Jamieson cards season-best score in Buckeyes’ final tournament of fall season
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The Highland County Press-
Ohio State University freshman and former Hillsboro standout Kristin Jamieson achieved her season- and career-best score for the Buckeyes’ women’s golf team in their final tournament of the fall 2019 season.
In the White Sands Invitational in the Bahamas, “Jamieson carded a 1-over-par 73 in the final round and held on to her 34th-place finish” out of 82 competitors, according to a press release on ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
“The freshman shot a 5-over-par 221 at the tournament, which is a career- and season-best,” the press release said.
The Buckeyes team finished 12th as a team, and Jamieson tied for the second-highest placer of her teammates in the invitational.
“The White Sands Invitational wrapped up the fall season for the Ohio State women’s golf team,” according to Ohio State University. “The Buckeyes will return to action Feb. 9-11, 2020 when they host the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif.”
For more on the White Sands Invitational, go to: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/buckeyes-shoot-even-par-on-final-day-in-the-bahamas/.
As previously reported in The Highland County Press, Jamieson verbally committed to OSU after competing at the OHSAA Division I State Girls Golf Tournament her junior year, where she finished 26th. Head coach Therese Hession, who watched Jamieson during the tournament, offered Jamieson a spot on the Ohio State women’s golf team to play Division I golf on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. By the following night, Jamieson verbally accepted the offer, and she officially signed her National Letter of Intent Nov. 20, 2018.
Jamieson also finished 34th at the state tournament as a sophomore and was sixth overall at state her senior year, earning second-team All-Ohio honors. Her other accolades while playing for the Hillsboro girls golf and boys golf (senior year only) included being named Frontier Athletic Conference Player of the Year, All-District and Southeast District Player of the Year.
In the White Sands Invitational in the Bahamas, “Jamieson carded a 1-over-par 73 in the final round and held on to her 34th-place finish” out of 82 competitors, according to a press release on ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
“The freshman shot a 5-over-par 221 at the tournament, which is a career- and season-best,” the press release said.
The Buckeyes team finished 12th as a team, and Jamieson tied for the second-highest placer of her teammates in the invitational.
“The White Sands Invitational wrapped up the fall season for the Ohio State women’s golf team,” according to Ohio State University. “The Buckeyes will return to action Feb. 9-11, 2020 when they host the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif.”
For more on the White Sands Invitational, go to: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/buckeyes-shoot-even-par-on-final-day-in-the-bahamas/.
As previously reported in The Highland County Press, Jamieson verbally committed to OSU after competing at the OHSAA Division I State Girls Golf Tournament her junior year, where she finished 26th. Head coach Therese Hession, who watched Jamieson during the tournament, offered Jamieson a spot on the Ohio State women’s golf team to play Division I golf on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. By the following night, Jamieson verbally accepted the offer, and she officially signed her National Letter of Intent Nov. 20, 2018.
Jamieson also finished 34th at the state tournament as a sophomore and was sixth overall at state her senior year, earning second-team All-Ohio honors. Her other accolades while playing for the Hillsboro girls golf and boys golf (senior year only) included being named Frontier Athletic Conference Player of the Year, All-District and Southeast District Player of the Year.