Emma de Groot jumped in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golf van with a smile as the Mocs headed home.
“It’s nice to get in and be happy,” the senior said. “It’s nice to win and we haven’t done that for a while.”
The Mocs won the Lady Paladin Invitational at Furman Golf Club on Sunday with a three-day total of 915 which topped second-place Georgia State by 14 shots in the three-day event.
UTC had a different player lead them each day, and de Groot finished fourth at 10-over 226. Fellow senior Christine Wolf tied for fifth at 227 and Signal Mountain graduate Jordan Britt tied for 14th at 17 over.
“Everybody played their part,” coach Colette Murray said via cell phone on the drive home. “It’s a good way to finish off the fall season. It’s what we wanted to do, to go off on a high.”