Florida Women’s Golf Set for Last Tournament of the Fall Season
Friday, October 23, 2015 | Women's Golf
The Gator women's golf team travels to San Antonio, Texas, for the Alamo Invitational hosted by UTSA, on Oct. 25-27, for its final tournament of the fall season.
The No. 19 Gators opened the 2015-16 season at the Cougar Classic, where sophomore Taylor Tomlinson fired a -6 (210) to take home co-medalist honors, while the team took fourth place (869). The Gators then posted a fifth-place finish (873) at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, led by freshman Sam Wagner, who shot 3-under par (210) and placed third. The last time out, at the Windy City Collegiate, Tomlinson led the Gators once again, finishing tied for 19th at 1-under par (215), her second under par tournament of the season, while the team took home eighth (872).
Florida last competed at the Alamo Invitational in 2013, with a notable fourth-place finish, out of 15 teams and a -9 (855) total, which marked the third-lowest team tournament total in Gator history. The 2015 tournament also features 15 teams, including four teams from Golfweek's Top 25, led by SEC foe Arkansas (No. 6).
Course Information: The tournament is being held at the par-72, 6,450-yard Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas.
Format: 54-hole stroke play where teams will play three rounds, 18 holes each day.
Tee Times:
Sunday Rd. 1 – 11:00 a.m.
Monday Rd. 2 – 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday Rd. 3 – 8:45 a.m. Shotgun Start
The Gators' Lineup:
Junior Maria Torres (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico): She will bring experience to the Briggs Ranch Golf Club, in the 2013 event she posted a 1-over par (217) and tied for 24th.
Freshman Sam Wagner (Windermere, Fla.): At just her second collegiate event, the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, she posted a first-round score of -4 (67), which ties for the second-lowest individual round in Gator history.
Sophomore Taylor Tomlinson (Gainesville, Fla.): Owns the lowest scoring average on the team of 72.2, thanks to four under par rounds and two under par tournament totals.
Junior Karolina Vlckova (Unho?ť,Czech Republic): Vlckova also brings experience to San Antonio, the junior fired a +3 (219) total in the 2013 event, finishing T-32.
Junior Kelly Grassel (Chesterton, Ind.): Competed in the Gators' lineup for the first time this season at the Windy City Collegiate; she was a consistent scorer recording rounds of 74-73-73 and finishing T-41.
Individual- Junior Sydney Needham (Villa Rica, Ga.): A junior transfer from Samford, she will make her Orange and Blue debut competing as an individual.
Head Coach Emily Glaser Says: “This event will be a great way to finish the fall season. The team has come a long way in a short time period, both on and off the course. They are a talented bunch, but besides that, they are really starting to gain confidence in both each other and the team as a whole. My goal is that we demonstrate some of the toughness we've been working on this fall, and compete hard from start to finish.”
Preparing for the SEC:
At the Alamo Invitational, Florida will add LSU and Texas A&M to the list of SEC teams it has competed against this fall for a total of eight teams. It will be the second time the Gators will get to see No. 6 Arkansas; the Razorbacks took the team title at the season opening Cougar Classic tournament, where Florida placed fourth.
Tournament Field (Golfweek rankings as of Oct. 15, 2015):
Arkansas (6)
Baylor
FLORIDA (19)
Houston (24)
LSU (33)
Mississippi State
Oklahoma
SMU
TCU (48)
Texas A&M (16)
Texas State
Texas Tech
Tulane
UTSA
Wisconsin
Follow the Gators: Play will begin on Sunday, Oct. 25, with live scoring available on BirdieFire.com. A complete recap with full results will be posted on GatorZone.com following the day's play.
