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TOPY Cup
Cowgirl Freshman Shoots School Record 65
September 03, 2002 | Cowgirl Golf
Sept. 3, 2002
TANAGURA, Japan - Oklahoma State freshman Karin Sj?d?n shot a school-record 65 in her first action as a collegian, and the Cowgirls took a seven-stroke lead after the first round of the 2002 TOPY Cup U.S.-Japan Intercollegiate Golf Championship here Tuesday.
As a team, OSU shot a seven-under-par 281, while second-place Tohoku Fukushi shot even par. Ohio State, the only other American university in the tournament, shot a five-over 293. N.S.S.U shot a 14-over 302, while Nihon shot a 20-over 308.
Sj?d?n's teammates also fared well. Sophomore Annie Thurman, who won both the Utah Women's State Amateur and the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links this past summer, shot a one-under-par 71, while senior Linda Wessberg was one-stroke back at 72. Cowgirl sophomore Jenny Karr shot a one-over 73, and senior Christi Cano finished with a 77.
Sj?d?n, who shot eight birdies and an eagle during her first collegiate round, also shot three bogeys, including two of the last three holes. She leads second-place T. Kanai by four strokes.
Her 65 is the best single-round score by an individual in school history. The previous record was a 66, shot by Val Skinner at the 1981 Sooner Invitational. The team's score of 281 is also the lowest in Cowgirl history by three strokes. The previous best was a 284 shot at the 1981 Lamar Invitational.
The tournament will continue on Wednesday with another round of 18 holes, and conclude on Thursday with a final round of 18.
2002 TOPY Cup
Tanagura Densha Country Club
Tanagura, Japan
Sept. 3-5, 2002 * par 72 * 6,061 yards
Team Results
1. OKLAHOMA STATE 281 2. Tohoku Fukushi 288 3. Ohio State 293 4. NSSU 302 5. Nihon 308
Individual Results
1. Karin Sj?d?n, Oklahoma State 65 2. T. Kanai, Tohoku Fukushi 69 3. Annie Thurman, Oklahoma State 71 M. Kouyama, Ritsumeikan (Ind.) 71 5. Linda Wessberg, Oklahoma State 72 five others 72
Other OSU Scores
10. Jenny Karr 73 22. Christi Cano 77
