SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University women's golf team finished 13th at the 2023 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, which was held at the par-71, 5,803-yard Highlands Course at the Sevierville Golf Club.
The Pioneers carded a 54-hole team total of 979 including Tuesday's final round 332.
Austin Peay was the team champion at the NCAA Division I-laden event. The Governors posted a three-day score of 894 to win by three strokes over runner-up Findlay (897). The Oilers were the only team to turn in a sub-300 score as Findlay finished with 298 on Tuesday.
Findlay's Gabby Woods was the individual medalist as she finished with a three-day tally of 214 including a one-under-par 70 for the lowest round of the day.
North Alabama was third with 909, followed by Dalton State (923), North Georgia (929), Dayton (934), Oklahoma City (937), Radford (943), Carson-Newman (945), Indiana State (947), Bellarmine (954), host Tennessee Tech (974), Tusculum (979), Northern Iowa (981) and Tennessee State (1065).
Tusculum's Nilubol Panno was the top finisher for the Pioneers as she tied for 17th place with 74-77-80=231. For Panno, it is her fifth top-20 finish of the season and 14th of her career.
Reagan Padilla tied for 25th place with her 54-hole score of 76-76-81=233. Emilie Jacobsen got better each round during the tournament and climbed six spots up the leaderboard to tie for 66th place with 88-83-82=253.
Adrienne O'Brien shot 87-87-91=265 to finish 80th while Lindsay Self finished 82nd with 101-86-89=276.
The Pioneers return to action next Monday and Tuesday (Mar. 20-21) when they host the 25th annual Agnes McAmis Memorial. The event returns to Link Hills Country this spring as Tusculum is the two-time, defending champions. Panno is the defending medalist as she won last year's McAmis Memorial in a two-hole playoff.
Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (Final Results)
Pl |
Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
1 |
Austin Peay |
293 |
294 |
307 |
894 |
2 |
Findlay |
306 |
293 |
298 |
897 |
3 |
North Alabama |
298 |
297 |
314 |
909 |
4 |
Dalton St. |
302 |
318 |
303 |
923 |
5 |
North Georgia |
310 |
308 |
311 |
929 |
6 |
Dayton |
303 |
307 |
324 |
934 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
304 |
317 |
316 |
937 |
8 |
Radford |
304 |
320 |
319 |
943 |
9 |
Carson-Newman |
308 |
316 |
321 |
945 |
10 |
Indiana St. |
322 |
305 |
320 |
947 |
11 |
Bellarmine |
313 |
321 |
320 |
954 |
12 |
Tennessee Tech |
326 |
332 |
316 |
974 |
13 |
TUSCULUM |
325 |
322 |
332 |
979 |
14 |
Northern Iowa |
317 |
334 |
330 |
981 |
15 |
Tennessee St. |
352 |
344 |
369 |
1065 |
Tusculum Individual Scores
Pl |
Player |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total |
T17 |
74 |
77 |
80 |
231 |
|
T25 |
76 |
76 |
81 |
233 |
|
T66 |
88 |
83 |
82 |
253 |
|
80 |
87 |
87 |
91 |
265 |
|
82 |
101 |
86 |
89 |
276 |