BRUNSWICK, Me. –
Amanda Phillips '28 led the Wesleyan women's golf team this weekend, recording multiple team records, while finishing as the co-medalist at the Polar Bear Shootout hosted by Bowdoin. Wesleyan finished in 10
th place out of 14 teams with a 310-313-623 (+39) in the 36-hole tournament.
Phillips had the best weekend of her collegiate career, carding a 69-74-143 (-3) to finish in a tie for first place on the player leaderboard. Phillips' opening round 69 (-4) led the entire field going into Sunday and is the lowest 18-hole stroke and scoring total in program history. She followed with a 74 (+1) on Sunday to finish with a two-day scoring and stroke total team record for Wesleyan while finishing in a tie with Season Wei of Middlebury for first place on the player leaderboard. Phillips is just the second Cardinal in program history to finish atop the player leaderboard in a tournament, joining Danielle Landis who won the 2022 Williams Classic.
The record-breaking 69 in Round 1 featured a staggering six birdies while she went for a 32-stroke total across the back nine wherein she finished -3 over those nine holes. Phillips followed with one birdies, two bogies, and 15 pars on Sunday while she went on a 12-hole streak shooting par or better in Round 2.
Next to finish for the Cardinals was
Katherine Liu '30 who went 79-78-157 (+11) in her first collegiate tournament, good enough for a tie for 40
th place overall. Liu totaled two of her three birdies in Round 2 action and shot even par across the front 9 in both rounds.
Mia Holbrook '27 shaved seven strokes off her Round 1 total, finishing 84-77-161 (+15) to finish in a tie for 58
th place. Holbrook totaled 13 pars on Sunday in Round 2.
Grace Wu '29 shot 82-84-166 (+20) while
Crissy Murphy '30 went 80-90-170 (+24) for the weekend while she finished with five birdies over the two rounds which was the second-most birdies on the team.
The Cardinals are back in action on Sept. 19-20 with a trip to Middlebury for the George Phinney Classic.
