Kent State University
ICON Invitational
No. 5 Women’s Golf Wins ICON Invitational
2/25/2020 3:34:00 PM | Women's Golf
THE WOODLANDS, Texas- The No.5 Kent State women's golf team won its fifth tournament of the season by a seven-stroke margin on Tuesday at the ICON Invitational, hosted by Houston at The Woodlands Country Club.
"This team just continues to be tough down the stretch and when it matters most," said head coach Lisa Strom. "We got off to a great start with six birdies early and continued to keep the gas pedal down."
The Flashes turned in a 10-under par three-round total of 854 (290-287-277) to capture the event while having three golfers finish under par and in the top-5. Purdue placed second with a 3-under par total of 861, while No. 37 Texas A&M finished third with an even-par 864.
Freshman Caley McGinty shot her lowest round of the tournament in Tuesday's round with a 68 (-4). McGinty carded four birdies and had no holes over par in the final 18 holes en route to finish in third place at 211 (-5).
Senior Pimnipa Panthong also shot her lowest score in the final round of 68 (-4) after she went 17 holes for par or better with five birdies. Panthong finished in fourth place overall with a 212 (-4) score. Junior Chloe Salort turned in a 69 (-3) for her final round after carding four birdies. Salort finished tied for fifth at 213 (-3).
Senior Karoline Stormo finished tied for 21st at 219 (+3) after completing her final round with a 72 (E) score, while junior Kory Nielsen finished tied for 39th at 222 (+6) after posting a 72 (E) in the final round.
"I'm proud of how Caley, Pim, and Chloé took the lead this week and just kept climbing. I've said this from our first week together, this is a special group. It was a total team effort to separate ourselves from the pack, and I couldn't be more proud of their determination and toughness."
Kent State led the tournament on par 4 holes (+6) and in pars (193), while -4 on par 3 holes which was second-best. Salort's 43 pars were the highest total of any individual.
Kent State will return to action on March 14-15 as the Flashes will compete in the Valspar Augusta Invitational, hosted by Augusta University.
1 Kent State 290 287 277 854
3 Caley McGinty 69 74 68 211
4 Pimnipa Panthong 74 70 68 212
T5 Chloe Salort 72 72 69 213
T20 Karoline Stormo 75 72 72 219
T39 Kory Nielsen 77 73 72 222
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