PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – UNCG Greensboro (UNCG) student-athletes Tara Bettle and Hailey Joy are among the top-15 individually following the first day of the Golfweek Challenge Sunday afternoon.
 
It was the UNCG women's golf program season-opening event of the 2021-22 campaign.
 
Information
Course: Caledonia Golf Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Par/Yardage: 71/6,032

From the Scorecard

• Graduate student Bettle and senior Joy sit tied for 13^th after shooting a one-over 72.
• Bettle, from Berlin, Germany, had three birdies in the first round, two on the front nine and one on the back nine.
• Joy shot one-under 35 on the back nine and two-over on the front nine to bring her total to 72.
• Joy and Anna Bowman had two birdies on the day, as Bowman saw them on the second and seventh holes.
• Out of the 100 individuals on the course, Bowman shot a four-over 75, placing her tied for 43rd.
• Freshman Grace Holcomb is tied for 52nd overall with a five-over 76, including a birdie in her first-collegiate appearance in the Blue & Gold.
• Sophomore Victoria Cook notched her first birdie of the season on the eighth hole. 
• The Spartans are ninth overall with a round one total of 295.
• UNCG is currently behind Elon University and East Carolina University, both tied for seventh with a total of 294.
• Four strokes set the difference between UNCG and Delaware, who is currently 10^th.

From Head Coach Ashley Leonard
"I was very pleased with how we started today. We talked last night about making good decisions and plotting our way around the course and I felt like we did a good job with that. We came out loose and relaxed and had some fun today.  With two more rounds to go we are in good position to climb up the leaderboard."

UP NEXT
UNCG will compete in day two of the Golfweek Challenge tomorrow, Monday, September 13 for the second of three rounds in the tournament.