HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – No. 6 Northwestern welcomes some of the best women's amateur golfers in the world to Northmoor Country Club (Par-71; 6200 yards) this week for the tenth annual Windy City Collegiate Classic. All nine of head coach Emily Fletcher's Wildcats will compete in the 54-hole event on Chicago's north shore.
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Fletcher will send a deep, talented and experienced lineup into battle in the 5-count-4 format. Seniors Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho, juniors Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao, and sophomore Brooke Riley will score for the 'Cats as a team, while juniors MacKenzie Hawkes and Monica Matsubara, sophomore Louise McCulloch and rookie Julia Tournant will compete as individuals.
The Windy City has grown into arguably the most competitive event on the fall college golf calendar, with eight of the Top-25 teams in the nation in Chicago this week according to the most recent Golfweek rankings.
No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 20 Oregon, No. 21 Florida, No. 25 Purdue join the No. 6 Wildcats at Northmoor in search of a title. The rest of the field includes Arizona, California, Iowa State, Ohio State, San Diego State, Tulane and UC-Davis.
Action will tee off Monday at 7:30 a.m. CT, with nine teams starting their day on the front nine, and six and the six individuals opening the competition on No. 10. The second round will begin immediately after the conclusion of Round 1 (~11:45 a.m. CT).
Northwestern opened the 2017-18 campaign with a runner-up result at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Classic in Albuquerque, and followed it with a fifth-place finish in a loaded Mason Rudolph Championship in Nashville, in which the 'Cats posted the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Kim, the two-time defending Mary Fossum Award winner in the Big Ten and a three-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree, has led the Wildcats with a 70.83 average, followed by Mao (71.17) and Lau (71.67). Five of the six 'Cats who have competed this season have posted a round in the 60's, demonstrating a balanced attack for Fletcher and long-time assistant Beth Miller.
Kim was Northwestern's top finisher at last year's Windy City, posting a seventh-place result for her second straight Top-10 in the event. The University of Georgia captured the 2016 Windy City team championship for a second consecutive year by firing a 10-under 854, four strokes better than runner-up Stanford. The Cardinal were led by individual medalist Andrea Lee, who birdied the 54th hole to card a final round 67 and edge Georgia's Bailey Tardy – the reigning Windy City champion - by one stroke. The Stanford rookie finished with a 10-under 206 to earn the win in her collegiate debut. Glen View Club relentlessly challenged one of the deepest fields in women's college golf through. Only three (of 14) teams and 11 (of 78) individuals finished under par.
Established in 1918, Northmoor features 27 holes of golf, with its original 18 holes designed by legendary golf course designer Donald Ross.
Windy City Collegiate Classic LIVE Leaderboard: http://bit.ly/WindyCity17
Round 1 Tee Times
Round 2 Tee Times
Fletcher will send a deep, talented and experienced lineup into battle in the 5-count-4 format. Seniors Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho, juniors Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao, and sophomore Brooke Riley will score for the 'Cats as a team, while juniors MacKenzie Hawkes and Monica Matsubara, sophomore Louise McCulloch and rookie Julia Tournant will compete as individuals.
The Windy City has grown into arguably the most competitive event on the fall college golf calendar, with eight of the Top-25 teams in the nation in Chicago this week according to the most recent Golfweek rankings.
No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Michigan State, No. 20 Oregon, No. 21 Florida, No. 25 Purdue join the No. 6 Wildcats at Northmoor in search of a title. The rest of the field includes Arizona, California, Iowa State, Ohio State, San Diego State, Tulane and UC-Davis.
Action will tee off Monday at 7:30 a.m. CT, with nine teams starting their day on the front nine, and six and the six individuals opening the competition on No. 10. The second round will begin immediately after the conclusion of Round 1 (~11:45 a.m. CT).
Northwestern opened the 2017-18 campaign with a runner-up result at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Classic in Albuquerque, and followed it with a fifth-place finish in a loaded Mason Rudolph Championship in Nashville, in which the 'Cats posted the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Kim, the two-time defending Mary Fossum Award winner in the Big Ten and a three-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree, has led the Wildcats with a 70.83 average, followed by Mao (71.17) and Lau (71.67). Five of the six 'Cats who have competed this season have posted a round in the 60's, demonstrating a balanced attack for Fletcher and long-time assistant Beth Miller.
Kim was Northwestern's top finisher at last year's Windy City, posting a seventh-place result for her second straight Top-10 in the event. The University of Georgia captured the 2016 Windy City team championship for a second consecutive year by firing a 10-under 854, four strokes better than runner-up Stanford. The Cardinal were led by individual medalist Andrea Lee, who birdied the 54th hole to card a final round 67 and edge Georgia's Bailey Tardy – the reigning Windy City champion - by one stroke. The Stanford rookie finished with a 10-under 206 to earn the win in her collegiate debut. Glen View Club relentlessly challenged one of the deepest fields in women's college golf through. Only three (of 14) teams and 11 (of 78) individuals finished under par.
Established in 1918, Northmoor features 27 holes of golf, with its original 18 holes designed by legendary golf course designer Donald Ross.