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Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational
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Kuehn Makes History, Deacs Lead Field after Second Day of Tar Heel Invite
10/16/2021 5:22:00 PM | Women's Golf
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Wake Forest women's golf team sits at the top of the team leaderboard and Rachel Kuehn leads all players in the field heading into tomorrow's final round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite.
Rachel Kuehn shot a career-low 63 in the second round. That mark puts her at the top of the all-time list for lowest 18-hole score in program history, knocking off current LPGA member Jennifer Kupcho's 64 from the 2018 NCAA Regional. The score is also the lowest ever recorded at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite, which has been played since 1976. Kuehn recorded nine birdies on the day and zero bogeys during her record-breaking round, with four on the first nine and five on the second nine. She leads the field by three strokes, ahead of Clemson's Melena Barrientos and Duke's Erica Shepherd, who are each at eight under.
Mimi Rhodes fired off her best round of the event so far in the second round, finishing the day with a two-under score of 70 to put her at three under for the event. Three birdies and two bogeys gave her the one-under edge at the turn, and she ended her round after a birdie on 17 to finish two-under for the day. Rhodes is currently inside the top 15 at T11.
Virunpat Olankitkunchai continued her steady play, shooting even par for the second round to remain at even par for the event and is currently T27. Carolina Chacarra also registered an even-par 72 in the second round and remains inside the top 20 at T17.
Lauren Walsh improved from her one-over first round with an even-par second round. She remains one over for the event and is T33 heading into the final day. Playing as an individual, Vanessa Knecht shot one over par in the second round after shooting even par for the first. She sits T33 next to Walsh at one over for the event.
Sunday's final round will begin with a shotgun at 8:45. Wake Forest will go off holes one, two and three and Knecht will go off hole 16.
Team leaderboard
Wake Forest Leaderboard
Rachel Kuehn shot a career-low 63 in the second round. That mark puts her at the top of the all-time list for lowest 18-hole score in program history, knocking off current LPGA member Jennifer Kupcho's 64 from the 2018 NCAA Regional. The score is also the lowest ever recorded at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite, which has been played since 1976. Kuehn recorded nine birdies on the day and zero bogeys during her record-breaking round, with four on the first nine and five on the second nine. She leads the field by three strokes, ahead of Clemson's Melena Barrientos and Duke's Erica Shepherd, who are each at eight under.
Mimi Rhodes fired off her best round of the event so far in the second round, finishing the day with a two-under score of 70 to put her at three under for the event. Three birdies and two bogeys gave her the one-under edge at the turn, and she ended her round after a birdie on 17 to finish two-under for the day. Rhodes is currently inside the top 15 at T11.
Virunpat Olankitkunchai continued her steady play, shooting even par for the second round to remain at even par for the event and is currently T27. Carolina Chacarra also registered an even-par 72 in the second round and remains inside the top 20 at T17.
Lauren Walsh improved from her one-over first round with an even-par second round. She remains one over for the event and is T33 heading into the final day. Playing as an individual, Vanessa Knecht shot one over par in the second round after shooting even par for the first. She sits T33 next to Walsh at one over for the event.
Sunday's final round will begin with a shotgun at 8:45. Wake Forest will go off holes one, two and three and Knecht will go off hole 16.
Team leaderboard
| Team | Round One | Round Two | Total |
| 1 Wake Forest | 283 | 277 | 560 (-16) |
| 2 Virginia Tech | 282 | 282 | 564 (-12) |
| 3 Clemson | 285 | 280 | 565 (-11) |
| 4 Michigan | 285 | 285 | 570 (-6) |
| T5 Vanderbilt | 286 | 287 | 573 (-3) |
| T5 Duke | 286 | 287 | 573 (-3) |
| T5 Alabama | 286 | 287 | 573 (-3) |
| 8 Kentucky | 284 | 290 | 574 (-2) |
| T9 North Carolina | 289 | 288 | 577 (+1) |
| T9 Mississippi State | 293 | 284 | 577 (+1) |
| 11 Michigan State | 296 | 285 | 581 (+5) |
| 12 Furman | 290 | 295 | 585 (+9) |
| T13 UNCW | 295 | 293 | 588 (+12) |
| T13 NC State | 295 | 293 | 588 (+12) |
| 15 Ohio State | 298 | 291 | 589 (+13) |
| 16 Maryland | 299 | 291 | 590 (+14) |
| 17 SMU | 297 | 294 | 591 (+15) |
| 18 Rollins College | 301 | 295 | 596 (+20) |
| 19 North Carolina B | 300 | 309 | 609 (+33) |
Wake Forest Leaderboard
| Player | Round One | Round Two | Total |
| 1 Rachel Kuehn | 70 | 63 | 133 (-11) |
| T11 Mimi Rhodes | 71 | 70 | 141 (-3) |
| T17 Carolina Chacarra | 70 | 72 | 142 (-2) |
| T27 Virunpat Olankitkunchai | 72 | 72 | 144 E |
| T33 Lauren Walsh | 73 | 72 | 145 (+1) |
| T33 Vanessa Knecht* | 72 | 73 | 145 (+1) |
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