Women’s Golf Back to Work at Illini Invitational at Medinah

MEDINAH, Ill. – The University of Houston Women’s Golf opens play at the Illini Invitational at Medinah when it tees off on Course No. 2 at Medinah Country Club on Monday morning.
 
The Cougars will play 36 holes Monday with the Final Round teeing off Tuesday at the 6,166-yard, par-72course. Monday’s First Round starts with an 8:30 a.m., shotgun get started with the Final Round beginning at 9 a.m., Tuesday.
 
The Cougars, who stand at #19 in the newest Golfweek ratings, input this week’s tournament after a couple of Top-Four finishes to open the season.
 
Houston swept the staff and person championships at the season-opening Sam Golden Invitational in Corinth, Texas, on Sept. 11-12. The Cougars completed with a 54-hole general of 48-under 816, the fourth-lowest staff general in NCAA historical past.
 
In their most up-to-date motion, the Cougars completed fourth at the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club on Sept. 23-25.
 
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MEET the COUGARS

Under the management of Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach Lydia Gumm, Houston will probably be represented by means of sophomore Moa Svedenskiold, sophomore Alexa Saldana, senior Nicole Abelar, junior Hyeonji Kang and sophomore Natalie Saint Germain.

 

This season, Svedenskiold leads the Cougars with a 68.33 scoring reasonable and 4 rounds within the 60s. The Halmstad has posted seventh-place person finishes in every of the staff’s first two tournaments and is the one Cougar to shoot par or decrease in each and every spherical this season.

 

Abelar and Saldana are tied for 2nd at the staff with a 69.67 with Saldana posting 5 rounds of par or higher.

 

After competing as a person in every of the primary two tournaments, Kang will compete within the Cougars’ lineup for the primary time after moving from Hawai’i this summer time.

 

Saint Germain will make her season debut this week. As a freshman in 2022-23, the Prague, Czech Republic, local completed 2nd at the staff with a 72.79 reasonable and 15 rounds of par or higher and set a faculty file with a 64 within the Final Round of the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 26, 2022.

 

TEAM FIELD

Houston will compete in a 15-team box in opposition to Alabama, Georgia, LSU, UNC Wilmington, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Mississippi, San Jose State, SMU, TCU, Texas Tech and host Illinois.

 

PAIRINGS

For Monday’s play, Houston will compete in teams with student-athletes from Mississippi and LSU.

 

Svedenskiold begins the day for the Cougars off No. 4 at 8:30 a.m. with Saldana (first team off No. 5), Abelar (2nd team off No. 5), Kang (No. 6) and Saint Germain (first team off No. 7) following.

 

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MISSING in ACTION

The Cougars will probably be with out the services and products of freshman Maelynn Kim, who has competed in every of the staff’s first two tournaments… however for a excellent explanation why.

 

During the summer time, the Houston local and Seven Lakes High School product received the person name at The Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteer of America Girls Championship. For her spectacular fulfillment, she earned an exemption into this week’s The Ascendant LPGA reaping rewards Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.

 

This season, Kim has posted a 70.33 scoring reasonable with 5 rounds of par or higher and earned a career-best 17^th-place end at the Schooner Falls Classic, thank you to a 66 within the First Round, on Sept. 23-25.

 

UP NEXT

Following the Illini Invitational at Medinah, Houston closes the autumn season when it competes at the Jim West Challenge at Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, Texas, on Oct. 20-22.

 

Following the vacation smash, the Cougars open their spring season after they play at the Nexus Collegiate at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas, on Feb. 12-13, 2024.

 

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