MIDDLEBURY, VT. – The Williams Women's golf team came out on top after day two of the George Phinney Golf Classic, hosted by Middlebury College. Ralph Myhre Golf Course showed its toughness yet again, but the Ephs conquered it to provide the program their first win of the 2023-2024 season. The team won narrowly by just one shot over Hamilton College and New York University, who both tied for second. On the individual side, Audrey Tir of Middlebury College finished first, shooting a 72 (+1) for the day and a 152 (+10) total.
Leading the lEph ineup was junior
Gio Kim with a 77 (+6). G. Kim birdied both the 8
th and 17
th holes, two approachable par-4s. Bouncing back from yesterday was sophomore
Victoria Kim, shooting a 79 (+8). V. Kim brought in a much needed birdie on the par-5 1
st, one of her final holes of the day.
Euna Lee followed with an 80 (+9), with a key birdie on the difficult par-3 14
th. Next was first-year
Emma Abramson with an 81 (+10). Abramson had a phenomenal stretch of 6 pars on the front nine, keeping her front nine score lower than most of the field.
Jackie Lu rounded up the team with an 82 (+11). Lu made many pars and kept calm through the difficult conditions. On the individual side,
Natalie Cheong matched Lu with an 82 (+11), with her lone birdie of the day coming on the par-4 third hole.
Abramson commented, "I had a great time playing in my first collegiate event. The team atmosphere was awesome and being able to pull out the win, despite not having our best game, was a nice start to the season. I am excited to get back at it for the home invitational next weekend!"
Head Coach
Tomas Adalsteinsson adds, "We didn't play our best golf today, but I'm proud of the team for winning our first fall event. It's early in the season and it's not easy to start at the Ralph. We will continue to learn from our mistakes and celebrate our accomplishments. Now our focus is on our home invited next weekend and welcoming teams from all across the country to Taconic."
The team's next event will be the Williams Invitational at Taconic Golf Club next weekend.
