CHUCKEY, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University women's golf team led wire-to-wire to win the 2021 Agnes McAmis Memorial, which was held this week at Graysburg Hills Golf Club.
The Pioneers posted a two-day, 36-hole total 611 to win by 16 strokes over runner-up Milligan University (627). TU posted a Tuesday best 308 as the Pioneers placed three members on the McAmis All-Tournament team.
Jennifer Keim fired an even par round of 72 to finish with 148 for the tournament and win medalist honors by a single stroke over TU teammate Nilubol Panno (72-77=149).
The Carson-Newman B team finished in third place with 650, followed by Mars Hill (692), Spartanburg Methodist (713) and UVA Wise (739).
Joining Keim and Panno on the All-Tournament are Milligan's Alayna Perryman who finished third with 75-79=154) while TU's Hannah Brown and Milligan's Emma Brown carded 36-hole scores of 157 for fourth place honors.
Tusculum's Olivia Cunningham tied for 12th place with 75-88=163, while Jacque Butler finished with 172 including an 82 in Tuesday's final round.
Madi DeWees, playing as an individual competitor, tied for 21st place with 89-85=174. Meredith Barton was 25th with 90-89=179, while Mackenzie Butler finished 35th with 95-95=190, both individual contestants.
One of the early highlights of Tuesday's final round was the hole-in-one recorded by McKenna Quillen of Emory & Henry. Quillen scored the ace on the 17th hole (No. 8 Knobs 9 Course).
Tusculum captures the McAmis Memorial for a seventh time in the 23-year history of the tournament. Keim notches her first medalist honor of the spring and second in the last two years with the Pioneers.
TU returns to action next week as the Pioneers travel to Greenwood, South Carolina for the Bearcat Invitational.
