Spain Park girls finish third in state golf tournament
Published 5:11 pm Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By WESLEY HALLMAN / Sports Editor
The Spain Park High School girls’ golf team finished third in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A championship tournament May 9-10 at Robert Trent Jones’ Magnolia Cove course in Mobile.
The Jaguars carded a team total of 60-over par 492 in the two-day tournament, including a 24-over par in the final round.
Lakin Eddy led Spain Park as she finished with a two-round total of 13-over par 158, which placed her in a two-way tie for sixth place in individual standings.
Eddy, an Auburn women’s golf signee who shot a 10-over par 82 in the first round, fired a 3-over par 75 in the final round.
Caroline Gurley finished in a two-way tie for 11th in individual standings with her 18-over par 162. Morgan Natale finished 18th in individual standings with her 29-over par 173. Ashley Gillespie finished 28th in individual standings with her two-day score of 200.
Taylor Casebere of Oak Mountain, playing as an individual, finished eighth in individual standings with her two-day score of 14-over par 158.
Casebere fired a 5-over par 77 in the opening round before carding a 9-over par 83 in the final round.