Women Finish FAU Winter Warmup in Sixth

Monday, February 18

Boca Raton, Fla. (Osprey Point GC)

All Day

Dartmouth College

Second Day FAU

Freshman Kaitlyn Lees shook off a rough first round to card a 3-over 75 on Monday.

Photo by: Bryan LaFountaine

2/18/2019 1:10:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

Lees and Cheong both card a 3-over 75 in the final round to lead the Big Green

By: Rick Bender

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Freshman Kaitlyn Lees and sophomore Moon Cheong both carded a 3-over 75 in the second and final round of the FAU Winter Warmup as Dartmouth finished the tournament in sixth out of the seven competing teams with a 622 (+46). Tennessee, ranked 37th in the nation, cruised to the victory by 41 strokes over host Florida Atlantic with a 17-under 559.

While Cheong could not defend her title at this event, she did put together two solid rounds to tie for seventh at 4-over par (148). Today she dropped a birdie on the par-3 third hole before recording a couple of bogeys and a double the rest of the way for a 75 (+3) on the day.

Lees recovered from a rough opening round to match Cheong with her own 75, sinking one birdie on the par-5 12th hole. She added 14 pars to her ledger and three bogeys to end the tournament in a tie for 30th at 16-over par (160) with two of her teammates, senior Catharine Roddy and junior Maddie Nelson.

Roddy matched her first-round score with an 8-over 80 today, and freshman Kristen Chen, who was one stroke behind the Big Green trio in a tie for 34th, also carded an 80 on this day to finish Dartmouth's 22-over 310 in the final round.

Tennessee's Mariah Smith fended off two of her teammates by one stroke to earn medalist honors with a 67-70—137 (-7). Tai Barber of host FAU was the only other golfer to beat par with a 3-under 141 in fourth.

Dartmouth will have a month off from tournaments before teeing it up again during spring break at the Morehead State Spring Citrus Challenge on March 17-19 at Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Florida.