Pawleys Island, S.C. – Carolina recorded their best team score to start an ACC Championship since 2004 on Thursday with a 1-under par 287, putting themselves into a tie for third place. The Tar Heels were led by junior Bryana Nguyen who used five birdies in her last six holes to shoot up the leaderboard and finish the day tied for the individual lead with Golfstat’s number one golfer in the country, Leona Maguire of Duke.
Before her late round tear, Nguyen was scrambling according to head coach Jan Mann, “She was struggling just a touch off the tee and so I started walking with her.