SANDESTIN, Fla.—Sophomore Dounia Bezzari placed 21st while McKazlyn Payne placed 45th, and the Oglethorpe women's golf team took 12th Tuesday at the Golfweek October Classic. The event featured 54 holes across Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, taking place at The Links Golf Club at Sandestin.
Bezzari, who highlighted her event with an eagle of the par 5 ninth on day three, fired rounds of 83-77-74 to finish six strokes out of the top 10. Payne shot 84-77-79 which landed her in the top 50, six strokes behind Bezzari.
Macie Stefano and Hailey Moffett followed next in the Oglethorpe lineup in the top 75, with Stefano taking 69th and Moffett taking 73rd.
As a team, the Stormy Petrels made improvements across all three rounds. After opening with a 338 on day one, the team turned it around to shoot 319 on Monday then 314 on Tuesday. The Petrels moved up two spots on the team leaderboard after their final round.
Tournament Notes
- Oglethorpe ranked in the top 10 in par 3, par 4 and par 5 scoring. The team also ranked 10th in birdies with 19 and 12th in pars with 128.
- Bezzari shot even par on the par 5's, ranking seventh.
- Payne shot 2 over on the par 3's, ranking 15th.
Up Next
Oglethorpe wraps the fall at the Chick-fil-A Invitational hosted by Berry in Rome, Georgia, Sunday-Monday, Nov. 1-2. The next event after that will be in the spring when the team opens at Savannah Harbor Course in March.
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