Isabella Rawl leads Clemson to round one lead at ACC Women's Championship

April 18, 2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Isabella Rawl (Clemson Athletics Photo)

Rawl leads the individual competition by two shots at 5-under and Clemson leads the team competition at 10-under

Defending champions, the Clemson Tigers, lead the 2024 ACC Women's Championship at Porters Neck Country Club in Wilmington, N.C., by two shots after an opening-round 10-under 278.

Wake Forest is in solo second place at 8-under, and Virginia, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina are T3 at 5-under.

Florida State is in solo sixth place at 2-under, NC State is in solo seventh place at even par, and Miami is in solo eighth place at 5-over. Florida State is playing without sophomore Lottie Woad, who is making her LPGA debut at the Chevron Championship after winning the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

Woad shot 1-under in the first round and is currently T18.

In the individual competition, Isabella Rawl shot an impressive 5-under 67 with six birdies and one bogey. Rawl is currently ranked No. 249 in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com Women's Rankings.

She birdies holes No. 15, 17, and 18 to get into the clubhouse at 5-under and snag the first-round lead.

The standout was key for the Tigers last year in their upset of Virginia in the ACC championship finals last year. She won her match 1-up, securing the winning point.

It is an incredibly crowded leaderboard behind Rawls, with seven golfers two shots back at 3-under and T2 and eight golfers three shots back at 2-under and T9. 22 golfers are within five shots of the lead.

Results: ACC Women's Championship

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Rachel Kuehn	Asheville, NC	800	72-67-67=206
T2	Amanda Sambach	Davidson, NC	500	70-70-69=209
T2	Isabella Rawl	Lexington, SC	500	67-71-71=209
4	Sara Byrne	, Ireland	400	73-71-66=210
T5	Isabel Amezcua	, Mexico	400	70-71-70=211