HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Clinging to a one-shot lead late Wednesday afternoon at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, South Carolina senior Mathilde Claisse pushed her tee ball into the right rough on the par-4 finishing hole at Long Cove Club.
With no groups behind her and LSU freshman Edit Hertzman, her closest competitor by three shots, in the clubhouse, Claisse sized up her shot.
One-hundred-and-fifty-one meters.
Decent lie.
An easy 5-iron. No, a hard 6. Her adrenaline was pumping.
Gamecocks head coach Kalen Anderson told her player to aim 5 meters left of the flag and set up the stress-free, winning two-putt.