Pina Gentile Assistant Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
Pina Gentile Assistant Coach | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website
The Illinois women's golf team is preparing to compete in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, hosted by the University of Georgia. The event will take place at the UGA Golf Course in Athens, Georgia, on March 29 and 30.
The tournament will be held on a course designed by architect Robert Trent Jones in 2006. It is set up as a par 72 and measures 6,315 yards.
Seventeen teams are scheduled to participate in this 54-hole tournament. On Friday, play begins with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. CT and includes two rounds of continuous play. Saturday's round also starts at 7:30 a.m. CT with one round of play.
The field includes teams such as Alabama, Auburn, Augusta, College of Charleston, Emory, Florida, Georgia Southern, Kansas State, Michigan, Missouri, NC State, San Diego State, SMU and Virginia.
Illinois' lineup features Isabel Sy at No.1 followed by Yurang Li (No.2), Erica Lee (No.3), Lexanne Halama (No.4), Anna Ritter (No.5) with Sophia Sulkar competing individually.
This marks Illinois' third appearance at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and their first since 1996 when they finished in 22nd place after placing seventh in the previous year.
Live scoring for the tournament can be found on Golfstat.com with recaps available on FightingIllini.com after each day of competition.
Following this event, Illinois will compete again starting April 13 at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.
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