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This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: Big Ten Championships
4/18/2018 3:31:00 PM | Women's Golf
THIS WEEK
• Fri-Sun., April 20-22 -- Big Ten Championships (Maineville, Ohio)
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Next on the Tee: Big Ten Championships
Postseason play is here! The University of Michigan women's golf team will shift its focus towards its second season as the Wolverines travel to Maineville, Ohio, Friday through Sunday (April 20-22) for the 54-hole Big Ten Championships. For the seventh straight year, the conference tournament will be held at a neutral site as this year's event will once again be held at TPC River's Bend. The Big Ten Tournament will be played in a 6-count-4 format with the River's Bend being set up for a par of 72 at 6,357 yards.
The Big Ten Championships Field
All 14 conference schools will participate in the 2018 Big Ten Championships. The seeding (1-14) with GolfStat relative rankings are: No. 1 Northwestern (10), No. 2 Michigan State (11), No. 3 Illinois (22), No. 4 Purdue (31), No. 5 Wisconsin (37), No. 6 Ohio State (46), No. 7 Indiana (62), No. 8 Penn State (67), No. 9 Maryland (70), No. 10 Michigan (76), No. 11 Nebraska (91), No. 12 Minnesota (99), No. 13 Iowa (100) and No. 14 Rutgers (117).
The Big Ten Championships Schedule
Thursday, April 19 -- Practice Round (18), TBD
Thursday, April 19 -- B1G Championship Banquet 6:45 p.m.
Friday, April 20 -- First Round (18), tee times off No. 10, 9:33 a.m.
Saturday, April 21 -- Second Round (18), tee times off No. 10, 9:33 a.m.
Sunday, April 22 -- Final Round (18), tee times off No. 1 and No. 10, 8 a.m.
The Big Ten Championships
First Day Pairings
Tee #1 (8:30 a.m.) -- #7 Indiana, #8 Penn State, #9 Maryland
Tee #1 (9:24 a.m.) -- #4 Purdue, #5 Wisconsin, #6 Ohio State
Tee #1 (10:18 a.m.) -- #1 Northwestern, #2 Michigan State, #3 Illinois
Tee #10 (8:57 a.m.) -- #12 Minnesota, #13 Iowa, #14 Rutgers with Nos. 5 & 6 players of #10 Michigan, #11 Nebraska
Tee #10 (9:33 a.m.) -- #10 Michigan, #11 Nebraska with Nos. 1 & 2 players of #13 Iowa, #14 Rutgers
Second Day Pairings
Tee #1 (8:30 a.m.) -- #7 Team, #8 Team, #9 Team
Tee #1 (9:24 a.m.) -- #4 Team, #5 Team, #6 Team
Tee #1 (10:18 a.m.) -- #1 Team, #2 Team, #3 Team
Tee #10 (8:57 a.m.) -- #12 Team, #13 Team, #14 Team with Nos. 5 & 6 players of #10 and #11
Tee #10 (9:33 a.m.) -- #10 Team, #11 Team with Nos. 1 & 2 players of #13 and #14
Final Day Pairings
Tee #1 (8:00 a.m.) -- #7 Team, #8 Team, #9 Team
Tee #1 (8:54 a.m.) -- #4 Team, #5 Team, #6 Team
Tee #1 (9:48 a.m.) -- #1 Team, #2 Team, #3 Team
Tee #10 (8:27 a.m.) -- #12 Team, #13 Team, #14 Team with Nos. 5 & 6 players of #10 and #11
Tee #10 (9:03 a.m.) -- #10 Team, #11 Team with #13 Team, #14 Team Nos. 1 and 2 players
The Big Ten Championships Lineup
Michigan will bring six starters to the Big Ten Championships. Traveling to Maineville, Ohio, will be freshman Ashley Kim, senior Emily White, sophomore Alisa Snyder, junior Elodie Van Dievoet, sophomore Hannah Ghelfi and senior Kathy Lim.
Big Ten Championships Experience
• Kathy Lim -- fourth: 2015 (t-25th, 224), 2016 (t-77th, 235), 2017 (58th, 239)
• Emily White -- fourth: 2015 (t-50th, 230), 2016 (t-30th, 220), 2017 (t-43rd, 233)
• Elodie Van Dievoet -- third: 2016 (t-47th, 224), 217 (1st, 210, -6)
• Alisa Snyder -- second: 2017 (24th, 227)
• Hannah Ghelfi -- first
• Ashley Kim -- first
Michigan at the Big Ten Championships
Michigan has 10 top-five finishes at the Big Ten Championships including a runner-up finish in 2005 and a third place finish in 2002. Last year, Elodie Van Dievoet won the program's first medalist honor with a 210 (-6) tally. Prior to her performance, the Wolverines have had three individuals finish as the runner-up -- LeAnna Wicks (2002, T-2nd), Ashley Bauer (2010, 283) and Yugene Lee (2012, 2nd).
Looking at the 2017 Big Ten Championships
With a U-M 54-hole Big Ten Tournament and career-best total of 210 (-6), Elodie Van Dievoet became the first Wolverines golfer to capture the Big Ten individual title. After leading following the first day with a 69 (-3), her second round 71 (-1) saw her drop four strokes back of Michigan State's Sarah Burnham, who blistered the field with her conference record 63 (-9). With Burnham closing with a 75, Van Dievoet continued a steady path with a 70 (-2) to take medalist honors by a single shot. With an 892 (295-304-293) team total, U-M was fifth. [ Recap ]
WOLVERINE BITES
• Freshman Ashley Kim has shown she belongs all season long, starting all eight events this season. She leads the Wolverines with a 75.14 per-round early average and led U-M in the final three spring events. She posted a career-best 66 (-6) -- tying the second-lowest round in program history -- in the second round of the Ruth's Chris Invitational. Kim's bogey-free, six-birdie, 12-par round was just a single shot away from the record of 65 held by Grace Choi and Ashley Bauer.
• Senior Emily White has used her experience in her final campaign, averaging a career-best pace of 75.38 per-round average. She has a season-best 69 (-3) fired in the second round of the East & West Match Play stroke play qualifier. Since midway through her sophomore season, she has not missed an event, starting 26 straight.
• Coming off her breakout sophomore campaign, Elodie Van Dievoet is tied for second on the team with a 75.38 per-round average. She has fired a season-low 69 (-3) twice -- at the first round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge and final round of the Ruth's Chris Invitational. She has two top-15 finishes -- East & West Match Play Challenge (T-15th) and the Golfweek Challenge (T-11th). Last season, she set the U-M record with her 73.09 scoring average.
• An interesting note about Ashley Kim's career 66 (-6) was that her older sister, senior Megan, is the only other Wolverine in program history to card a 66 in an event. The elder Kim fired hers in the first round in the 2015 East & West Match Play stroke-play qualifier.
• Sophomore Hannah Ghelfi has started four of the last five events for the Wolverines and is getting the nod for her first Big Ten Championships. She is shooting a 77.23 per-round average. In three of her last four events, she has tied her career-best with a 73 in the second rounds of the Moon Golf Invitational and Meadow Club Intercollegiate and the first round of the Evans Derby Experience.
• This summer, Hannah Ghelfi won the 2017 Massachusetts's Women's Amateur Championship on Myopia Hunt Club, defeating Angela Garvin, 2-up. Ghelfi was named the Anne Marie Tobin Women's Golf Association of Massachusetts Player of the Year.
• Sophomore Alisa Snyder has competed as an individual in U-M's last three events before starting her first tournament of the season at the Bryan National Collegiate. After tying for 41st with a 230 tally, she will head to Big Tens for the second start of her young career. Over her last nine rounds, she has twice fired a career-best 72 in the first round of the Meadow Club Collegiate and Bryan National.
• Senior Megan Kim and freshman Ashley Kim are the fourth pair of sisters to play for the Maize and Blue. They join the Bauers (Ashley, Meghan and Shana), the Davises (Lindsay and Katelin) and the McCorkels (Tiffany and Tegan).
• During the season break, U-M coach Jan Dowling announced the signings of Sophia Trombetta (Independence, Ohio), Ashley Lau (Malaysia) and Jacqueline Young (Singapore) to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period.
• Also during the winter break, Jan Dowling was named an assistant coach for Team International competing at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup this summer at Evian Resort Golf Club in southeastern France. In a Ryder Cup-style tournament co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), the event features the top university/college golfers, matching the United States against an International team.
INSIDE THE MAIZE AND BLUE
• Michigan has made back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances and advanced to the NCAA Finals the last two seasons. U-M had only one prior NCAA Finals appearance, in 2002, finishing 17th. The Wolverines tied for 18th in 2016 and followed with a tie for 16th in 2017.
• In just four seasons under coach Jan Dowling, U-M has posted two top-five finishes at the Big Ten Championships -- 2015 (fifth) and 2017 (fifth). Prior to Dowling's arrival, U-M had recorded just eight total top-five finishes at the conference tournament. In fact, Dowling's squad just missed a third top-five in 2016 when it finished sixth.
• Elodie Van Dievoet had a remarkable 2017 postseason for the Wolverines. After winning the Big Ten individual title, her dramatic 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the Columbus Regional helped send U-M to the NCAA Finals for a second straight season and gave her a top-10 individual finish (T-9th). In the finals, she recorded the highest individual finish for a Wolverine (T-4th), and paced U-M to its best finish at the championships (T-16th).
• Van Dievoet became the ninth Wolverine to earn All-Big Ten first team honors and gave U-M back-to-back seasons of first-team selections after former Wolverine and recent graduate Grace Choi (2014-17) earned the accolade in 2016. Throughout U-M's history, 13 total players have garnered All-Big Ten honors, with nine first-team accolades.
MICHIGAN IN THE NCAA POSTSEASON
Michigan has been represented in regional competition by the team or an individual 12 times, making team appearances in 2001, '02, '05, '07, '09, '11, '12, '16 and '17. Laura Olin (2004), Amy Schmucker (2006) and Ashley Bauer (2010) made central regional appearances as individuals. The Maize and Blue has advanced to the NCAA Finals three times in program history, finishing 17th at the 2002 event held at Washington National in Auburn, Wash., tying for 18th at the 2016 event held at Oregon Country Club in Eugene, Oregon, and tying for 16th at the 2017 event held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Below is a look at how the Wolverines have fared during NCAA postseason action:
• 2001, East Regional -- 12th of 21 (308-308-309/925) - program's first invitation
• 2002, Central Regional -- 6th of 21 (313-322-294/929)
• 2002, NCAA Finals -- 17th of 24 (301-299-299-300/1199) - program's first advancement to NCAA Finals
• 2004, Central Regional -- Laura Olin, individual, T-17th (75-76-78/229)
• 2005, Central Regional -- 15th of 21 (301-320-305/926)
• 2006, Central Regional -- Amy Schmucker, individual, T-71st (80-82-78/240)
• 2007, Central Regional -- 13th of 21 (311-305-310/926) - hosted at U-M Golf Course
• 2009, Central Regional -- 17th of 21 (312-321-327/960)
• 2010, Central Regional -- Ashley Bauer, individual, T-76th (78-87-80/245)
• 2011, Central Regional -- 18th of 24 (316-307-315/938)
• 2012, Central Regional -- 16th of 24 (315-316-306/937)
• 2016, Alabama Regional -- 6th of 18 (311-304-300/916)
• 2016, NCAA Finals - T-18th of 24 (296-299-292/887) - program's second advancement to NCAA Finals
• 2017, Columbus Regional -- 6th of 18 (312-293-303/908)
• 2017, NCAA Finals -- T-16th of 24 (315-315-299 = 929) - program's second straight advancement
NEXT ON THE TEE
• Mon-Wed., May 7-9 -- NCAA Regional (NCAA selected)
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