JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. --- Tusculum University's Nilubol Panno tied a pair of school records to rally to the individual medal at the Jekyll Island Intercollegiate.
Panno fired a TU record three-under par 69 in tough weather conditions to win her fourth career individual title. She finished the two-day, 36-hole event with a three-under par 141 to win by one shot over runner-up Bailey Anderson of Texas A&M International (71-71=142).
Tusculum finished the tournament with a team score of 630 to finish ninth in the 17-team field.
Host Lincoln Memorial led wire-to-wire as the Railsplitters tallied 602 to finish three strokes ahead of UNC Pembroke (605). Texas A&M International was third with 607, followed by Shorter (612), Converse (618), Newberry (619), Coker (623), North Greenville (626), Tusculum, Erskine (631), Mount Olive (623), Catawba (638), Belmont Abbey (642), Spring Hill (649), Barton (683) and Georgia Military College (688).
Panno birdied the next to last hole for her round, which proved to be the tournament-winner.
She was one-under on her first nine before scoring a bogey on her 12th hole. But she followed with a sensational eagle on the 501-yard Par 5 and finished three-under on her last six holes to secure the victory.
TU's Reagan Padilla tied for 26th place with 75-80=155, while Emilie Bergh-Jacobsen shot 77-85=162 to finish 51st. Adrienne O'Brien carded an 83-93=176 to place 88th while Lindsay Self shot 88-89=177 (T89).
Panno becomes the third player in program history to shoot in the 60s for a round, matching Rachel McFarland (2003) and Amanda Bowen (2007). Panno's 141 ties the 36-hole record carded by Jillian Corum, who achieved the feat at the 2012 Agnes McAmis Memorial.
Panno's four tournament wins are tied for the second-most in school history, equaling the four wins by Katie Tomassoni. Jillian Corum holds the record with five tournament wins in her career.
Tusculum will close out the fall portion of its schedule next week (Oct. 24-25) at the Flagler Fall Slam in St. Augustine, Florida.
Team Results
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
1 |
Lincoln Memorial |
288 |
314 |
602 |
2 |
UNC Pembroke |
299 |
306 |
605 |
3 |
Texas A&M International |
302 |
305 |
607 |
4 |
Shorter |
298 |
314 |
612 |
5 |
Converse |
303 |
315 |
618 |
6 |
Newberry |
301 |
318 |
619 |
7 |
Coker |
307 |
316 |
623 |
8 |
North Greenville |
307 |
319 |
626 |
9 |
TUSCULUM |
307 |
323 |
630 |
10 |
Erskine |
311 |
320 |
631 |
11 |
Mount Olive |
307 |
325 |
632 |
12 |
Emmanuel |
313 |
324 |
637 |
13 |
Catawba |
310 |
328 |
638 |
14 |
Belmont Abbey |
321 |
321 |
642 |
15 |
Spring Hill |
313 |
336 |
649 |
16 |
Barton |
348 |
335 |
683 |
17 |
Georgia Military College |
331 |
357 |
688 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Name |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
1 |
72 |
69 |
141 |
|
T26 |
75 |
80 |
155 |
|
T51 |
77 |
85 |
162 |
|
88 |
83 |
93 |
176 |
|
T89 |
88 |
89 |
177 |