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Lady Buckeye Invitational
This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: Lady Buckeye Invitational
4/11/2019 1:35:00 PM | Women's Golf
» Michigan closes its regular-season schedule with Ohio State's Lady Buckeye Invitational at the Scarlet Course.
» The Wolverines will play on the Scarlet Course for the 23rd time in program history and in the 13th Lady Buckeye.
» U-M's last appearance was in 2017, when the Wolverines used a 911 total to finish sixth.
» Freshman Ashley Lau continues to lead U-M with a 74.22 scoring average. She has also led U-M in the last two events.
THIS WEEK
Sat-Sun., April 13-14 -- at Lady Buckeye Invitational (Columbus, Ohio)
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On the Tee: Lady Buckeye Invitational
The University of Michigan women's golf team closes its regular-season schedule in Columbus for Ohio State's Lady Buckeye Invitational, Saturday and Sunday (April 13-14) at the Scarlet Course. The two-day, 54-hole event is a mini Big Ten championship preview with seven of the 12 teams in the field hailing for the conference. Additionally, the format will be played by 6-count-4 scoring. The course will be set up for a par 72 with 6,228 yards.
The Lady Buckeye Invitational Field
There will be 12 teams competing in the Lady Buckeye Invitational: Illinois, Indianapolis, Kent State, Maryland, Michigan State, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Toledo.
The Lady Buckeye Schedule
Thursday, April 11 -- Travel Day
Friday, April 12 -- Practice Round (18) tee times TBD.
Saturday, April 13 -- First Round (18) begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 13 -- Second Round (18) continuous play after completion of first round
Sunday, April 14 -- Final Round (18) begins with tee times at 8:30 a.m.
The Michigan Lineup at the Lady Buckeye Invitational
Michigan will travel six starters for the Lady Buckeye Invitational with freshman Ashley Lau, junior Hannah Ghelfi, sophomore Ashley Kim, freshman Sophia Trombetta, senior Elodie Van Dievoet and junior Alisa Snyder.
Michigan's History at the Scarlet Course
Michigan has played 22 events on Ohio State's Scarlet Course in program history. The last time the Wolverines played in the Lady Buckeye was in 2017, which saw U-M finish sixth. Of the 22 events, 12 have been at the Lady Buckeye, while four have been the Lady Northern; three have been for the Big Ten Championships and three have been at an NCAA Central Regional.
U-M's History at the Scarlet Course
Sept. 24-26, 1982 - Lady Northern (1,008; 19th)
April 18-19, 1987 - Lady Buckeye (1,001; 12th)
Sept. 25-26, 1987 - Lady Northern (1,045; 14th)
May 6-8, 1988 - Big Ten Championships (1,409; 9th)
April 14-15, 1989 - Lady Buckeye (949; 4th)
Oct. 6-7, 1989 - Lady Buckeye (986; 10th)
April 14-15, 1990 - Lady Buckeye (962; 10th)
Oct. 5-7, 1990 - Lady Buckeye (992; 16th)
April 13-14, 1991 - Lady Buckeye (673)
Oct. 3-4, 1992 - Lady Buckeye (988; 4th)
April 10-11, 1993 - Lady Buckeye (1,030; 12th)
Oct. 8-10, 1993 - Lady Northern (1,016; 14th)
May 6-8, 1994 - Big Ten Championships (1,348; 10th)
April 29-30, 1995 - Lady Buckeye (985; 6th)
April 6-7, 1996 - Lady Buckeye (674; 5th)
Sept. 27-28, 2003 - Lady Northern (928; 7th)
April 23-25, 2004 - Big Ten Championships (1,243; t-5th)
May 7-9, 2006 - NCAA Central Regional (NTS, Amy Schmucker 240; t-71st)
May 7-9, 2009 - NCAA Central Regional (960; t-17th)
May 10-12, 2012 - NCAA Central Regional (937; t-16th)
April 18-19, 2015 - Lady Buckeye (918; 8th)
April 15-16, 2017 - Lady Bucket (911; 6th)
Wolverine Bites
• This weekend's battle is the final tune-up prior to the Wolverines heading into postseason play. When the Wolverine close the Lady Buckeye the following weekend, the Maize and Blue head back to Maineville, Ohio, for the Big Ten Championships at the TPC River's Bend, April 19-21, over Easter weekend.
• In a battle for the scoring lead, freshman Ashley Lau has taken the lead with a 74.22 per round average. She is 12 shots ahead of sophomore Ashley Kim's 74.74 per-round average. Combined, the two U-M Ashleys have posted eight of U-M's 13 sub-par rounds, and they remain as the only Wolverines averaging below 75 per round.
• Michigan's "Ashley Duo" of sophomore Ashley Kim and freshman Ashley Lau have become a 1-2 punch for the Wolverines. They have finished as the top two Wolverines in three events, with Lau finishing as the top Wolverine in three events while Kim has two. Both have started all nine events, and they have had 43 of 46 rounds count for U-M.
• Ashley Lau has continued to show consistent scoring and has fired a career-best 71 (-1) three times this season – at the Westbrook Spring Invitational (third), the Landfall Tradition (first) and the East & West Stroke Play qualifying (second). In 23 rounds this season she has only one above 76. She leads U-M with a 74.22 per round average.
• Ashley Kim opened the spring season in grand fashion with a career-best performance at the Moon Golf Invitational (Feb. 18-19). She carded three straight sub-par rounds -- 71 (-1), 71 (-1) and a season-best 69 (-3) -- for a 211 (-5) total that was a new career best by seven shots, and she recorded her first career top-five finish. It was also the best finish for a Wolverine in over a season and a half. Kim was named the Big Ten co-Golfer of the Week -- the first such honor of her career and first for a Wolverine since Oct. 4, 2017 (Van Dievoet).
• Using a career-best 70 (-2), Hannah Ghelfi's had a career-best performance in her last outing -- the Westbrook Spring Invitational. Adding in her second sub-par round of 71 (-1) in the first round, she posted a 215 (-1) tournament total to lead U-M and etched her first career top-20 finish -- tying for 19th and lowering her previous best 54-hole tournament total by seven strokes.
• Using five birdies and 11 pars, Alisa Snyder broke the 70-stroke barrier for the first time at the Westbrook Spring Invitational firing a three-under 69 in the second round. She also set a new career low after topping the 70 she had in the final round of the 2017 Big Ten Championships (April 21-23) as a freshman. With her performance she lowered her season average to 75.07 per round -- on a career-best pace by more than a shot.
• Using Hannah Ghelfi's career-best 215 (-1) tally and three 217s from Alisa Snyder, Ashley Kim and Ashley Lau the Wolverines closed the Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 24-25) posting an 861 (-3) tournament total -- which is the second lowest in program history and is the second-ever 54-hole event below par. The U-M record is an 835 (-29) total at the Las Vegas Showdown (Oct. 25-27, 2015).
Summer Offers Unique Opportunity for Dowling
• After serving as an assistant coach this past summer, U-M head coach Jan Dowling was named the Team International women's head coach for the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup at the Alotian Club in Roland, Arkansas.
• 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 and matches the United States against an International team.
• The 2019 event, to be played June 7-9, will mark the second time the event will be played under the expanded format to include men's and women's USA collegiate golfers, making it the only major tournament to feature men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Inside the Maize and Blue
• Michigan made back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances and advanced to the NCAA Finals in 2016 and 2017. 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 five 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. 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 (T9th). In the finals, she recorded the highest individual finish for a Wolverine (T4th) and paced U-M to its best finish at the championships (T16th).
Next on the Tee
Fri-Sun., April 19-21 -- Big Ten Championships (Maineville, Ohio)
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