Big Green Stand Second After Opening Round of Columbia Invitational

Saturday, February 10

Duran Golf Club, Melbourne, Fla.

Dartmouth College

Columbia Classic

Caroline Chung competing for women's golf at the Quinnipiac Classic

Photo by: Brian Foley

Big Green Stand Second After Opening Round of Columbia Invitational

2/10/2024 6:51:00 PM | Women's Golf

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First-year Caroline Chung is tied for fifth at 1-under-71

By: Justin Lafleur

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Dartmouth women's golf team opened its spring season with a strong performance in Saturday's opening round of the Columbia Classic. The Big Green shot +5 (293) over the opening 18 holes, tied for second out of 16 schools competing, just four strokes behind first-place Old Dominion.

Individually, first-year Caroline Chung was Dartmouth's top finisher on day one, finishing with three birdies and shooting 1-under-par-71 for the day. She is tied for fifth entering Sunday.

"It was a solid start," said Alex Kirk, Dartmouth's Carolyn A. Pelzel '54a Head Coach of Women's Golf. "Very happy to get out of Leverone (Field House) and start well. Two more rounds with strong winds expected. We look forward to competing; we need to keep playing our game."

Senior Penelope Tir wasn't far behind Chung, standing in a tie for eighth. She shot even par 72 on Saturday, which included four birdies. Sophomore Sophie Thai is tied for 19th at 2-over-74, including five birdies.

Rounding out the Big Green were senior Katherine Sung tied for 36th (4-over-76), sophomore Hope Hall tied for 74th (9-over-81) and junior Claire Xu tied for 83rd (11-over-83).

Dartmouth stands ahead of three other Ivy league teams participating in the Columbia Invitational. Yale is in fifth (9-over-297), Columbia stands 10th (14-over-302) and Princeton is 15th (23-over-311).

Dartmouth returns to the course on Sunday for the middle 18 holes of the 54-hole tournament.