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Betsy Rawls Invitational
No. 19 Women's Golf preview: Betsy Rawls Invitational
10.08.2017 | Women's Golf
Longhorns host the 44th annual event October 9-10.
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TEXAS HOSTS THE BETSY RAWLS INVITATIONAL |
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Dates: Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 9-10, 2017 |
Site: University of Texas Golf Club (Austin, Texas) |
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Par/Yardage: 72/6,491 |
Format: 36 holes Monday / 18 holes Tuesday |
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Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=14184 |
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Participating Teams: No. 3 Arizona State, Baylor, No. 25 Clemson, No. 11 Furman, Houston, No. 10 Kent State, LSU, Miami, No. 20 Oklahoma, San Diego State, SMU, No. 19 Texas, Texas State, No. 17 Texas Tech and UNLV. |
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On Twitter: @TexasWGolf |
On Instagram: @UTexasWGolf |
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AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 19 University of Texas women's golf team plays host to the 44th Betsy Rawls Invitational this Monday and Tuesday at the University of Texas Golf Club.
The event on the par-72, 6,491-yard course begins at 8:30 a.m. CT each day with a shotgun start. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. Live scoring will be available through GolfStat here.
Seven of the 15 teams in the tournament field are ranked among the nation's top-25 squads, according to the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Participating teams include: No. 3 Arizona State, Baylor, No. 25 Clemson, No. 11 Furman, Houston, No. 10 Kent State, LSU, Miami, No. 20 Oklahoma, San Diego State, SMU, No. 19 Texas, Texas State, No. 17 Texas Tech and UNLV.
All eight golfers on the Texas roster will participate in the Betsy Rawls Invitational. The lineup includes senior Sophia Schubert, sophomore Emilee Hoffman, freshman Kaitlyn Papp, sophomore Greta Isabella Voelker and freshman Agathe Laisne. Also competing as individuals are sophomore Maren Cipolla, junior Maddie Luitwieler and sophomore Kelly Xac.
Texas is coming off a tie for fourth place at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate last week at the Olympic Hills Golf Club in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Longhorns posted a nine-over-par three-round total of 873 (300-274-299) that included a second round last Monday that marked a school record relative to par at -14.
Complete results and a recap of each day of competition at the Betsy Rawls Invitational will be available at TexasSports.com.
ABOUT THE BETSY RAWLS INVITATIONAL
The Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational annually features many of the top women's golf teams in the country. Until 2010, players and coaches made their plans to come to Austin each spring to compete in one of the most prestigious regular-season tournaments in the country. In 2017, the 44th edition of the tournament will take place Oct. 9-10 at The University of Texas Golf Club.
It was in March of 1974 that Texas head coach Pat Weis had the foresight to establish what has not only become a tradition at UT and Austin, but a tradition that dominates collegiate golf for one spring weekend. This annual event originally known as the Texas Invitational has evolved into one of the strongest collegiate invitational tournaments of the year.
In 1977, the Texas Invitational was renamed to honor Betsy Rawls, a Texas graduate and one of the most prolific golfers of her day. Rawls won more than 50 tour championships between 1951 and 1975, including four U.S. Opens, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977 and into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
The tournament champions' list reads like a "who's who" of women's golf. Nancy Lopez, Beth Daniel, Jody Rosenthal, Val Skinner, Michiko Hattori and Annika Sorenstam are just a few of the past winners who have made the Betsy Rawls tournament one of the marquee events in women's golf.
In 2016, the Longhorns posted a third-place finish with a three-round total of 866, while freshmen Greta Isabella Voelker and Emilee Hoffman posted top-10 individual showings. Kent State took home the team crown with a three-round total of 862 (-2).
BETSY RAWLS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Lowest Individual Round: 64, Dewi Weber, Miami [2017, 1st]
Lowest Individual 54-hole Score: 201, Dewi Weber, Miami [2017, 1st]
Lowest Team Round: 275, UCLA [2013, 1st]
Lowest Team 54-hole Score: 838, UCLA [2013, 1st]
TEXAS LINEUP AT THE BETSY RAWLS INVITATIONAL
1. Sophia Schubert (Sr., Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
2. Emilee Hoffman (So., Folsom, Calif.)
3. Kaitlyn Papp (Fr., Austin, Texas)
4. Greta Isabella Voelker (So., Witten, Germany)
5. Agathe Laisne (Fr., Paris, France)
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(ind) Maren Cipolla (So., Lewiston, N.Y.)
(ind) Maddie Luitwieler (Jr., Katy, Texas)
(ind) Kelly Xac (So., Corpus Christi, Texas)
TEXAS QUICK NOTES
• Texas last won the Betsy Rawls Invitational in 2011, the same year in which it last had the tournament's individual medalist (Nicole Vandermade).
• Sophomore Emilee Hoffman has recorded a top-25 finish in each of her team's three tournaments this season, including a season-best tie for sixth place at the Schooner Fall Classic.
• Freshman Kaitlyn Papp has posted three bogey-free rounds in nine outings as a Longhorn.
• Sophomore Kelly Xac will be competing in her first tournament as a Longhorn this week.
GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN TOP 25
1. Arkansas
2. Alabama
3. Arizona State
4. UCLA
5. Oklahoma State
6. Duke
7. Illinois
8. Stanford
9. Michigan State
10. Kent State
11. Furman
12. Colorado
13. Northwestern
14. South Carolina
15. Southern California
16. Vanderbilt
17. Texas Tech
18. Florida
19. Texas
20. Oklahoma
21. Purdue
22. Iowa State
23. Florida State
24. Virginia
25. Clemson
TEXAS IN THE WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
29. Sophia Schubert
36. Agathe Laisne
115. Kaitlyn Papp
138. Emilee Hoffman
160. Greta Isabella Voelker
Players Mentioned
