On a perfect spring day, prep schools from around New England arrived at Watertown Golf Club in Connecticut to compete in the Pippy O'Connor Independent School Girls Golf Classic.
Morgan Smith (Westford, Mass.) shot a 74 to win the individual title, and the postgraduate star led Phillips Exeter team to its first Pippy O'Conner team title in school history.
Smith's 74 was good enough to edge out Taft's Cindy Cao by a shot. Sofie Robinson (Winsor) shot 77 for a third-place finish. Annie Dai (Northfield Mount Hermon), Lucy Wang (Middlesex School), and Angelina Gong (Exeter) all finished with scores of 78 to tie for fourth place.
"It's a long day," Exeter coach Bob Bailey said. "We walked the course the night before because none of our players had played the course before."
Results from the Pippy O'Connor tournament are below.