After four fall tournaments, the Tigers returned from their hiatus to take aim at winning the tournament on a tough par-72 course that measures 7,146 yards from the farthest tees.
Overall, the Tigers had some struggles throughout the weekend and finished 10th in the three-round tournament. This was due in part to a tough course and great competition in the 15-team event.
“The course was playing 6,500 yards, and it was very wet,” head coach Amy Bond said. “It is a course that requires precise shots, and there is very little room for error. The average score for the weekend was over 83 shots.”
Michigan State was the dominant team in the tournament, winning by nine strokes over Denver. Tulsa, Texas A&M, Kent State, Northwestern, Iowa State, Mississippi, Texas Christian and Princeton rounded out the top 10.
Princeton junior Susannah Aboff had a strong showing in the tournament. She improved her scoring each day with an 84, 79 and 75 and finished tied for 12th at plus 22, leading all other Tigers.
Between the poor weather and the long gap between tournaments, the Tigers are not worried about their less-than-stellar finish.
“Since we have not played a tournament since October and we have not been able to get outside that much this winter,” Bond said. “We need to get our sense of feel back around the greens, and we also just need to get the rust off. The players did a pretty good job having not played in a while, but we still have lots of work to do.”
In the rest of the field only two players — each from Michigan State — posted below-par rounds. The Spartans’ Sara Brown had the best individual score in the tournament at plus five, eight shots ahead of teammate Aimee Neff. Brown’s round of 70 came on day two, and Neff finished the tournament strongly on the final day with the lowest score of 69.
Sophomore Michelle Grilli also performed well in the tournament. She tied for 14th at plus 23 with rounds of 80, 78 and 81.
Freshman Kate Scarpetta tied for 56th at plus 42, junior Marlowe Boukis tied for 63rd at plus 46 and freshman Rachel Blum finished in 80th place at plus 70.
“The competition was fierce, and the course was brutal,” Scarpetta said. “Number 18 had a moat in front of the green filled with dangerous prey. Few survived,” she added half-jokingly.
It was clearly a talented field. The champion Spartans are currently ranked 26th, Denver 13th, Kent State 14th, Texas A&M 24th and TCU 30th. With five teams ranked in the top 30, it is understandable that the young Tiger team had a hard time keeping up.
“The competition at the tournament was one of the toughest fields that we will see all year outside of the regional championships,” Bond said.
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