RIGA, Latvia - Laila Forstmane will return for her junior season with the Eckerd women's golf team riding a wave of momentum.
After placing 15th at the Finnish Amateur Championship on August 10, Forstmane returned to her home country to win the Latvia Open at Ozo Golf Club in Riga on August 16-18.
Forstmane led wire-to-wire after firing a 4-under 68 in the opening round highlighted by six birdies. She shot 73 in the second round and 77 in the final round to hold off former NCAA Division I golfer Anna Svanka by two shots.
One week earlier, Forstmane made the cut at the Finnish Amateur shooting rounds of 76, 75, and 73.
In her sophomore season at Eckerd, Forstmane set new program records for lowest 18-hole score (3-under 69) and lowest stroke average (77.9).
The Tritons' 2019 fall schedule opens on September 22-23 at the Battle at Old South in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
