Alabama in 12th after Day One of Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Sunday, February 3

Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

TBD

Alabama

Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Alabama in 12th after Day One of Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

2/3/2019 8:07:00 PM | Women's Golf

Live Scoring Round One Results Round Two Tee Times

Crimson Tide cards opening round 307 in 16-team field which features 13 squads ranked among the top-35 in the country

PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The Alabama women's golf team opened the spring campaign on Sunday afternoon at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, carding an opening round score of 307 on the par-71, 6,017-yard Palos Verdes Golf Club. The Crimson Tide will enter the second round in a tie for 12^th overall in the 16-team field, which features nine teams ranked on the Golfstat.com top-15 and 13 among the top-35 teams in the nation.

Alabama, ranked fifth in the nation in Golfstat's spring season rankings, was led on the day by junior Jiwon Jeon, who carded an opening round of 2-over par 73 and is in a tie for 11^th overall entering Monday's second round. Sophomore Angelica Moresco is also among the top-20 individuals after day one, shooting a 4-over 75 to end the round in a tie for 17^th position.

Junior Kenzie Wright is in a tie 30^th with an 18-hole total of 5-over par 76, while freshmen Carolina Caminoli (83) and Mary Mac Trammell (84) round out the Crimson Tide starters.

UCLA, ranked No. 12 in the nation, leads the field after Sunday's opening round of action with a 7-over par 291, four strokes ahead of No. 13 Stanford (295). Second-ranked Texas is in third at 298, while No. 1 USC and tournament host Ohio State are tied for fourth with each carding a 15-over 299, rounding out the top-five teams.

Second round action begins on Monday morning with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. CT). Alabama will be paired alongside No. 8 Arizona State, No. 19 Washington and No. 20 Florida State. Live scoring throughout the event can be found at GolfStat.com.

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