WOMEN’S GOLF FINALIZES DAY ONE OF GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE

Monday, September 19

Waynesville, N.C.

All Day

Radford University

Great Smokies Intercollegiate

Photo by: Justin Thompson

WOMEN’S GOLF FINALIZES DAY ONE OF GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE

9/19/2011 6:26:00 PM | Women's Golf

ROUND ONE RESULTS

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. – Senior Jade Okamoto (Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina) and freshman Alexandra Austin (Burke, Va./Robinson Secondary) each carded a 76 (+4) to complete the first day of the 13th-annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate Monday afternoon.

The two-round event is being played on the par-72, 5,932-yard layout at Waynesville Golf Club and Inn, which was given a four-star rating by Golf Digest.

Entering the final round Tuesday, Okamoto and Austin are tied for 47th in a field of 124 golfers. Not far behind was Kirsty Condon (Lincolnshire, England/Kesteven and Sleaford), who tallied a five-over 77 on the day.

Also factoring in the team scoring is sophomore Paige Reese (South Hill, Va./Park View), who rounded out the first round at six-over 78. As a team, the Highlanders charted a 307 and are just six strokes out of ninth place.

Radford competitors will tee off Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.