.svg){kind=icon}
Anna Morgan - 2023 Landfall Tradition Champion
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Furman senior Anna Morgan (-14) carded her third round in the 60s Sunday to win the 21st Annual Landfall Tradition and set a new Paladin career record for tournament championships at the par 72, 6,194 yard Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
A native of Spartanburg, S.C., Morgan teed off on No. 9 in the morning's shotgun start. She birdied three of four holes from No. 15 to No. 18 to turn at 3-under. After a bogey on No. 3, she birdied two of her next three holes for a team-high five birdies to finish at 3-under on the day and solidify the win. Morgan's 14-under was five strokes better than the runners-up, Alabama's Taylor Kehoe (-9) and Clemson's Annabelle Pancake (-9).
Morgan's victory, the sixth of her career and the 21st while head coach Jeff Hull has been a part of the Furman program, establishes a new Paladin record for career wins. She surpasses Paladins Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper, and Jennifer Perri, who each notched five career wins.
Sophomore Liza Lapeyre (+5) recorded her second-consecutive 72 to tie for 57th. She posted birdies on No. 13 and No. 18. Freshman Audrey Ryu (+6) finished the tournament with a 1-under 71 with four birdies to tie for 60th, and senior Caroline Crumrine (+9) carded a final-round 74 with birdies on No. 2 and No. 10 to tie for 68th. Junior Alise Knudson (+12) recorded her best round of the tournament on Sunday, notching a 71 with four birdies and tying for 77th.
Freshman Kelsi Mauzy (+14), who played as an individual, recorded a career-low 70 with three birdies in the tournament's final round to tie for 77th.
No. 19 Duke (-21) and 16th-ranked Clemson (-21) shot 17-under and 16-under respectively, on Sunday, and the Blue Devils were awarded the team championship by virtue of the fifth player score tiebreaker. No. 14 UCF (-20) finished third, followed by 25th-ranked Arizona (-9) in fourth and 35th-ranked Alabama (-8) in fifth. The Paladins (+1) finished ninth, ahead of Power 5 teams Illinois (+8), No. 33 Maryland (+10), 13th-ranked Purdue (+13), Nebraska (+16), Penn State (+22), and N.C. State (+25).
The Paladins will open the 2024 spring season at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Feb. 4-6.
9 Furman 297 285 283 865 +1
1 Anna Morgan (1) 67 66 69 202 -14
