The University of Arkansas moved up a spot to No. 13 on a tough scoring day at the SEC women’s championships, and the Razorbacks will need a huge final round today to qualify for match play.
Arkansas shot a 24-over 312 on Thursday on the Legacy Course at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Ala., and is at 42 over for the tournament, five shots ahead of Missouri for last place.
The Razorbacks are 19 shots behind the cut for eighth place, currently held by No. 21 Florida at 23 over.
No. 3 LSU turned in the day’s best round, a 6-over 294 to surge into the lead at 10 over, three shots clear of No. 7 Auburn (+13), nine ahead of No. 4 South Carolina (+19) and 10 strokes ahead of Day 1 leader No. 19 Vanderbilt (+20) and No. 10 Texas A&M.
Senior Julia Gragg in the five position had the Razorbacks’ top score of 4-over 76. Gragg had birdies on three of four holes to sit at 1 over through 10, but carded a triple bogey on the par 3 second hole before finishing up with seven consecutive pars.
Senior Kajal Mistry shot 5 over on Thursday and is tied for 37th place at 9 over with Arkansas junior Miriam Ayora, who had a 6 over. The other counting score was a 9 over from freshman Reagan Zibilski, who was a shot ahead of freshman Meghan Royal.
The top eight teams will be seeded for match play and medalist honors will be given following today’s third round.
Arkansas will tee off from No. 10 at 8:20 a.m. today.