SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – Junior Jalea Culliver represented the North Carolina Central University women's golf team while competing in the women's individual competition at the 2023 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship that was contested on two fabulous Alabama courses from Monday-Wednesday, May 8-10.
 
Culliver finished the 54-hole event in 19th place out of 24 golfers. Culliver was competing in the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship for the second straight year. After finishing 22nd last year while playing for the University of South Dakota, Culliver improved her position in the individual competition by three positions in her first season at NCCU.
 
Culliver was sitting inside the top-10 after shooting a six-over par 78 on the 5,969-yard, par-72 Shoal Creek Club in Monday's opening round. Culliver carded five birdies in that round to grab part of a four-way tie for seventh place.
 
The individual ladies moved over to the 5,772-yard, par-71 Bent Brook Golf Course on Tuesday and 21 of the 24 golfer turned in lower scores in the second round. Culliver posted another six-over scorecard as she signed for a 77 that kept her inside the upper half of the field.
 
The two dozen individual competitions returned to Shoal Creek for Wednesday's final round and Culliver settled for an 88 to give her a 28-over total of 243.
 
Graduate student Phu Kline won the individual title for UNCW, her second time winning that competition in her collegiate career. Kline won by one shot with a 54-total of 75-70-73—218.
 
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