The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Sunday, October 13
Austin, TX
8:30 A.M.
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Betsy Rawls Invitational
No. 2 Women's Golf preview: Betsy Rawls Invitational
10.10.2019 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns host the Betsy Rawls Invitational Saturday and Sunday.
No. 2 Texas hosts Betsy Rawls Invitational
October 12-13, 2019
Where: Austin, Texas [UT Golf Club]
Format: 36 holes Saturday, 18 holes Sunday
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,353
Participating Teams: Baylor, Colorado, Denver, No. 5 Kent State, Maryland, Miami, New Mexico, North Texas, No. 23 Oklahoma State, SMU, TCU, No. 2 Texas, Texas State, UNLV, Yale.
Texas Lineup: Kaitlyn Papp, Sophie Guo, Sara Kouskova, Hailee Cooper, Maren Cipolla, Kelly Xac (individual).
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Notes
- The No. 2 Texas women's golf team plays host to the 46th Betsy Rawls Invitational this Saturday and Sunday at the UT Golf Club. Play begins at 8:30 a.m. CT each day. The teams will play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday.
- The Longhorns are coming off a victory at the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 29. It marked the 11th tournament win for the Longhorns under the direction of head coach Ryan Murphy.
- Texas is the highest ranked squad in the 15-team field of the Betsy Rawls Invitational, which also includes No. 5 Kent State and No. 23 Oklahoma State.
- The Longhorns are 23-2 [.920] against their opponents this season, including a 10-2 mark against foes ranked in the top-25 at the time of competition.
- Junior Kaitlyn Papp is one of two golfers nationally who has been selected to represent the United States in the Spirit International Amateur Championship Nov. 7-9 at Trinity, Texas.
- Papp was the Big 12 Golfer of the Month for September, after recording a league-best 69.50 stroke average and posting top-three individual finishes at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate and the Schooner Fall Classic.
- The Longhorns are coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history in 2018-19. Texas finished as the NCAA Championship stroke-play medalist and advanced to the quarterfinals in match play.
- Texas has won three consecutive Big 12 Championships entering the 2018-19 season and the Longhorns captured the 2019 championship by a conference-record 37 strokes.
- The Longhorns return each of the five golfers in their postseason lineup from a year ago, which includes four top-10 finishers at the NCAA Championship and three WGCA First-Team All-Americans. Texas also welcomes freshman Sophie Guo to the Longhorns' roster.
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