Women's Golf, Williams Take Home Titles at River Landing Classic

Monday, March 7

River Landing Golf Club | Wallace, N.C.

James Madison University

River Landing Classic

Women's Golf, Williams Take Home Titles at River Landing Classic

3/8/2022 3:48:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

WALLACE, N.C. - Sophomore Amelia Williams earned her first collegiate individual victory and redshirt sophomore Kendall Turner carded the lowest round in program history on Tuesday, as the pair led the James Madison women's golf team to the team title at the River Landing Classic, hosted by UNCW at the par-72, 6,026-yard River Landing River Course.

The Dukes, who took home their second team trophy of the season against a strong 14-team field, erased a six-shot deficit on the back nine with a final-round 285 (-3), staving off a charge from second-place East Carolina to finish at 866 (+2) for the week as ECU carded 867 (+3). JMU's final round is tied for the third-lowest in program history, the final 866 is the second lowest 54-hole score ever.

Williams took home the first collegiate medal of her young career with a consistent performance, shooting 72-69 on Monday's two rounds to take the individual lead. On Tuesday, she rebounded from back-to-back bogeys with four straight birdies down the stretch to post a final-round 70 (-2) and seal the win at 211 (-5), two shots ahead of second place.

Turner posted a remarkable turnaround of her own after shooting 71-79 on the opening day, as she closed her week with a bogey-free 66 (-6) that marked the lowest single round in program history, surpassing a 67 (-5) from Williams at last year's ECU Easter Invitational. The performance vaulted her 25 spots up the 78-player leaderboard and into a tie for third on the week at 216 (E).

Freshman Tatum Walsh picked up her second top-20 finish in a row, tying for 16th on the week at 74-72-74 (+4). Redshirt junior Kate Owens (74-71-83) tied for 46th on the week, while senior Carly Lyvers (79-78-75) capped the JMU scoring with a crucial final round that lifted her into a tie for 59th.

NOTES FROM THE COURSE
- The victory marks the Dukes second win of the season, marking the first time since the 2004-05 campaign that JMU has won two stroke play events in a single season.
- Williams' winning score of 5-under 211 marks the third-best 54-hole score in program history.
- With their performances this week, Owens and Turner now have 12 and 11 respective rounds of par or better this season, most and second-most in JMU history. Turner also tallied her 19th career round of par or better, trailing only Owens' 27 in the JMU record book.
- The Dukes now have a 292.17 scoring average for the season, eclipsing last year's schools record of 301.52 by more than nine shots per round.
- JMU now has eight team rounds of par or better this season after entering the year with four such rounds in program history.
- Turner, Williams and Owens are now responsible for seven of the 12 lowest single rounds to par in program history and the three lowest 54-hole scores ever recorded at JMU.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back in action at the end of the month, traveling to Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. to take part in the Chattanooga Classic on March 27-29. GolfStat will provide live scoring of the event.