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| Lady Jags to tee it up in UNCG Starmount Fall Classic |
| Web Posted 10/10/08 |
AUGUSTA,
Ga. --
Fresh off their win at the Eat A Peach Collegiate, the Augusta State Lady Jaguars return to action this weekend in the UNCG Starmount Fall Classic in Greensboro, N.C.
Historic Starmount Forest Country Club is the host venue for the three-day, 54-hole event. Live scoring (after nine holes) will be available at www.golfstat.com. The tournament format includes 18 holes of play on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-14.
UNC Greensboro will serve as host of the tourney, now in its second year of existence. Play gets underway at 8:15 a.m. Sunday morning.
The Lady Jaguar lineup will consist of seniors Emilie Geury, Anna Lindeborg and Mary Carmen Betancourt along with juniors Tamara Luccioli and Sarah Mooney. Luccioli captured her first collegiate victory in the Eat A Peach Collegiate to give ASU a sweep of the awards.
The 17-team field includes ASU, East Carolina, East Tennessee State, Elon, Florida International, Georgia State, Illinois State, James Madison, Miami (Fla.), Mississippi State, UNC Wilmington, South Florida, James Madison, host UNCG, UNC Wilmington, Western Carolina and Winthrop.
Starmount Forest, which formally opened for play on August 1, 1930, was completed with consultation from Perry Maxwell, was renovated in 1971 with consultation from George Cobb and was totally rebuilt in 1999 by Architect Lester George.
Starmount Forest was the inaugural host for the Greater Greensboro Open held in 1938. Sam Snead won that event at the ripe age of 24. Starmount Forest continued its involvement with the GGO (now formally known as the Wyndham Championship) until 1960. In 1947, Starmount Forest held the 1947 Women's U.S. Open. More recently, Starmount Forest hosted the 2001 North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship, the 2004 North Carolina Mid-Am Championship, the 2004 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championships, and the 2007 North Carolina Amateur Championship.
In its inaugural year, the then-36-hole tournament was won by East Carolina. The Pirates opened up a 15-shot lead after the opening round and held off UNCG for an eight-shot win. ECU’s Emelie Lind won the individual title with rounds of 70 and 71 to record a one-shot win over High Point’s Ann Marie Dalton.