Starting strong — Idaho women’s golf solid through first round

At the time of publication, the Idaho women’s golf team sat at seventh place in the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic on Monday at Fort Collins, Colo.

Vandal junior Kim Leilanie was the team leader through round one with a 72. She was tied for eighth overall.

Although senior Rachel Choi wasn’t far behind at 74 through round one, she was tied for 19th overall.

Rounding out the top five for the Vandals were sophomore Cassie McKinley at 78, junior Kaitlyn Oster at 83 and sophomore Kristin Strankman at 84.

Idaho finished ninth last season at the 2012 Colonel Wollenberg’s Ptarmigan Ram Classic where Kim finished 16th overall with consistent rounds of 74, 75 and 75. The rest of the top five in 2012 was the exact same as this year with Choi, McKinley, Strankman and Oster also competing.

At the time of publication, California led the tournament with a team score of 291. The tournament concludes Tuesday.

Stephan Wiebe can be reached at [email protected]

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