CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte ended day one of the 2019 Conference USA Championship sitting in third place at the Verandah Club in Fort Myers, Florida. Cecilie Finne-Ipsen and Ashley Fowler each posted one-under rounds of 71 to find themselves in the field's top-10.
Finne-Ipsen and Fowler each started their tournament in red figures with Finne-Ipsen getting to two-under at the turn after three birdies on the front. A bogey on 14 was erased by a birdie at 16, but a final bogey on 18 ended her round of 71. Fowler started with a three-under front nine 33 before a couple of bogies on the back added up to her 71.