University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Women's Golf Opens Spring Season at Amelia Island Collegiate
2/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss women's golf team opens its spring season in the 54-hole, 3rd Annual Amelia Island Collegiate Monday and Tuesday.
The event takes place at the par-72, 6,029-yard Amelia National Golf Club in Fernandina Beach, Fla., and hosted by Jacksonville University. The tournament consists of 36 holes on the opening day, with a final round of 18 holes on Tuesday. The event starts with an 8 am ET shotgun start.
The Golden Eagles look to build on a solid fall season that saw them finish no worse than fourth in any of their four tournaments, which included finishing the season's first half with a team title at the UAB Fall Beach Bash at the Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Junior Kelly Erasmus (Capetown, South Africa) leads the Golden Eagles through the first four tournaments with a 76.3 stroke average, including two Top 10 finishes in the fall and four Top 20 showings.
Fellow junior Devon Spriddle (Lethbridge, Alberta) ranks second on the team with a 76.9 stroke average, while freshman Valentina Haupt (Santiago, Chile) holds the third-best at 77.9.
Southern Miss is part of a 16-team field, including Bradley, Campbell, Cincinnati, Daytona State, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Memphis, North Florida, Tulsa, Winthrop and Wofford.
Live stats for the event are available here.
