 15

Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic

Florida Atlantic

Tar Heel Classic

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

Women's Golf Shoots Best Round of Tournament on Final Day of Tar Heel Classic

3/16/2019 5:09:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic – The Florida Atlantic University women's golf team earned 14th place in a jam-packed field at the Tar Heel Classic. The Owls had their best round of the tournament on Saturday, shooting 300, the ninth lowest score of the day.

Coach Neff's Take

"I'm glad we came back today and shot our best round of the tournament. Beating a number of teams with today's round shows progress against an elite field. On an individual note, for Amanda to birdie her last two to shoot even par today was awesome. We just played a top 30 course in the world with some of the best players in college golf. We want to be in more tournaments like this for years to come. We will keep practicing to improve and be prepared for our next event at Georgia Southern in a few weeks. Go Owls!"

QUICK HITS

The Owls had their best round of the tournament on the final day, topping No. 56 NC State, No. 46 Virginia Tech, No. 53 LSU, No. 30 Louisville, No. 94 UNCW and Quinnipiac
Amanda Leslie had the best round score of any FAU golfer on Saturday, shooting 72. That score helped her move 12 spots up the leaderboard to finish tied for 44th place. Leslie had nine birdies in the tournament, the most of any FAU golfer and tied for the sixth most in the tournament. Leslie celebrated her birthday on Saturday, by finishing the round with two birdies to bring her to even par for the round and 10-over for the tournament
Arielle Keating bounced back after round two to post a 76 for the final day to finish 13-over and tied for 54th place. Keating finished the tournament with 41 total pars, the most of any Owls and the second most in the tournament
Taylor Morgan rose two spots on the leaderboard with a 77 in the final round, her best score of the tournament. She finished 19-over, tying for 65th place
Tai Barber took nine strokes off her score in the third round compared to the second, carding a 75 on Saturday. Rosa Barnak shot an 80 in the final round

FAU Scores

Name	Place	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Amanda Leslie	T44th	77	77	72	226(+10)
Arielle Keating	T54th	73	80	76	229(+13)
Taylor Morgan	T65th	80	78	77	235(+19)
Tai Barber	T69th	80	84	75	239(+23)
Rosa Barnak	72nd	78	89	80	247(+31)

Up Next

The Owls will close out the regular season at The Strutter hosted by Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia. The tournament will be held March 31-April 1 at the Georgia Southern University Golf Course.

GOLF FORE AFRICA
All this season the Owls will be teaming up with Golf Fore Africa to raise money for clean water in rural Africa. The team's goal is to raise enough money to build a well for a village in Zambia, providing clean water for an entire community.

One well costs $15,000 to build and brings clean water to 300 people for life. Just a $50 donation brings clean water to one person for a lifetime. To date, Golf Fore Africa has built 160 wells and FAU is looking to be the first collegiate program to raise complete funding for a well.

Online contributions can be made here or by contacting Head Coach Aimee Neff (neffa@fau.edu).

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