PERU, Ind. – Drury women's golf season ended on Saturday (April 18) at the GLVC Championship at Rock Hollow Golf Course in Peru, Indiana.
 
The 72-par course played 5,918 yards in distance per round. The tournament features a three-round stroke-play format, with the top four teams advancing to medal/match play on Sunday.
 
Drury (+100) finished seventh in the 13-team field. The Panthers finished the first day of the tournament (April 17) in seventh place, unable to make a move in the final round. No. 19 Indianapolis (+26), No. 31 Missouri-St. Louis (+46), Maryville (+70), and Lewis (+77) each advance to Sunday's medal/match play rounds.
 
Ava Ray (Indianapolis) won the GLVC gold medal, shooting three-under over three rounds. Ray's teammate, Paige Giovenco (+4), earned silver and Missouri-St. Louis' Wilma Zanderau earned bronze shooting five-over. Grace Stafford was Drury's top finisher. Stafford shot +18. Chloe Wills ended her freshman campaign with a tied 22nd, shooting +21.
 
TOURNAMENT NOTES

• Grace Stafford jumped 13 spots from day one to day two after she shot a 76 in the final round.
• Chloe Wills shot a team-best 75 in round two.
• Jade Carter moved up seven spots in the third round after she shot an 80.
• Drury had the ninth most birdies in the field with 14 and the fourth most pars with 156.
• Despite the high number of birdies and pars, the Panthers totaled 107 bogeys and 47 double bogeys.
• Since the GLVC adopted its current medal/match-play format on the final day of the tournament in 2023, Drury has made it each year. This is the first time the Panthers will not play for a medal in the GLVC.

LINE UP

7	Drury	964	320	321	323
12	Grace Stafford	234, +18	80, +8	78, +6	76, +4
T22	Chloe Wills	237, +21	77, +5	75, +3	85, +13
T29	Jade Carter	243, +27	81, +9	82, +10	80, +8
T41	Avery Basler	250, +34	82, +10	86, +14	82, +10
T58	Jacie Pattengill	262, +46	86, +14	89, +17	87, +15
63	Avah Ortiz-Harrill	267, +51	82, +10	91, +19	94, +22

 

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