This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: The Landfall Tradition

» Michigan will close its fall season at the Landfall Tradition, Friday through Sunday (Oct. 25-27), at the Country Club of Landfall.
» After leading U-M with a career-best performance at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, freshman Anika Dy will start in the No. 1 position for the Wolverines.
» Freshman Hailey Borja will make her fourth straight start and leads U-M in scoring average (72.44) after producing six of nine rounds at or below par.
» The Landfall Tradition features 18 teams all ranked among the top 100 with 13 ranked among the top 50 in the nation.

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Fri-Sun., Oct. 25-27 -- Landfall Tradition (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Next on the Tee: The Landfall Tradition

In what will be another strong test for the University of Michigan women's golf team, the Wolverines will close its fall season when it heads to North Carolina for a second straight weekend to play in the Landfall Tradition, Friday through Sunday (Oct. 25-27) at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington. The three-day, 54-hole event will feature an 18-team field with 13 ranked among the top 50. The tournament will be set up for a par 72 and 6,140 yards.

The Landfall Tradition Field

There will be 18 teams in the field at the Landfall Tradition, including No. 13 Alabama, No. 36 Central Florida, No. 24 Florida State, No. 30 Furman, No. 19 Illinois, No. 60 Indiana, No. 41 Maryland, No. 40 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 80 North Carolina State, No. 25 North Carolina, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 79 Penn State, No. 53 Purdue, No. 9 South Carolina, No. 42 Virginia, No. 22 Virginia Tech and No. 100 UNC Wilmington.

The Landfall Tradition Lineup

Michigan will bring a five-member starting squad to the Landfall Tradition:
• Freshman Anika Dy (Second career start)
• Freshman Hailey Borja (Fourth career start)
• Senior Hannah Ghelfi (17th career start)
• Sophomore Ashley Lau (16th straight start)
• Junior Ashley Kim (23rd career start)

The Landfall Tradition Schedule

Wednesday, Oct. 23 -- Travel Day
Thursday, Oct. 24 -- Practice Round (18), 7:30 a.m. (AD, HB and AL)
Thursday, Oct. 24 -- College Am (18), 12:30 p.m. (HG and AK)
Friday, Oct. 25 -- First Round (18), 8:30 a.m. (tee times off No. 1 and 10)
Saturday, Oct. 26 -- Second Round (18), 8:30 a.m. (tee times off No. 1 and 10)
Sunday, Oct. 27 -- Final Round (18), 8:45 a.m. (shotgun)

First Round at the Landfall Tradition

The Wolverines will play the opening round of the Landfall Tradition with NC State and Penn State starting off the 10th tee at 8:30 a.m.

Michigan's History at the Landfall Tradition

• U-M will make its seventh trip to the Landfall Tradition.
• Michigan had a string of four straight appearances from 2005-08. The Wolverines recorded their best finish, a third-place tie in 2008, and have three top-five finishes after a fifth place showing in 2018.
• Former All-Big Ten golfer Brianna Broderick holds U-M's top finish at the Country Club of Landfall, tying for third in 2006 with a 222 (72-76-74) tally. In fact, U-M had a pair of top-10 individuals as Ali Stinson tied for eighth at 226 (77-76-73).
• Last year, Ashley Lau led a pair of Wolverines with top 25 individuals as she tied for 11th (221) and Elodie Van Dievoet tied for 24th (225).
• Below is U-M's team breakdown's at the Landfall Tradition
2005: 316-321-315 = 952 (11th of 12)
2006: 300-315-302 = 917 (5th of 12)
2007: 306-318-321 = 945 (12th of 12)
2008: 321-294-301 = 916 (t-3rd of 12)
2017: 297-296 = 593 (11th of 18) -- shortened to 36 holes due to weather
2018: 306-293-297 = 896 (5th of 18)

Wolverine Bites

• The Landfall Tradition will mark the third straight event for Michigan against the nation's best. First, U-M faced 10 top-25 teams in a field of 15 at the Windy City Collegiate Championship (Sept. 30-Oct. 1). The Wolverines next faced an 18-team field that featured 13 teams ranked in the top 50 at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 11-13). This weekend, the Maize and Blue head to Wilmington, North Carolina, and will compete against 17 other teams ranked in the top-100 -- including 13 ranked among the top 50. Michigan is ranked No. 40 by Golfweek and No. 43 in the Golfstat rankings.

• It has been quite the start for freshman Hailey Borja. After posting a 217 (+1) total in her collegiate debut at the Glass City Invitational, she repeated the effort with a 217 (+1) total to lead the Wolverines at the Windy City Collegiate Championship. In all, she has posted scores of par of better in six of her nine rounds this season, with a career-low 71 (-1) in her first collegiate round. She averages 217.33 per 54-hole event and leads U-M with a 72.44 per-round average.

• Borja's fourth-place tie at the Glass City Invitational is the best opening tournament finish for a U-M freshman since 1995, when Sharon Park finished fifth in her collegiate debut at the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 16-17), exactly 24 years prior to Borja's performance.

• In her first career start, freshman Anika Dy fired an opening career-low 70 (-2) at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational. Using that momentum, she led the Wolverines for the first time with a tie for 27th thanks to a 217 (+1) tally.

• Freshman Mikaela Schulz was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week after she won the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational with a 212 (-4) tally in her collegiate debut. Playing as an individual, Schulz bogeyed her first career hole before she rattled off seven birdies for a first-round 68 (-4), tying the 10th-lowest round in U-M history. She followed with back-to-back scores of 72 to claim the title over teammate Ashley Kim (214, -2). It was the first time Schulz competed after she underwent summer wrist surgery.

• Adding in the individual win for Schulz at the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational, Michigan has been led by a freshman in three of its four fall events. The freshman class is 1-2-3 in the scoring average race -- Borja (72.44; three events), Schulz (73.50; two events) and Dy (73.56; three events).

• Seven of the nine Wolverines have recorded a sub-par round tally this season. Schulz owns the team's season low with a 68 (-4) in her first collegiate round at the Shirley Spork EMU Invitational. Overall, Dy and Trombetta leads U-M with three apiece.

• In the season opener, the Wolverines posted a team runner-up finish with an 874 54-hole total at the Glass City Invitational. Sophomore Sophia Trombetta led the Wolverines for the first time in her U-M career as she finished third with a career-low 216 (E) tally, which topped her prior best by 11 shots. Borja tied for fourth (217) in her collegiate debut, and senior Hannah Ghelfi helped give U-M three top-10 finishers as she tied for ninth (220).