University of Illinois
Briar's Creek Invitational
Nowlin, Wang Earn Top-10 Finishes at Briar’s Creek Invitational
March 16, 2021 | Women's Golf
Recap
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — Illinois senior Tristyn Nowlin had her best round of the year Tuesday, firing a 4-under 68 en route to a tied for eighth place finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational. Nowlin and Illinois' Crystal Wang both finished at +4 and in eighth for the tournament, as the Illini team finished in 11th (+38).
Nowlin used five birdies Tuesday to finish +4 for the 54-hole, two-day event. Wang had rounds of 73-76-71 to get to 220 (+4) for the tournament, her second top-10 finish of the season (5th, Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate).
Reena Sulkar was Illinois' third-best finisher with a 30th-place showing at +9. She was even par during the final 18 holes to help Illinois go +3 on the day, the team's best round of the tournament.
The host College of Charleston won the event at +9 and had the individual winner Viktoria Hund, who finished -6.
Illinois is back in tournament play March 26-28 at the Clemson Invitational at Reserve Club at Lake Keowee in Sunrise, S.C.. Nowlin is scheduled to play as an individual in the Augusta National Women's Amateur March 31-April 3 at Champions Retreat (Rounds 1-2) and Augusta National (Round 3).
| Place | Player | RD1 | RD2 | RD3 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8 | Tristyn Nowlin | +7 | +1 | -4 | +4 |
| T8 | Crystal Wang | +1 | +4 | -1 | +4 |
| T30 | Reena Sulkar | +6 | +3 | E | +9 |
| T74 | Isabel Sy | +9 | +4 | 8 | +21 |
| 90 | Sarah Hauenstein | +16 | +10 | +11 | +37 |
Monday's Recap
The Illinois women's golf team is in 10th place after the first day of the Briar's Creek Invitational at The Golf Club at Briar's Creek. Illinois had 3-5 holes remaining of the 36-hole day when tournament play was suspended at 6:25 p.m. CT due to darkness.
Crystal Wang is tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard at +5 overall through 14 holes of round two. She is six strokes off the leader's pace, as host College of Charleston's Viktoria Hund is 1-under.
Tristyn Nowlin and Reena Sulkar were both +9 on the day to sit in 36th place. Illinois' fourth scorer Isabel Sy is +12 and tied for 53rd place.
Play will resume Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. CT, first finishing the second round, then continuing through the final round with a shotgun start at approximately 8 a.m. CT. College of Charleston leads the team leaderboard at +8.
