Michigan
Mary Fossum Invitational
Wolverines to Head to East Lansing for Mary Fossum Invitational
9/19/2024 1:13:00 PM | Women's Golf
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After two weeks of work and preparation, the University of Michigan women's golf team heads back out for competition, traveling across I-96 to East Lansing, Mich., for Michigan State's Mary Fossum Invitational, Sunday and Monday (Sept. 22-23). The two-day, 54-hole event will be played on Forest Akers West Course with 8:30 a.m. shotgun starts each day.
Notes
• The Mary Fossum Invitational will be made up of 15 teams, including: Delaware, Florida, Florida International, Grand Valley State, Kennesaw, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Notre Dame, Oakland, Ole Miss, Purdue and Toledo.
• U-M will travel five starters and an individual to East Lansing. Freshman Suzie Tran and redshirt-junior Mara Janess head up the Wolverine starters, while sophomore Grace Wang, junior Sydney Sung and freshman Mimi Guo round out the five. Junior Lauren Sung will travel and compete as an individual.
• Michigan will make its 16th trip to the Mary Fossum Invitational, where the Wolverines have posted five top-five finishes, including winning the 2004 event (919). The Maize and Blue posted its lowest team tally with a 294 in the second round of the 2011 event.
• After a final-round 301 last season, Michigan' 899 team total helped U-M to 10th-place at the 2023 Mary Fossum Invitational. With her 218 (+2) total, Hailey Borja led the Wolverines earning her 15th career top-10 finish as she tied for ninth. Janess led a trio of newcomers as she tied for 40th (227).
• One of the most memorable moments for U-M at Forest Akers West Course was at the 2002 NCAA Central Regional. In just U-M's second-ever regional appearance, Bess Bowers (t-11th) paced the Wolverines to a sixth-place finish, advancing them to the program's first ever NCAA Finals (17th) at Washington National.
• In their collegiate debuts, freshmen Tran and Guo paced the Maize and Blue in the season-opening Boilermaker Invitational as they both recorded top-20 finishes. Tran's 224 (73-76-75) total helped her to 15th, while Guo tallied a 225 (73-78-74) to tie for 16th. The duo had all six rounds count towards team scoring and carded the lowest round of the event, opening their U-M careers with first-round 73s (+1).
• On the professional front, recent graduates Monet Chun and Borja advanced to the October LPGA Q School qualifying round after Chun tied for 49th (285) and Borja tied for 70th (287) in pre-qualifier action. The next step will be Tuesday through Friday, Oct. 15-18 at the Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla. (Bobcat and Panther courses).
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