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Tulane Classic presented by Chad Brownstein
This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: Tulane Classic
2/11/2022 2:54:00 PM | Women's Golf
» Michigan will begin its spring season in New Orleans, La. at the Tulane Classic, Sunday through Tuesday (Feb. 13-15).
» The 16-team field features nine teams ranked among the nation's top 100 in the latest Golfstat rankings, including the 10th-ranked Wolverines.
» Hailey Borja leads U-M with five sub-par rounds and a 72.25 scoring average.
» After missing the fall season due to a thumb injury, graduate student Ashley Kim will return to the lineup.
THIS WEEK
Sun-Tue., Feb. 13-15 -- at Tulane Classic presented by Chad Brownstein (New Orleans, La.)
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Next on the Tee: Tulane Classic
The 10th-ranked University of Michigan women's golf team makes its way back to competition after a three month training break that followed a successful fall campaign. The Wolverines will start their fall slate with a trip to New Orleans, La., Sunday through Tuesday (Feb. 13-15), for the Tulane Classic presented Chad Brownstein. The three-day, 54-hole event will be played at the English Turn Golf and Country Club with a 16-team field. The course is expected to be set up for a par 72 and 6,295 yards.
The Tulane Classic Field
The Landfall Tradition features a 16-team field including No. 78 Boston College, No. 71 Charlotte, No. 34 Clemson, Iowa, Memphis, No. 10 Michigan, No. 69 Nebraska, No. 65 North Texas, Rutgers, No. 87 SMU, Southern Miss, No. 92 Texas State, Tulane, UAB, No. 66 UTSA and Wichita State. Selected teams will have an individual compete.
The Tulane Classic Schedule
Friday, Feb. 11 -- Travel Day
Saturday. Feb. 12 -- Practice Round, 10:06 & 10:14 a.m. (tee times)
Sunday, Feb. 13 -- First Round (18), 9:00 a.m. (tee times)
Monday, Feb. 14 -- Second Round (18), 9:00 a.m. (tee times)
Tuesday, Feb. 15 -- Final Round (18), 8:00 a.m. (tee times)
Michigan's Tulane Classic Lineup
Michigan will have a five-member starting lineup at the Tulane Classic. Seniors Ashley Kim and Ashley Lau, juniors Hailey Borja and Anika Dy and sophomore Monet Chun will play as the U-M starting five, while junior Mikaela Schulz will compete as an individual.
Wolverine Bites
• The Wolverine roster grew by one during the winter break as head coach Jan Dowling and her husband, Tien, welcomed Simon Richard to Ann Arbor on Jan. 17, 2022. With Dowling on leave, assistant AJ Newell will handle the program duties for the Maize and Blue.
• Hailey Borja was invited to participate in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur, March 30-April 2, played at the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. If she advances, she'll play a final round at the prestigious Augusta National.
• It was quite the fall season for Michigan. In four events, the Wolverines sandwiched winning the Wolverine Invitational (Sept. 13-14) with an 851 (-1) tally and closing as the runner-up at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 29-31) with an 861 (-3) around a pair of seventh place finishes at the Windy City Invitational (Oct. 4-5) and the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 15-17).
• Michigan welcomes back the services of graduate student Ashley Kim, who missed the fall season due to a thumb injury. Kim is taking advantage of the NCAA rule to allow student-athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She has started 34 of her 35 career events and carries a 74.62 career scoring average.
• With her team-best five sub-par rounds, Hailey Borja has taken over the team lead for scoring with a 72.25 per-round average. She is closely followed by Ashley Lau's 72.67 average and Monet Chun's 73.33. As a team, U-M has posted a 290.58 team average with five sub-par team rounds, including a team-low 279 (-9) in the second round of the Landfall Tradition. U-M has seven sub-290 team tallies.
• Six of seven Wolverines have posted an even- or sub-par score this season. Hailey Borja leads the team with five sub-par tallies, while Mikaela Schulz has four. Borja tied her career-low with a 68 (-4) in the second round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, while Schulz posted a new career-low after her 67 (-5) in the second round of the Landfall Tradition. Ashley Lau adds three of her own as she tied her career-best with a 68 (-4) in the second round at the Landfall. So far, U-M has 13 total red numbers and 12 even par tallies.
• Michigan earned two Big Ten Golfer of the Week accolades in the fall. Mikaela Schulz was named to the conference award recipient after she won the Wolverine Invitational with a 210 (-3) tally, and Hailey Borja was given the honor after she led the Wolverines with a career-best 210 (-6) and tied for third at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational.
• After posting a career-low 210 (-3) tally, Mikaela Schulz earned the second medalist honor of her career, tying with Iowa State's Liyana Durisic at the Wolverine Invitational. Overall, Schulz's win marked the 33rd individual title by a Wolverine as well as the sixth under U-M coach Jan Dowling. Schulz won her first event as an individual at EMU's Shirley Spork Invitational with a 212 (68-72-72) tally during her freshman season (2019-20).
• With the entire starting five finishing in the top 20 individually, U-M won the Wolverine Invitational with a U-M Golf Course women's team record 851 (-1) -- the first sub-par tally at U-M's home course. The 851 tally was the second-lowest team total in program history and crushed the prior U-M Golf Course record by 18 shots -- 869 by USC at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional (May 10-12).
Next on the Tee
Sat-Sun., March 5-6 -- at Gator Invitational (Gainesville, Fla.)
Players Mentioned
