WGOLF CENTRAL: SMU Trinity Forest Invite
October 28, 2017 | Women's Golf
DALLAS, Texas -- Tennessee women's golf heads to Dallas, Texas, to close out the fall schedule at the Trinity Forest Invitational. The tournament runs from Monday, Oct. 30 through Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Trinity Forest Golf Club (par 72, 6,372 yards).
Every team in the 13-team field is ranked in the top-80 in Golfweek's Sagarin Rankings. SMU will host a field that consists of No. 12 Colorado, No. 29 UNLV, No. 33 Texas A&M, No. 34 Tennessee, No. 36 Houston, No. 41 BYU, No. 53 Texas Tech, No. 54 Campbell, No. 55 UTSA, No. 62 Missouri, No. 67 Kansas State and No. 77 Chattanooga.
Every team in the 13-team field is ranked in the top-80 in Golfweek's Sagarin Rankings. SMU will host a field that consists of No. 12 Colorado, No. 29 UNLV, No. 33 Texas A&M, No. 34 Tennessee, No. 36 Houston, No. 41 BYU, No. 53 Texas Tech, No. 54 Campbell, No. 55 UTSA, No. 62 Missouri, No. 67 Kansas State and No. 77 Chattanooga.
Tournament Format
- The Trinity Forest Invitational will be played in a 36-18 format with the practice round being played on Sunday, Oct. 29.
- Round one will begin on Monday, Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m. ET in a shotgun start. Play will be continuous into the second round.
- The third and final round is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in a shotgun start. The awards presentation will immediately follow the round.
Tournament History
- Trinity Forest resembles many of the great old courses of the Northeast and Great Britain, featuring a links style course on a rolling meadow with tall native grasses and dramatic bunkering and green complexes.
- The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw – Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. – designed both the championship golf course, the short course and the nine-hole "Horse Course". The design of Trinity Forest honors classic golf courses with traditional, strategic golf and great artistry as the guiding philosophy.
- Trinity Forest is the new home of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson Championship as well as high-profile professional and amateur events.
Tennessee's Lineup
- Waverly Whiston
- Blakesly Warren
- Anna Newell
- Micheala Williams
- Ariana Macioce
2017 Tennessee Volunteers
- Top Returnees:
- Senior Anna Newell played in 11 tournaments carding a stroke average of 73.97 and a team-leading eight top 25 finishes during her junior campaign. She shot five sub-70 rounds including two during the SEC Championship en route to recording a 17th place finish on the Greystone Course. This season, she boasts a 71.89 stroke average through three tournaments and a top-three finish at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship.
- Senior Blakesly Warren competed in 11 tournaments with a stroke avg. of 73.53 and seven top 25 finishes in 2016, including a third place finish at the 2017 Auburn vs. Tennessee Challenge. She was tabbed the SEC Player of the Week on March 22, 2017 after carding an eighth place finish at the 3M Augusta Invitational. In her most recent tournament this season, she tied for 12th place with a score of 219 (+3).
- Sophomore Micheala Williams played in 11 tournaments with a stroke average of 74.03 in her first year with the Orange and White. She carded 10 rounds of par or better and placed in the top 25 four times. Most notably, she carded three birdies in her last four holes of the 2017 SEC Championship to place seventh. This season, Williams has placed in the top 20 two times, including a 17th place finish (220, +4) at the Magnolia Invitational.
- Program Notes:
- In the team's first tournament of 2017-18, UT tied for fifth place (893), while Anna Newell and Micheala Williams placed in the top 16 individually. Overall, the Vols shot five rounds of par or better.
- The Lady Vols closed out the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a final round of 280 (-4) to jump into third place. Newell also placed third in the tournament.
- Tennessee women's golf carded 293 in the final round of the Magnolia Invitational to place third in the tournament. The finish marked the Lady Vols' second top-three finish this season and the team's first back-to-back placement in the top three since the beginning of the 2015-16 season.
- Tennessee's two freshmen ranked among the top-50 players in the 2017 signing class: No. 19 Waverly Whiston and No. 50 Mariah Smith.
- Whiston was named a freshman to watch on Golfweek's Preseason Top 10 Freshmen List in September.
- Head Coach Judi Pavon is in her 18th season at the helm of the program. Under her tutelage, Tennessee has reached 10 NCAA Championships in the last 14 years and posted a winning record in all but one season. The Vols have also had success in the classroom as the team posted the highest GPA (3.79) in both women's golf and Tennessee Athletics history during the 2017 season.
- Since the program's first regional bid in 1993, the Vols have qualified for the NCAA postseason every year with 2017 marking Tennessee's 25th consecutive appearance.
Additional Information
- Live stats will be available at Golfstat.com and results will be posted to the recap at the conclusion of each round.
For the most up-to-date information about the Tennessee women's golf team, visit UTSports.com/w-golf, follow @Vol_WGolf on twitter and like the Vols at Facebook.com/UTWomensGolf.
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