It was Emily McLennan’s world today at the Palmetto Intercollegiate and the Chattanooga Mocs women’s golf team was happy to be in it.
McLennan navigated Turtle Point Golf Course in 67 strokes. The 5 under round is one off current Ladies European Tour pro Christine Wolf’s school record. Her play keyed the Mocs 297 and move into sixth place with 18 holes to play.
“Today was a better day,” coach Colette Murray said. “I think we went out with a better approach (as a team) today than the first day. Obviously Emily had a great day. Hopefully she can finish off the fall on a really high note.”
McLennan had a career-high six birdies on her card. She was 2 under through 12 holes heading to the par 3 fourth. She birdied the next three holes and four of the next five to get to minus six. A bogey on her final hole ended her round with 11 pars and the lone bogey to go with the six birdies. Her 67 was more than 10 shots better than the day’s average tally (77.26).
The round moved her 65 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for 18 with teammate Isabella Loza at 4 over. Loza matched her first round total of 74 as the junior continue to post solid rounds. She’s averaged 74.8 strokes per round over her last five scores.
Megan Woods and Agathe Sauzon completed the team score of 297 shooting 77 and 79, respectively. Woods birdied No. 7 (her 16th hole) to get back to 3 over before a double bogey on eight. Cris Perez had the drop score with an 81.
Coastal Carolina doubled its lead to 12 shots at 4 under (572). The Chanticleers shot 290 today and lead No. 25 GRU Augusta at 584. Furman is third with a 590. College of Charleston individual C.C. Buford is the leader at 5 under (139). CCU’s Malene Krolboll Hansen and Lena Schaeffner are tied for second two shots back at 141.
Chattanooga’s 297 tied for the third-best team score of the day behind CCU (290) and the 25th-ranked Jaguars’ 296. The Mocs are two behind fifth-place Kansas State and nine shy of Kansas in fourth.
The final round tees off Tuesday morning with a shotgun start at 8:45 a.m. The Mocs are joined on the tee by the Jayhawks and Wildcats. The trio opens on holes three through six. Live scoring and pairings are linked above.