VILLA RICA, Ga. – The Harding women's golf team sliced a remarkable 19 strokes off its round one total to win the West Georgia Invitational by one stroke Tuesday. It was Harding's first tournament victory of the season and the fifth in program history.

77, for a two-round 693. West Georgia dropped 30 strokes off its opening round total but came up one stroke short at 694.Ohlhausen's Kim's 76 and Whitney So-Yun shot 337, led by Bisons by 13 strokes. Tuesday was a different story as the Lady MontevalloHarding opened with a first round total of 356 on a cold and rainy Monday at the Mirror Lake Golf Club and trailed first-round leader

third top-five finish in six tournaments this season. Kim also notched her third top-five finish, tying for fifth with a 167.Ohlhausen's Emily Gibson shot 74-76—150 to win the tournament. It was Montevallo's, a freshman from Dallas, Texas, finished second individually with a 158. Ohlhausen

, 187).23rd (Poteet, 186) and Evelyn 22nd (Muncy, 184), Ragan ^thOther Harding finishers included Tara Fuchs (19

The victory for Harding was its first on a course outside of Arkansas, and the eight-team field was the largest ever in a Lady Bison tournament championship.

UWG Invitational

Mirror Lake Golf Club

Villa Rica, Ga.

Dates: 3/22-23/2010

Par 72, 5833 yards

Fin.  Team                             Scores    Total    Par

   1  Harding........................  356  337    693   +117

Fin.  Player                Team                         Scores   Total    Par

   2  Whitney Ohlhausen.... Harding...................   81   77    158    +14

t  5  So-yun Kim........... Harding...................   91   76    167    +23

  19  Tara Fuchs........... Harding...................   92   92    184    +40

  22  Ragan Muncy.......... Harding...................   92   94    186    +42

  23  Evelyn Poteet........ Harding...................   95   92    187    +43