Michigan
Windy City Invitational
Lau, Borja Lead Wolverines to Finish Seventh at Windy City Classic
10/5/2021 6:12:00 PM | Women's Golf
» With a final-round 300, Michigan tallied a 909 54-hole total and tied for seventh at Northwestern's Windy City Classic played at the Westmoreland Country Club.
» The Wolverines were led by Ashley Lau and Hailey Borja, who tied for 14th with 224 totals.
» Monet Chun posted U-M's best single round with a final-round 72 (E), which helped her jump 19 spots and tie for 27th (227).
» The Windy City Classic's 15-team field featured nine top-25 teams from the latest coaches poll, and all 15 were ranked among the top 55 of the early Golfweek polls.
Site: Wilmette, Ill.
Course: Westmoreland Country Club (Par 72, 6,432 yards)
Tournament: Windy City Classic (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Team Standing: t-7th Place of 15 Teams (304-305-300/909)
Top U-M Individuals: Ashley Lau (75-75-74), Hailey Borja (76-74-74), t-14th (224)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Oct. 15-17 -- at Ruth's Chris Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
WILMETTE, Ill. -- Senior Ashley Lau and junior Hailey Borja each tied for 14th individually to guide the University of Michigan women's golf team to a 909 54-hole total Tuesday (Oct. 5) and a seventh-place tie at Northwestern's Windy City Classic at Westmoreland Country Club.
"The Westmoreland Country Club is such a great test of golf, and exposes any weakness," said U-M head coach Jan Dowling. "It was the perfect course, and field, to test ourselves midway through our fall season. Our final round was our best, and that was because we eliminated most of the big numbers and gained some valuable course knowledge. We will attack the areas of our game that got exposed in the next week and a half to get ready for our final two tournaments."
Heading to Chicago, U-M played its second event in one of the strongest fall event fields of 2021 with nine of the 15 teams ranked among the top 25. Playing alongside No. 5 Stanford and No. 21 Virginia, the 18th-ranked Wolverines posted a 304 team total to position themselves seventh in Monday's opening round. Before the day's second 18 was suspended due to darkness, U-M was one of six teams to finish, tallying a 305 and remained in seventh after the first 36 holes became official.
Heading into the final round, the Wolverines were able to rally with their lowest team total of the event at 300 paced by an even-par 72 from sophomore Monet Chun and a pair of 74s (+2) from Lau and Borja. With a 909 total, U-M closed tied for seventh with host Northwestern.
With their closing 74s, Lau (75-75-74) and Borja (76-74-74) paced the Wolverines tying for 14th with 224 totals. Using two birdies to erase two bogeys in her final round, Chun carded a 72 to help her jump 19 spots to tie for 27th with a 227 (79-76-72) finish. Junior Mikaela Schulz tied for 61st (236) and senior Sophia Trombetta finished 71st (243), rounding out the Wolverines starting five finishes.
After 2020's event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wolverines return to Chapel Hill, N.C., for its fifth straight fall trip to North Carolina's Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, Friday through Sunday (Oct. 15-17). The three-day, 54-hole event will be played on campus at the Finley Golf Course.
Final Team Standings
1. Stanford 291-292-295 = 878 (+14) 2. Virginia 302-293-291 = 886 3. Florida 297-297-296 = 890 4. Texas 296-296-300 = 892 5. Oregon 306-298-295 = 899 6. South Carolina 307-308-292 = 907 7. MICHIGN 304-305-300 = 909 Northwestern 309-300-300 = 909 9. Duke 303-306-303 = 912 10. Iowa State 311-295-309 = 915 11. Purdue 313-306-297 = 916 12. Michigan State 304-308-310 = 922 13. Mississippi State 304-311-308 = 923 14. USC 300-315-315 = 930 15. Augusta 318-314-305 = 937
Top Individuals
1. Rose Zhang, Stanford 72-70-70 = 212 (-4) 2. Jackie Lucena, Florida 69-73-71 = 213 3. Bohyun Park, Texas 68-74-73 = 215 4. Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Iowa State 74-69-75 = 218 Riley Smyth, Virginia 72-78-69 = 219 Cindy Kou, USC 72-79-68 = 219 7. Aline Krauter, Stanford 74-72-74 = 220 Virginia Bossi, Virginia 75-72-73 = 220 Hannah Darling, South Carolina 76-74-70 = 220 10. Celeste Valinho, Virginia 73-77-71 = 221*
Michigan Individuals
T14. Ashley Lau 75-75-74 = 224 T14. Hailey Borja 76-74-74 = 224 T27. Monet Chun 79-76-72 = 227 T61. Mikaela Schulz 74-82-80 = 236 73. Sophia Trombetta 83-80-80 = 243 82. Anika Dy 90-81-83 = 254* * playing as individual
