Lady Toppers Travel to Florida For Spring Opener

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Women's Golf is headed south to the Sunshine State for its opening event of the spring. The Lady Toppers are set to compete in the Amelia Island Collegiate hosted by Jacksonville University in Fernandina Beach, Fla.

"It's a good field, it should be a good test and a great way for us to start the spring season," said head coach Adam Gary on the opener.

The 54-hole event will be played at the par-72, 6,029-yard Amelia National Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday. A 7 a.m. CT shotgun will start the first round on Monday, leading into a second round with continuous play. Tuesday's final 18 holes will be a 7:30 a.m. CT shotgun start.

WKU is No. 92 on Golfstat's Top-100 rankings headed into the event. The squad is one of 16 teams in the field, outranked only by No. 91 North Florida.

Five Lady Toppers are slated to compete for the Red and White including Megan Clarke, Mary Joiner, Olivia Reed, Abigail Smee and Sarah Arnold. Senior Bailey Tyree will be competing as an individual.

"We didn't play well at this tournament last year, but I think we learned a lot.," said Gary on the event. "We've got some experience at the course because we didn't graduate anyone last year, so everyone should be familiar with it. The only one that I think hasn't played it is Sarah (Arnold), the freshman on the team, so they can help her during the practice round."

In their last event of the fall season, the Lady Toppers took home the team title at the Little Rock Women's Golf Classic, notching Gary's seventh team win at the helm of the program. Joiner finished fourth and Clarke finished sixth at the event, and Joiner currently leads the squad in season stroke average at 73.4.

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Players Mentioned

Sarah Arnold

Megan Clarke

Mary Joiner

Olivia Reed

Abigail Smee

Bailey Tyree