The North Carolina women's golf team ended the second and last day of the 18-team Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, finishing in 16th place with a score of 21 over par with a stroke score of 873.
What happened?
Round one started out poorly for the Tar Heels as they finished with a score of 290 — which was tied for 13th — but there was promise as two of the Tar Heels finished under par.
However, round two was the Tar Heels' worst performance of the tournament with a final score of 296 and all of the Tar Heels finished above par. The potential that the Tar Heels had to possibly move up the rankings seemed to diminish as they stood at 16th in the rankings, 33 shots behind first-place Ole Miss. The team did have some potential to move up the rankings, though, as it sat only seven shots behind 13th-placed Kentucky.
The Tar Heels would have their best round of the tournament in the third round, shooting a 287 with a player under par and three others within two shots of par. Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, the teams around them in the rankings improved their game by similar margins and UNC was not able to move further up the rankings, which resulted in the 16th-place finish.
Who stood out?
Senior Krista Junkkari was the standout performer of the tournament for the Tar Heels, shooting a two-under par with an overall score of 211. She also finished under par in two of the rounds with a score of 69 in round one and 70 in round three. Adding in her round two score of 72, she finished with a score of 211, tying her for 21st out of 96 competitors.
First-year Megan Streicher was the other Tar Heel to finish a round under par with a score of 70 in the first round, and she was also one of only five players in the tournament to record an eagle. Streicher would finish nine over par for the third-best score out of all the Tar Heels with 222.
