Kaylin Yost named top Big South women’s golfer for second-straight week
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – After winning her first collegiate tournament, Kaylin Yost of Campbell University has been named Choice Hotels Big South Conference women's golfer of the week.
The honor is the second-straight for Yost, who was the lone golfer in the 101-player field to finish under par at the James Madison Eagle Landing Invitational (Mar. 9-11) at Eagle Landing Golf Club in Orange Park, Fla.
Yost fired a collegiate career-low, five-under-par 67 in the opening round, then shot consecutive 74s in the second and third rounds to finish the event at 215, one stroke better than a trio of golfers. She led the Camels to their 8th top-5 finish in 9 tournaments this year.
In last Friday's opening round at Eagle Landing, Yost played the back nine holes at 6-under, including birdies on each of her final 3 holes. That outing tied for the 2nd-lowest in school history and matched the school record for most strokes below par (5) in a round.
Yost's 67 also tied teammate Lisbeth Brooks (Golfweek Program Challenge) and Gardner-Webb's Lauren Smith for lowest round of the year by a Big South player.
Her 36-hole total (141) was 2 shots off the school record (tied for 4th-best ever) and her 54-hole tally is tied for the 6th-best in program history. She notched a tournament-leading 15 birdies over 3 rounds and played the par-five holes at four-under.
Yost lowered her stroke average to 75.27, best among all Big South golfers, and notched her fourth top-10 showing in the last 5 tournaments. She became the 21st player in Campbell women's golf history (which dates to the 1989-90 season) to win an intercollegiate tournament.
In addition, her victory propelled Yost into 184th place on the latest Golfstat Cup national standings.
The Big South honor marked the second-straight week that Yost was recognized by the league office. The Pembroke Pines, Fla., resident tied for 4th at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (Mar. 5-6).
All five of Campbell's regular starters rank among the top 9 Big South golfers in stroke average heading into the team's next tournament, Mar. 26-27 at the Georgia State John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate.
Michelle Koh (75.76) stands 3rd on the scoring average list, while Lisbeth Brooks (76.32) is 6th, Brooke Bellomy (76.68) 7th and Teresa Urquizu (76.88) 9th.
Campbell is ranked 67th in this week's Golfweek national listing and 66th in the Golfstat.com NCAA head-to-head ratings.
