Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina women's golf returns to action in Zoo City, competing in the Tot Hill Farm Invitational in Asheboro, N.C., on Monday and Tuesday. The two-day, 54-hole event is hosted by the College of Charleston for a third season, with the Cougars taking the first two tournament team titles.
Monday's action includes 36 holes of continuous play with set tee times off both the front and back nine beginning before 8 a.m. The final round is scheduled for Tuesday at the par-72, 6,023-yard Tot Hill Farm Golf Club.
Live scoring of each round is available online through
the Scoreboard app, powered by Clippd.
The Catamounts are joined in the 12-team field by the host CofC Cougars, Campbell, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Elon, Old Dominion, Radford, Tennessee Tech, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington, and Wofford.
Riding momentum from a third-place showing to lead the squad to fifth at the Elon Invitational, junior
Elsa Maren Steinarsdôttir leads the Catamount scoring five into competition on Monday. The Akranes, Iceland, product finished tied for 24th at the same event a season ago to lead WCU to a 10th-place finish in the weather-shortened event.
Freshmen
Marissa Scaletta from Belton, S.C., and
Kelsey Haverluck out of Westfield, Ind., are seeded second and third, respectively. Scaletta led the Catamounts in the season-opening event at Clemson in a 12th-place tie, while Haverluck came home in a tie for 25th overall last time out at Elon.
Rounding out the Catamount lineup are junior
Annalee Caveney, who has competed in WCU's first two appearances at the Tot Hill Farm Invitational, while Apex, N.C., rookie
Julia Capellini is seeded fifth.
Paired with golfers from WCU head coach
Anne Marie Covar's alma mater, Wofford, the Catamounts open play on the back nine beginning at 9:20 a.m.
(Tot Hill Farm Invitational - Tee Times)
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