Career Tournament Log
JUNIOR (2016-17): Competed in four tournaments, all in the spring … carded a 97 (matching her career-low) in the second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic and she finished with a total score of 308 … finished 52nd at the Benbow Invitational … placed 92nd at the Low Country Intercollegiate with a 63-over-par 207 … finished 45th at the SoCon Championships with scores of 102 and 101.
SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Competed in nine of the Bulldogs’ 10 tournaments as a sophomore and posted a 103.78 stroke average, improving by more than 15 strokes-per-round from her freshman campaign… Recorded sub-100 rounds four times during the season, highlighted by a career-low 97 at the Sand Shark Shootout as the Bulldogs carded a season-low team round of 306 and placed fourth overall… Followed that up with a 99 at the Fall Oaks Classic to post back-to-back rounds under 100 for the first time in her career… Carded her best round of the spring season at the Low Country Intercollegiate with a 98 and finished the tournament with a two-round score of 201… Shot a 104 at Patriots Point Links as the Bulldogs grabbed their second consecutive dual win with a victory over Wooster College.
FRESHMAN (2014-15): Made her collegiate debut at the Terrier Intercollegiate where she finished with a 245 (124-121) and placed 50th … competed in all six spring tournaments beginning with a 272 (149-123) at the Coastal Georgia Winter Invitational … her lowest first round of the season (109) was first carded at the Dayton Hilton Head Invitational where she was 37th … she tied her lowest opening round score in the Southern Conference Championships in Pooler, Ga., where she finished with scores of 109, 108 and 117 to place 45th.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Brooklyn Casey High School in Columbia, S.C. … earned eight letters in five varsity sports … competed at the varsity level in golf (three years), track and field (two years), cross country (one year), soccer (one year) and wrestling (one year) … was named Most Dedicated in golf as a senior … finished second place at the girls South Carolina Wrestling Championship in 2014 … coached by Citadel wrestling standouts Michael Cason (’07) and Darrius Caldwell (’07) … earned golf Rookie of the Year in her sophomore campaign … guided her golf team to the Lower State Championships on three occasions (2012, 2013, 2014) … captured the South Carolina Soccer Regional Championship.
PERSONAL: Laura Gurrie Simpson … daughter of Dianne and Dale Simpson … earned West Point Leadership, Daughters of the Confederacy and Outstanding Marine awards … majoring in criminal justice.
