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PING/ASU Invitational
This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: PING/ASU Invitational
3/24/2021 5:44:00 PM | Women's Golf
» Michigan heads to the Grand Canyon State to play in Arizona State's PING/ASU Invitational
» The Wolverines will get two days of practice in prior to the tournament's practice round, playing at the Grayhawk Raptor Course as well as the Papago Golf Course (host site for the event).
» Junior Ashley Lau will head up the Wolverine starting five, playing in the No. 1 position.
» Freshman Monet Chun has posted back-to-back top-15 individual finishes to start her career.
THIS WEEK
Fri-Sun., March 26-28 -- at PING/ASU Invitational (Phoenix, Ariz.)
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Next on the Tee: PING/ASU Invitational
The University of Michigan women's golf team will head west for the sunshine in Arizona and to play in Arizona State's PING/ASU Invitational, Friday through Sunday (March 26-28) at Papago Golf Course. The three-day, 54-hole event will feature a 15-team field playing 18 holes per day. Scoring will be five players, count four low scores with the course set up for a par of 72 at 6,430 yards.
The PING/ASU Invitational Field
There will be 15 teams competing in the PING/ASU Invitational: Arizona State, Arizona, Baylor, Cal, Cal Poly, Denver, Michigan, New Mexico, Northwestern, Oregon, Oregon State, San Jose State, Stanford, UCLA and Washington State.
The PING/ASU Invitational Schedule
Tuesday, March 23 -- Travel Day and Practice Day at Grayhawk (Raptor Course)
Wednesday, March 24 -- Practice Day at Papago Golf Course
Thursday, March 25 -- Practice Round (18), 7:30 am MST/PDT (shotgun start)
Friday, March 26 -- First Round (18), 8 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Saturday, March 27 -- Second Round (18), 8 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
Sunday, March 28 -- Final Round (18), 7:30 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times off Nos. 1 and 10)
The PING/ASU Invitational Lineup
Michigan will travel five starters for the PING/ASU Invitational: junior Ashley Lau, freshman Monet Chun, sophomore Hailey Borja, senior Ashley Kim and junior Sophia Trombetta. The Wolverines will have one individual who will be determined following the practice round: sophomore Mikaela Schulz or sophomore Anika Dy.
Wolverine Bites
• Michigan has opened its spring season with a pair of top five-team finishes. After nearly a year away from tournament play, the Wolverines finished third at the Florida State Match Up with an 896 team tally. The Maize and Blue followed with a fifth-place showing at the Briar's Creek Invitational with an 890 total. Dating back to 2019-20 and before COVID-19 shortened the season, U-M has posted four straight top-five team finishes with three of them in the state of Florida -- fourth at 2020 Hurricane Invitational (891), third at 2020 Florida Gators Invitational (861) and FSU's Match Up.
• In her collegiate debut, Monet Chun used a team-best nine birdies to post her first career top-15 individual finish at the Florida State Match Up, tying for 12th at 223 (75-74-74). She followed with a tie for 13th (74-72-75/221) at the Briar's Creek Invitational, giving her a second straight top-15 finish. She is averaging 74.28 per round.
• Ashley Lau, who will play in U-M's No. 1 position, continues to be the Wolverines' quiet grinder. After opening the spring with a 73 in the match against FGCU, she tied for 18th at 224 (76-75-73) at the FSU Match Up. She then led the Wolverines as she was seventh at 219 (74-74-71) at the Briar's Creek Invitational. She is second on the Maize and Blue with a 73.71 scoring average. Last season she averaged 74.62 per round as she produced 18 of her 21 rounds at 76 or lower.
• Before tournament play began, Hailey Borja was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Jan. 20) after tying her career low with a 69 (-3) as Michigan posted a 289-322 victory over Florida Gulf Coast during a training trip in Florida. She compiled four birdies and a match-best 13 pars, finishing as U-M's top golfer by four shots and carding the Wolverines' only sub-par round of the match.
• Ashley Kim led U-M with a 72.67 scoring average last season -- more than a stroke and a half better than her prior best in 2018-19 (74.86). She posted 11 of her 21 rounds at or below par with a team-best seven sub-par tallies, including her season-low 68 (-2) in the final round of the Florida Gators Invitational (March 7-8) -- one of four sub-70 scores. She highlighted 2019-20 by posting her first individual win at Miami's Hurricane Invitational (March 2-3). This season she is averaging 76.28 per round.
• Hailey Borja has started this season with a 73.57 scoring average with two sub-par rounds as well as two top-25 individual finishes, including with a season-best ninth at the FSU Match Up. Last season, Borja posted nine rounds at par or better including three sub-par rounds.
• Last season, Ashley Kim (first team) and Hailey Borja (second team) were named All-Big Ten in 2019-20. It marked the fourth time in program history the Wolverines had multiple selections in the same season, while Borja became the first U-M freshman to be named all-conference. Overall, Kim and Borja become U-M's 14th and 15th all-conference selections.
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