By LARRY BOWEN
larry.bowen@theeagle.com

North Carolina is among the few teams in this week's NCAA Championships that did not get to compete in the 2010 Fall Preview, but the Tar Heels arrived at Traditions Club with an advance scouting report.

Former A&M Consolidated star Casey Grice is a freshman on the 16th-ranked UNC women's team. Grice provided her teammates with local knowledge of the course Monday during a practice round.

"Local knowledge is definitely a key factor on this course," Grice said. "It's a placement course. You've got to stay out of the trouble spots. I tried to help them out today. I tried to show them a couple of holes where you've got to be on one side or you've got to be short."

Grice won the Class 5A individual state championship as a sophomore at Consol. She chose North Carolina over Texas A&M.

"It's awesome to come back," Grice said. "Once I was committed to North Carolina and I knew [the NCAA Championships] were here, that was one of my main goals all season, to make it."

Grice tied for second individually in her first collegiate tournament last fall. She tied for seventh place while helping Carolina win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament last month, and she finished 20th at the NCAA East Regional.

Overall, Grice has a 74.33 scoring average that ranks third on the team behind junior Catherine O'Donnell (73.43) and senior Sarah Thead (74.22).

"I feel like I'm hitting it really well right now," Grice said. "If a few putts fall, I think it will be a good weekend."

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