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Windy City Classic
No. 8 Women’s Golf preview: Windy City Classic
10.03.2021 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns compete at Westmoreland Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
When: Monday, Oct. 4 – Tuesday, Oct. 5
Schedule of Play: 36 holes on Monday, 18 holes on Tuesday
Where: Westmoreland Country Club (Wilmette, Ill.)
Course Info: Par-72; 6,432 yards
Tournament Notes
The Field: In addition to the Longhorns (No. 8 in the latest Division I WGCA Coaches poll on Sept. 17), the 15-team Windy City Classic field includes: No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 Duke, No. 5 Stanford, No. 10 Florida, No. 12 USC, No. 18 Michigan, No. 21 Virginia, No. 22 Oregon, Augusta, Iowa State, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Northwestern (host) and Purdue. In the opening round, UT will be paired with Augusta and Purdue and begin play at 9 a.m. CT on hole 1.
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following five players at the Windy City Classic:
- Bohyun Park (Fr., 71.33 avg)
- Sara Kouskova (Sr., 72.00 avg)
- Sophie Guo (Jr., 72.33 avg)
- Bentley Cotton (So., 73.67 avg)
- Brigitte Thibault (Gr., 74.33 avg)
Inside the Texas Lineup
Bentley Cotton: No. 403 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings (Sept. 29) … tied her collegiate-best 18-hole score of 1-under-par 71 in the final round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 15) … 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. 67 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) … 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. 42 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … tied for 15th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at even-par 216 (70-73-73) … 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. 85 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … 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. 151 in the current 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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