Hokies tied for 11th at 3M Augusta Invitational

Anne Taylor Hough tied for fourth individually

March 17, 2017

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech women’s golf team posted an opening round 308 and is tied with Columbia for 11^th place at the 3M Augusta Invitational on Friday afternoon. The three-day, 54-hole event is being played at the par 72, 6,428-yard Forest Hills Country Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Anne Taylor Hough, a sophomore from Spartanburg, South Carolina, leads the Hokies in the event. She shot a 1-under 71 and is tied for fourth. She trails leader Jiwon Jeon of Daytona State by six strokes.

Whitney Stevenson, a senior from Canton, Georgia, leads the Tech starters. She carded a 73 and is tied for 14^th. Amanda Hollandsworth, a redshirt sophomore from Floyd, Virginia, is tied for 39^th at 76 and Jessica Spicer, a freshman from Bahama, North Carolina, is tied for 51^st at 78. Allison Woodward, a redshirt sophomore from Unicoi, Tennessee, is tied for 65^th at 81 and Elizabeth Bose, a sophomore from Norfolk, Virginia, is tied for 74^th at 83.

Daytona State leads the tournament following the first round. The posted a 1-under 287, one stroke better than Purdue and Tennessee and five strokes ahead of Memphis. Kennesaw State is fifth at 297, Troy is sixth at 298, East Tennessee State is seventh at 300 and Ole Miss is eighth at 301. Coastal Carolina is ninth at 305 and host Augusta is 10^th at 207, one stroke ahead of the Hokies and Lions. James Madison is 13^th at 310 and Eastern Michigan is 14^th at 311.

Round two will be played Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Tech will be grouped with Columbia and Augusta, beginning at 9:55 a.m., from the 10^th tee. Live scoring will be available on Hokiesports.com, via a link from Golfstat.com.

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