

In the very next tournament at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, the senior put together scores of 74, 67 and 68 for a 7-under-par 209 tournament total and her first-ever medalist honors in her collegiate career. During that event, Castle recorded a career-best 66 for the fifth time in her collegiate career. Her 70.6 scoring average is currently fourth among her competitors in the Southeastern Conference.Ĭastle recorded an 11-under-par 205 tournament total to tie for fourth place at the Illini Women’s Invitational last October, which helped Kentucky top the leaderboard and set the best team total in program laurels at 34-under-par 830. In fact, not only does she own the single-season, scoring-average school record, but she also owns the second best in program laurels after producing a 72.72 in 2021-22.Įleven of her 18 rounds this season have been par-or-better, while she has recorded six rounds in the 60s in 2022-23. The West Columbia, South Carolina, native is on pace to break the single-season, scoring-average school record, which she set at 71.88 in 2019-20. She is currently riding a streak of four straight tournaments finishing inside the top 10, competing among some of the most elite fields in the nation.Ĭastle is boasting a 70.6 scoring average through 18 rounds and 1,271 strokes in 2022-23. The Wildcat has played in six tournaments this season, while she has finished in the top 15 in five of those six tournaments. – Just 15 names are included on the first spring ANNIKA Award Watch List, and University of Kentucky women’s golfer Jensen Castle is one of them.
