May 21, 2011
The fourth and final day of the NCAA Championship is underway in Bryan, Texas, and the Commodores are in a tie for sixth with North Carolina as their final round approaches. Vanderbilt will tee off at 1:30 p.m. off of the first tee with Texas A&M and LSU – Saturday marks the fourth day the Commodores have played with the homestanding Aggies.
Vanderbilt is four strokes behind their playing partners, and five strokes behind third-place Virginia. On the flip side, the Commodores have only a one stroke lead on eighth-place USC, two strokes better than Arkansas, and five strokes better than Alabama and Florida.
Once again, vucommodores.com will be on the course following Vanderbilt around the Traditions Golf Club, and will be chronicing the happenings on the official Twitter site of Vanderbilt athletics, @vucommodores.
Again today, the NCAA will televise the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes on their website, ncaa.com. The link for ncaa.com can be found here.
May 20, 2011
The weather is clearing over Byran, Texas and the golf team will resume play at 5:15 p.m.
The 2011 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships are now in a weather delay at in Bryan, Texas, with the Dores in fourth place with a team total of 17-over par. Vanderbilt trails third-place LSU by two strokes and is four strokes behind second-place Purdue. UCLA leads the championship at five-over par.
So far today, Anna Leigh Keith leads Vanderbilt at two-under par through eight holes, and is in a tie for second individually at two-under par for the tournament with Marta Silva Zamora of Georgia. She trails Austin Ernst of LSU by five strokes – Ernst is one-under par through five holes. Marina Alex is one-under par after back-to-back birdies on seven and eight.
Lauren Stratton is one-over par after making double-bogey on nine and is now at one-over after nine. The Commodores are also counting a four-over par – Rene Sobolewski (through nine) and Megan Grehan (through 10) each are at four-over par so far today.
When play resumes, the Commodores will be on holes nine through 11. Just a reminder that holes 16 through 18 will be live-streamed on video at ncaa.com.
You can also keep up with the action on the course on twitter at @vucommodores
Commodores are at the Traditions Golf Club for their third round at the 2011 Women’s Golf Championships, heading into the day in a tie for fifth place, seven strokes back of first-place UCLA.
Reminder that the 16th, 17th, and 18th holes will be available on a live video feed on ncaa.com here beginning at 2 p.m. CT. The Commodores will probably hit those holes around 3:30 to 4 p.m CT.
Megan Grehan is first off for the Commodores at 12:30 p.m. CT, followed by Lauren Stratton at 12:41, Rene Sobolewski at 12:52, Marina Alex at 1:03, and Anna Leigh Keith at 1:14.
Live stats can be found here. Also, for live coverage from the golf course as it happens, be sure to follow @vucommodores. We’ll be around the course all day following an array of Vanderbilt golfers.
We’ll be back in the clubhouse for another blog update at the turn…stay tuned. Let’s hope for a fun day.
May 19, 2011
Vanderbilt has had a steady first nine holes in their second time around the Traditions Club at the NCAA Championships, and currently sit in a tie for fifth at the turn.
The Commodores are being led by Anna Leigh Keith, who is one-under at the turn heading to number 10. Marina Alex and Rene Sobolewski are both one-over par, Lauren Stratton is at two-over par, and Megan Grehan is three-over.
Vanderbilt has taken advantage of lighter wind conditions in the afternoon wave and held tough in the upper half of the leaderboard. The Commodores have nine to play in overcast, muggy conditions here in Bryan, Texas.
Keep up with the Commodores here on Golfstat, and follow @vucommodores on Twitter for the latest from the course, where we’ve been reporting live for the last two days and will be for the duration of the tournament.
May 18, 2011
Commodores are looking good as the scores continue to roll in. It looks like the morning session was the time to be out on the course…the wind has become somewhat of a challenge for teams still out.
As we wait for results, I shot a roundtable video of our team with Coach Allen and strength and conditioning coach Curtis Turner, who also made the trip out to College Station, and posted it below.
And of course, the talk turned to Coach’s hair…what else? I think there’s no place where he’d rather have the conversation to go.
Vanderbilt is in the clubhouse after the first round of the NCAA Championship with a nine-over par, 297, the fourth-best total of the 12 teams that teed off in the morning wave. The Commodores counted a pair of even-par 72’s from junior Marina Alex and sophomore Anna Leigh Keith, a four-over par 76 from sophomore Lauren Stratton, and a five-over par 77 from freshman Rene Sobolewski.
Alex and Keith finished with three birdies and three bogeys in their round on Wednesday.
Conditions at The Tradition were breezy and warm, with the wind gusting to 15 to 20 mph.
Twelve teams are still on the course.
Check back later for video interviews and a full recap from College Station, Texas.
After finishing a hearty breakfast at 7:30 a.m., the Commodores are now on the practice tee awaiting their tee times at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Bryan, Texas. Vanderbilt begins at 9:06 Central Time off of the 10th tee at the Traditions Golf Club.
Lauren Stratton is first off for Vanderbilt, followed by Megan Grehan at 9:17, Rene Sobolewski at 9:28, Anna Leigh Keith at 9:39, and Marina Alex at 9:50.
NCAA.com has updated their live stats link, and it can be found here.
Also, stay tuned to vucommodores.com for periodic updates throughout the day, and follow @vucommodores on Twitter as we chronicle Vanderbilt’s first round at the Traditions as it happens.