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Blue Devils On Top After First Round Of Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic
3/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 25, 2002
The Duke University women's golf team holds a seven stroke advantage after the opening round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic. The Blue Devils posted a 297 in the first round at Barton Creek Lakeside as Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) fired two-over rounds of 73.
Hannemann, the 2001 national champion, opened with a 38 on the front side, before responding with the third lowest backside total at 35. Engstrom recorded at front side score of 36 with a 37 on the back nine.
Hannemann and Engstrom are in second place individually, five strokes behind Janice Olivencia of Texas. Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) opened the tournament with a 74 and sits in sixth place overall.
Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) is 15th overall after shooting a six-over 77. Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) and Maria Garcia-Estrada (Tenerife, Spain) posted an 85 and an 87, respectively for the Blue Devils.
Team Scores 1. Duke 297 2. Texas 304 3. Ohio State 307 4. Oklahoma 308 5. Arizona 315 Tulsa 315 7. Vanderbilt 317 8. Oklahoma State 318 9. TCU 320 10. Missouri 323 11. Northwestern 329 12. Texas Tech 336 13. Southern Methodist 337 14. UNLV 340
Individual Scores 1. Janice Olivencia (Texas) -3 2. Elin Ohlsson (Missouri) +2 Meredith Ward (Vandy) +2 Candy Hannemann (Duke) +2 Kristina Engstrom (Duke) +2 6. Virada Nirapathpongporn (Duke) +3 7. Brooke Tull (TCU) +4 Lisa Meldrum (Oklahoma) +4 Allison Hanna (Ohio State) +4 10. Emma Zackrisson (Ok. State) +5 Kristen White (Ohio State) +5 Allison Johnson (Oklahoma) +5 Dani Mallon (Tulsa) +5 Wendy Martin (Oklahoma) +5
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