Wobbly start for the Deacs in Palo Alto. WF is the top seed in regional, and the Deacs are currently in a tie for 5th (WF finished round 1; at least one other school ahead of the Lady Deacs could drop behind WF by the time all teams finish). Top 6 teams advance.
Emilia Migliaccio had the individual lead after 12 holes at -5, but finished bogey-bogey-par-double-par-bogey to drop to 23rd (shot 40 on the back). Rachel Kuehn played unevenly finishing round 1 in a tie 44th at +2. No WF player is in the top 20 out of the 95 players in the field.
Still two more rounds to go, but this may have been the worst round of the year for the #3 golf team in the nation.
UPDATE: Deacs finish round 1 in the #3 spot, behind Stanford and VT.
The team was -4 on the front 9 and +10 on the back 9. Really rough finish. Stanford obviously with some home field advantage. Now that we’ve played the course, hopefully the results will be better tomorrow.