Cathryn Brown ties for third as No. 25 Kentucky finishes sixth at the Landfall Tradition
The Wildcats were in the leading group going into Sunday, then slipped to sixth. They still finished ahead of No. 2 Auburn and No. 19 Alabama in their last event of the fall.
LEXINGTON, Ky., October 26, 2026: Kentucky senior Cathryn Brown shot an even-par 72 on Sunday to tie for third at the Landfall Tradition, and the No. 25 Wildcats finished sixth of 18 teams at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C. It was Kentucky's last event of the fall.
Brown, from Eddyville, finished at even-par 216 (70-74-72), tied with South Carolina's Eila Galitsky among 96 players. Her final round included an eagle on the par-5, 521-yard fourth hole of the Dye Course. UK Athletics says she has led the team in all four of its fall tournaments.
How the week went
Kentucky opened with a 3-over 291 on Friday and sat fourth. A 5-over 293 on Saturday moved the Wildcats into a tie for third, tied with No. 7 South Carolina, and put them in the leading group for the final round. On Sunday, Kentucky's 20-over 308 dropped the team to sixth at 28-over 892. UK still finished ahead of No. 2 Auburn and No. 19 Alabama.
Junior Isabella Johnson, who came to Kentucky after a year at Tennessee and a year at Middle Tennessee, tied for 14th at 5-over 221. Lexington's C.A. Carter, a junior, opened with an even-par 72 and was tied for 10th after the first round before finishing tied for 59th.
Kentucky's scorecard
| Pos. | Player | Rounds | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | Cathryn Brown | 70-74-72 | 216 (E) |
| T14 | Isabella Johnson | 73-72-76 | 221 (+5) |
| T59 | C.A. Carter | 72-79-79 | 230 (+14) |
| T59 | Karlie Campbell | 76-73-81 | 230 (+14) |
| T92 | Lucy Cook | 81-74-86 | 241 (+25) |
| 6 | Kentucky | 291-293-308 | 892 (+28) |
Course: Country Club of Landfall, Dye Course, par 72, 6,223 yards. One line of UK's release text gives the team total as 25-over; UK's own scorecard and the CGN results list 28-over, which matches 892 on a par-72 course, so we use 28-over.
Who won
Duke won the team title at 5-over, eight shots ahead of Wake Forest and South Carolina, who tied for second at 13-over. Florida State was fourth at 22-over and SMU fifth at 23-over. Duke's Rianne Malixi won the individual title at 12-under, nine shots ahead of Wake Forest's Macy Pate.
What's next
Kentucky played this event a year ago and finished ninth at 15-over. This year's sixth place closes the fall. The Wildcats' next event on their schedule is the Paradise Invitational, Feb. 1–3, 2027, at Osprey Point Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla.
Sources
Checked Oct. 26, 2026, about 9:15 a.m. ET.
- UK Athletics, "Inside the Scorecard: Landfall Tradition Final Round," Oct. 25, 2026 (7:42 p.m.), with round-by-round notes: ukathletics.com
- CGN Plus, "Duke Wins 2026 Landfall Tradition as Rianne Malixi Claims Individual Title," Oct. 25, 2026: cgnplus.com
- UK Athletics, "No. 25 Kentucky Women's Golf Ready for Landfall Tradition," Oct. 22, 2026: ukathletics.com; UK women's golf schedule, read Oct. 26, 2026: ukathletics.com