
Mercer Leads After First Round At Brickyard Collegiate
4/6/2025 3:30:00 PM | Women's Golf
Emilia Väistö and Eujin Pyon are co-leaders at 1-over par
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team leads the Brickyard Collegiate after the first round with a team score of 9-over, 297 after Sunday's first round from the Brickyard Golf Club.
Eujin Pyon and Emilia Väistö are co-leaders after they each carded a first round of 1-over, 73. VäistöÂ carded a hole-in-one on the 175-yard par 3, fifth. Her four birdies over her 18 holes were tied for the most in the 63-player field.
"I'm happy with the start we had today," said Mercer head coach Michele Drinkard. "It was a blustery day which made some shots and scoring difficult. We had good energy and I am proud of the fight we showed."
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The Bears have a seven shot lead over second place Seminole State. Mercer had 13 birdies on Sunday which was tied for the most in the 10-team field with Xavier. Mercer had the lowest team score on the par 3's and par 4's as the Bears went 1-over for the day on the par 3's and 10-over on the par 4's which was 11 shots better than the next best team on the par 4's.
Play will resume with the second round on Tuesday at 9 a.m. via a shotgun start.
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* Playing as an individual
Eujin Pyon and Emilia Väistö are co-leaders after they each carded a first round of 1-over, 73. VäistöÂ carded a hole-in-one on the 175-yard par 3, fifth. Her four birdies over her 18 holes were tied for the most in the 63-player field.
"I'm happy with the start we had today," said Mercer head coach Michele Drinkard. "It was a blustery day which made some shots and scoring difficult. We had good energy and I am proud of the fight we showed."
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The Bears have a seven shot lead over second place Seminole State. Mercer had 13 birdies on Sunday which was tied for the most in the 10-team field with Xavier. Mercer had the lowest team score on the par 3's and par 4's as the Bears went 1-over for the day on the par 3's and 10-over on the par 4's which was 11 shots better than the next best team on the par 4's.
Play will resume with the second round on Tuesday at 9 a.m. via a shotgun start.
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TEAM LEADERBOARD | |||||
Pos | Team | +/- | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Total |
1 | Mercer | +9 | 297 | - | 297 |
2 | Seminole State | +16 | 304 | - | 304 |
3 | Xavier | +20 | 308 | - | 308 |
4 | Arkansas State | +24 | 312 | - | 312 |
5 | North Alabama | +25 | 313 | - | 313 |
T6 | Belmont | +26 | 314 | - | 314 |
T6 | Longwood | +26 | 316 | - | 316 |
8 | Winthrop | +28 | 318 | - | 318 |
T9 | West Georgia | +31 | 321 | - | 321 |
T9 | USC Upstate | +31 | 321 | - | 321 |
MERCER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS | |||||
Pos | Player | +/- | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Total |
T1 | Eujin Pyon | +1 | 73 | - | 73 |
T1 | Emilia Väistö | +1 | 73 | - | 73 |
T7 | Katie Scheck | +3 | 75 | - | 75 |
T14 | Mikayla Dubnik | +4 | 76 | - | 76 |
T29 | Analiese Raath | +7 | 79 | - | 79 |
T14 | *Mahima Vurupatur | +4 | 76 | - | 76 |
* Playing as an individual
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