Alabama Women’s Golfer Benedetta Moresco Wins Italian Stroke Play Championship
6/20/2021 2:10:00 PM | Women's Golf
The rising sophomore led wire-to-wire, recording an 11-under-par 277 through four rounds
MONTEROSI, Italy – University of Alabama women's golfer Benedetta Moresco garnered the Isa Goldschmid Trophy Sunday morning, after leading the Italian Stroke Play Championship wire-to-wire in Monterosi, Italy, June 17-20.
Competing at the Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed Golf Club Terre dei Consoli (par 72, 6,550 yards), the rising sophomore from Caldogno, Italy, recorded scores of 70, 65, 73 and 69 to force a lead after each round of the championship and turn in an 11-under-par 277 scorecard. Her final score was six shots better than second place.
Moresco is coming off a showstopper season at the Capstone, earning 2021 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year and All-SEC First Team honors, leading the Crimson Tide with a 71.72 stroke average through 18 rounds of golf. She stood her ground in Golfstat's individual top 50 all season, while her best all-around performance came at the Gamecock Intercollegiate this spring, earning marks of 70, 70 and 74 (2-under-par 214) to finish tied for third place.
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- Earned 2021 SEC Freshman of the Year honor
- Named to the 2021 First-Team All SEC
- Named to the SEC 2021 All-Freshman team
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 7, 2021
- Completed her freshman season at the 2021 NCAA Championship (79-75-77/231)
- Finished tied for 25th at the SEC Championship (71-70-71/212)
- Finished tied for sixth and recorded her fourth consecutive top-10 finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic (70-73-73/216)
- Tied for 10th and recorded her third consecutive top-10 finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (68-78-74/220)
- Finished tied for third and earned her second consecutive top-five finish at the Gamecock Intercollegiate (70-70-74/214)
- Placed fifth in Gators Invitational (73-67-70/210)
- Finished tied for 37th in Moon Golf Invitational (70-73-76/219)
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