By: By Hunter McKay
European Ladies Team Championship Live Results
KENNESAW, Ga. – Clara Aveling has been selected to represent Belgium in the 2018 European Ladies Team Championships that will take place on July 10-14 at the Golf Club Murhof in Frohnleiten, Austria.
"To represent your country is the pinnacle of pride for athletes," head coach
Rhyll Brinsmead said. "I could not be happier for Clara. She has fought her way back to prime condition after a serious injury rendered her unable to play or practice for many months. She decided to come back better than ever and earned herself a national team selection for Belgium. I know she is very proud and looking forward to the event."
The format will be two rounds of 18 holes stroke play on days one and two to decide the draw for the match play, which commences on day three.
Last season, Aveling recorded a 76.28 scoring average in nine events. She had a pair of top-5 finishes this season. The junior posted a season-low round of 1-under par 71 in the third round of the Henssler Intercollegiate. The Linkebeek, Belgium native tied for fifth with rounds of 72-72-77 at the Rebel Beach and at the Henssler Intercollegiate with rounds of 75-73-71 for a 3-over par total of 219. She was the Owls top finisher in the event. She fired rounds of 78-73 to finish tied for fifth at the ASUN Women's Golf Championships.
This summer, Aveling won the King's Prize 18-36 hole event that took place on May 26-27 at the Par-70 Royal Ostend Golf Club in De Haan, Belgium. The rising junior fired rounds of 72-67 for a 1-under total of 139 to win the event by seven shots. She finished runner-up at the Amateur Open of Flanders. The rising redshirt-junior posted rounds of 72-76-71 for a 3-over par total of 219 at Koksojde Golf Ter Hille in Koksijde, Belgium.
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