MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's golf team will host the Tchefuncta Invitational at Tchefuncta Country Club in Covington, La., on Monday and Tuesday.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): Tchefuncta Invitational (Hosted by South Alabama)
Dates: Feb. 21-22 (Monday – Tuesday)
Format: 54 holes (36/18)
Course: Tchefuncta Country Club (Covington, La.)
Yardage: 6,044 yards
Par: 71
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
THE FIELD (9)
South Alabama, UAB, Southern Miss, Little Rock, ULM, Murray State, UT Arlington, Incarnate Word and Toledo
JAGUAR LINEUP (Shotgun Start – 8 a.m.)
1.) Siti Shaari – Hole 1B
2.) Cassidy Lambert – Hole 1A
3.) Julie Hovland – No. 2
4.) Malia Uyeshiro – No. 3
5.) Catharina Lohoff – No. 4
Ind. – Carlota Garcia – No. 18
Ind. – Belinda May – No. 17
TEE SHOTS
- The tournament will mark Hovland's first event of the spring.
- Lambert won a Louisiana Junior Golf Tour event at Tchefuncta Country Club on Aug. 6, 2021, after carding a 4-over par 146 which included an even par round of 71 – the lowest round in the division.
- Shaari recorded a top-five finish at last week's First Coast Classic, which included a 1-under par 71 in round two.
- Lambert posted a career-low 1-under par 71 in the final round of the First Coast Classic, and earned a career-best finish (T-8th) with a career-low 228 in three rounds.
- Uyeshiro also earned a career-best finish (T-13th) at the First Coast Classic
QUOTES
Head Coach Matt Luther
- On the tournament:
"It is going to be short game truth serum. If you're short game is not point around there you're going to have a problem."
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