When Kate Petrova capped off a final-round 67 at Caledonia Golf Club in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, her teammates had to convince her to stick around for another hour and a half to see where that placed her in the Golfweek/Stifel Spring Challenge. Petrova, an Evansville junior from Moscow, Russia, was ready to pile in the van and drive home.
“I don’t think she knew she was even in the lead when she was done, her teammates told her,” said Evansville head coach John Andrews.
Petrova had played Caledonia’s tricky closing three holes in 3 under. On the par-4 16th hole, she hit her approach to 8 feet for birdie, then backed that up with another birdie on the par-3 17th, where she stuck a 7-iron to 10 feet.