The TCU women’s golf team has completed two rounds of action at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Junior Rachel Raastad’s 74 led No. 30 TCU into a tie with Florida State for fourth place out of 18 teams after Sunday’s opening round.
The Horned Frogs’ 303 was 17 strokes behind leader and top-ranked Alabama. With a 2-under-par 286, the Crimson Tide had a 14-shot advantage over No. 5 Purdue and No. 25 Iowa State.
Raastad had two birdies and was tied for 13th individually after round one Sunday.
Senior Melissa Loh and freshman Sanna Nuutinen carded 75s for TCU and were tied for 16th. Loh’s team-best three birdies came in a six-hole stretch.
Alabama’s Camilla Lennarth shot a 2-under 70 and sits atop the leaderboard by one stroke over three players. Raastad is four shots back.
On Monday, the TCU women shot a 311 as a team, dropping them to a tie for 8th overall with a 614 total score.
Melissa Loh was the only TCU golfer to improve on her score from Monday, shooting a team-low 74.
Loh moved into a tie for 13th with “Bama’s Jennifer Kirby and Purdue’s Paula Reto. Kirby and Reto are ranked in the national top 100.
Raastad fell to a tie for 16th overall after shooting a 76 Monday. She is tied with Kent State’s Sarah Bradley, SMU’s Amy Ruengmateekhun, and Auburn’s Haley Wilson.
Up Next
The third and final round of action takes place today, with all players teeing off at 7:30 a.m.
Live scoring updates and full coverage can be found at golfstat.com.
Going into play today, team scores stack up as follows:
1. No.1 Alabama &- 584
2. No. 29 Iowa State &- 593
3. No. 44 Florida State &-
598
4. No. 6 Purdue &- 602
5. No. 10 Georgia &- 610
T6. No. 23 Kent State &- 612
T6. No. 42 Northwestern
&- 612
T8. No. 17 Oklahoma – 614
T8. No. 33 TCU &- 614
10. SMU &- 618
11. No. 27 Oregon &- 620
12. Texas Tech &- 621
13. Michigan &- 622
14. No. 16 Auburn &- 623
15. North Carolina State &-
626
16. Indiana University &-
627
17. No. 45 Oklahoma State
&- 628
18. Penn State &- 638
Leaderboard courtesy of
golfstat.com
