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Landfall Tradition
No. 7 Women's Golf preview: The Landfall Tradition
10.28.2021 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns compete at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C. on Friday-Sunday.
When: Friday, Oct. 29 – Sunday, Oct. 31
Schedule of Play: 18 holes each day
Where: Country Club of Landfall (Wilmington, N.C.)
Course Info: Par-72; 6,150 yards
Tournament Notes
The Field: In addition to the Longhorns (No. 7 in the latest Division I WGCA Coaches poll on Oct. 15), the 18-team Landfall Tradition field includes: No. 4 Virginia, No. 8 South Carolina, No. 9 Michigan, No. 11 Wake Forest, No. 16 Florida State, Clemson, Furman, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, NC State, North Carolina, Penn State, Purdue, UCF, host UNCW and Virginia Tech. In the opening round, UT will be paired with Purdue and Virginia Tech and begin play at 10:09 a.m. ET /9:09 a.m. CT on hole 1.
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following five players at the Stanford Intercollegiate:
- Sara Kouskova (Sr., 71.33 avg.)
- Bentley Cotton (So., 73.67 avg.)
- Sophie Guo (Jr., 73.89 avg.)
- Bohyun Park (Fr., 72.11 avg.)
- Brigitte Thibault (Grad., 76.50 avg.)
Inside the Texas Lineup
Bentley Cotton: No. 360 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings (Oct. 27) … registered a collegiate-best 14th-place finish in the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) … set her collegiate-best 18-hole score of 3-under-par 68 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16) … four top-25 individual finishes in seven tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … placed 17th at the East Lake Cup and tied for 18th at the Trinity Forest Invitational.
Sophie Guo: No. 87 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at 1-over-par 217 (74-73-70) … fired a season-best 18-hole score of 2-under-par 69 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16) … seven top-20 individual finishes in eight tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … placed third at the East Lake Cup and seventh at the Mountain View Collegiate last year … tied for 20th place at the NCAA Championship … posted a 72.70 scoring average in 2020-21 … No. 66 in the final 2021 Golfstat individual national rankings … 2021 All-Big 12 Team.
Sara Kouskova: No. 37 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … placed second at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 15-17) at 12-under-par 201 (68-67-66) … tied her collegiate-best 18-hole score of 66 during the final round at Stanford (Oct. 17) … her three-round 201 marked the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history … tied for 15th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at even-par 216 (70-73-73) … tied for 19th at the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) at 9-over-par 225 (77-70-78) … 2021 honorable mention All-American (WGCA and Golfweek) … six top-20 individual finishes in eight tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … won the 2021 Arizona Wildcat Invitational … No. 27 in the final 2021 Golfstat individual national rankings … posted a 72.16 scoring average and shot par or better in 14 of her 25 rounds in 2020-21 … 2020-21 Edith Cummings Munson Award recipient (success on the course and in the classroom) … 2021 All-Big 12 Team.
Bohyun Park: No. 64 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … registered a third-place showing at the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) at 1-under-par 215 (68-74-73) … tied for 10th place in her collegiate debut at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at 2-under-par 214 (73-73-68), highlighted by a 4-under-par 68 in the final round … qualified as a high schooler to compete in the 2021 U.S. Open … won three individual Class 4A state championships for Carrollton Ranchview … became just the eighth female in Texas UIL history to claim three state golf titles … won the 2021 state title with an 11-stroke margin over the second-place finisher … climbed to as high as No. 2 in the AJGA rankings … won the KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in July 2020 … placed third at the 2018 AJGA Girls Championship and fourth at the 2019 AJGA Girls Championship … earned a second-place finish at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship in August 2020 and a fourth-place result at the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions.
Brigitte Thibault: No. 171 in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings … graduate transfer from Fresno State … first player in Fresno State program history to advance to the NCAA Championship … earned her individual spot at the 2021 nationals with a tie for sixth place at the NCAA Stanford Regional, recording a 2-under 211 (70-73-68) … holds the Fresno State record for career scoring average (73.17) … three-time first-team All-Mountain West selection (2019, 2020, 2021) … posted four top-10 and seven top-15 individual finishes in the 2020-21 season … won the 2021 Rebel Beach Intercollegiate (Feb. 15-16) with a 4-under 212 (72-70-70) … competed at the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur … 2019 Mountain West Conference individual champion.
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