AUGUSTA, GA -- The Lander Bearcats finished off a wire-to-wire performance as they captured the 2025 Peach Belt Conference women's golf championship on Sunday in Augusta at Forest Hills Golf Club. The Bearcats fired a final-round 302 to win their second championship in the last three years, finishing six ahead of North Georgia.

On the individual leaderboard, USC Beaufort's McLain Neal won the championship, firing an even-par 72 in the final round. Neal began the round in a tie with Lander's Kajsa Lindqvist but finished three strokes ahead. Flagler's Stella Jelinek - the PBC Player of the Year and the defending tournament champion - finished in second place after an even-par 72 and was one-over for the tournament.

Neal played the front nine in one-under 35 with one birdie and no bogeys. She added two more birdies on the back to offset three bogeys to finish at even and finished the event 74-70-72 for even-par 216. She becomes the first USC Beaufort woman to be the PBC Individual Champion.

Lindqvist finished in third with two birdies and an eagle on Sunday, shooting 74-70-75 for a three-over 219. Gracie McCoy was sixth for the Bearcats with Sakurako Tanaka in seventh and Isabel Ewers tied for eighth. Lander finished the tournament leading the field in par-3 and par-4 scoring and was second in pars and birdies.

Lander held a 17-stroke lead in the tournament following Saturday's final round. The only team to make a move on them Sunday was North Georgia, who fired the low round of the day at 291 as they cut the final margin down to six. UNG was led by Jadin Ware, who shot the low round of the day with a three-under 69 and finished in fourth place.

Lander earns the PBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Regional selections will be announced on April 28 with the South Regional beginning May 5 at the Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, Ga. The University of North Georgia will host.