Aurora Kan, the 2010 PIAA champion as a senior at
Chichester, claimed her first collegiate tournament victory Tuesday as the
Purdue junior carded a 2-over 142 total to finish first in the Butler Fall
Invitational held at the Highland Country Club.
Kan’s winning effort also led the Boilermakers to a
first-place finish in the team standings with rounds of 296 and 299 for a 595
total that was 28 shots clear of runnerup and tournament host Butler.
“We’re proud of Aurora and the team,” Purdue assistant coach
Caroline Hegg told the Purdue website. “She overcame a tough day with her irons
with gritty play and a great putter.”
Kan was named the Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week
Wednesday, the first time the three-time Daily
Times Player of the Year has won that
award.
Kan had a pair of 71s over the 6,016-yard, par-70 Highland
Country Club layout to finish two shots ahead of teammate Brooke Beegle, a
sophomore who was playing in her home town of Indianapolis. Beegle opened with
a career-best round of 71 and added a final-round 73.
Junior Johanna Tillstrom added a 153 (77-78) to finish
fifth, her second top-five finish of the young season. Sophomore Vinh-Hoa Ngo
finished 10th with rounds of 79 and 78 for a 157 total and
freshman August Kim bounced back from an
opening-round 84 with a 77 to finish in a tie for 21st at 161.
Dartmouth finishes sixth in Mcdonald Cup
With Sean Fahey, a freshman out of Episcopal Academy, again
coming up with a strong performance, Dartmouth finished sixth Sunday at the
Mcdonald Cup, hosted by Yale on its challenging Yale Golf Course.
Fahey had rounds of 70, 71 and 74 over the 6,789-yard,
par-70 Yale Golf Course layout to finish in a tie for 21st at 5-over
215. He was joined at that figure by another former Inter-Ac League standout as
Brown senior Nelson Hargrove, a Haverford School product, had rounds of 74,71
and 70.
Jeffrey Lang led the way for the Big Green, opening with a
sparkling 68 and following that up with a pair of 71s to finish in a tie for 11th
at even-par 210.
That helped Dartmouth post rounds of 283, 289 and 291 for an
863 total. The Big Green was two strokes back of fifth-place Hartford and four
shots back of fourth-place Rhode Island.
Charlie Cai carded steady rounds of 71, 72 and 71 to finish
a shot ahead of Fahey in a tie for 18th at 4-over 214 for Dartmouth.
Fahey gets to come home for the weekend as the Big Green
will tee it up at Philmont Country Club’s North Course Saturday and Sunday in
the Temple Invitational.
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