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Betsy Rawls Invitational
No. 6 Women's Golf preview: Betsy Rawls Invitational
10.18.2018 | Women's Golf
Texas hosts the Betsy Rawls Invitational Oct. 19-21 at UT Golf Club.
No. 6 Texas hosts Betsy Rawls Invitational
October 19-21, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas [UT Golf Club]
Format: 18 holes Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,491
Participating Teams: No. 1 Alabama, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Florida, No. 16 Kent State, Baylor, Colorado, New Mexico, North Texas, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech and Tulane.
Texas Lineup: Emilee Hoffman, Hailee Cooper, Sára Kousková, Kaitlyn Papp, Greta Isabella Voelker.
Texas Individuals: Agathe Laisne, Maddie Luitwieler, Maren Cipolla, Kelly Xac.
Broadcast Information: Longhorn Network [Tape Delayed Package - November 9 - 7-9 p.m. CT].
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Notes
- The No. 6 Texas women's golf team plays host to the 45th edition of the Betsy Rawls Invitational this weekend at UT Golf Club. The highly decorated 13-team field includes four top-25 teams, including No. 1 Alabama. Play begins at 8 a.m. CT with tee times off of the No. 1 and No. 10 holes on Friday and Saturday, with an 8:30 a.m. CT shotgun start on Sunday.
- The Longhorns already this season have broken the school records for best 18-hole team score [272] and best 54-hole team score [824].
- Junior Emilee Hoffman was the September Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Month, leading the Longhorns with a stroke average of 69.50 in September with two top-15 individual finishes.
- Twenty-five of Texas' 30 individual rounds this season have come at par or better.
- Texas is coming off a second-place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic with a school-record 28-under-par 824 [272-272-280]. Impressively, 14 of Texas' 15 rounds at the Schooner Fall Classic came at par or better, while 12 of 15 rounds were under par.
- The UT lineup features two of the nation's top-25 individuals according to Golfstat. Hoffman is ranked No. 21 and sophomore Kaitlyn Papp is ranked No. 25.
- The incoming 2018 freshman class of Hailee Cooper and Sára Kousková was ranked as the nation's No. 3 recruiting class by Golfweek. Both Cooper and Kousková are in the lineup for the third consecutive tournament.
- The Longhorns have won the team title at the Betsy Rawls Invitational on eight occasions in the event's history - 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2011 and 2017.
- Texas individuals have taken home individual medalist honors at the Betsy Rawls Invitational nine times, including Sophia Schubert in 2017.
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