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The Fighting Illini women's golf team is set to compete in the Windy City Collegiate Classic at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, Illinois. The tournament, hosted by Northwestern, will take place from Monday, September 30 to Tuesday, October 1.

The course at Westmoreland Country Club was originally designed by architect William Watson and Joseph Roseman in 1912. It underwent significant redesigns by William Langford and A.W. Tillinghast in the early 1920s and further renovations supervised by Arthur Hills in 1993. The par-72 course will play at 6,519 yards for this event.

The format of the tournament includes a total of 54 holes of stroke play, with participants playing 36 holes on Monday and an additional 18 holes on Tuesday. Tee times begin at 7:30 a.m. CT each day.

Fifteen teams are participating in this year's event alongside Illinois: Arizona, Arizona State, Augusta, Duke, Georgia, Iowa State, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, South Carolina, USC, UCLA, Virginia and Wake Forest.

The lineup for Illinois includes Victoria Zheng at No. 1, Yurang Li at No. 2, Brielle Mapanao at No. 3, Lexanne Halama at No. 4 and Anna Ritter at No. 5. Erica Lee will compete as an individual.

This marks the fourth time that the Illinois women's golf program has competed in the Windy City Collegiate Classic. Last season they finished in fifteenth place; previous finishes include ninth place in 2008 and twelfth place in 2009.

Live scoring for the tournament will be available on Scoreboard.Clippd.com with recaps and results posted on FightingIllini.com following each day of play.

Following this event, the Illini will head to Medinah to host and compete in the Illini Women's Invitational from October 7-8.

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