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PING/ASU Invitational
This Week in Michigan Women's Golf: PING/ASU Invitational
3/23/2022 9:53:00 AM | Women's Golf
» Tenth-ranked Michigan heads to the PING/ASU Invitational for its fourth of five spring regular-season events.
» Of the 16-team field, eight rank among the nation's top 25, including No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 Oregon.
» Last year, U-M was third in the event, finishing at even-par 864 as Ashley Lau tied for sixth (213, -3).
» After two wins and a runner-up finish over her last three events, Lau leads U-M with a 71.81 scoring average.
THIS WEEK
• Fri-Sun., March 25-27 -- at PING/ASU Invitational (Tempe, Ariz.)
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Next on the Tee: PING/ASU Invitational
The 10th-ranked University of Michigan women's golf team heads to Tempe, Ariz., for Arizona State's PING/ASU Invitational, Friday through Sunday (March 26-28) at Papago Golf Course. The three-day, 54-hole event features eight of 16 teams ranked among the top 25 in the nation. The course is expected to be set up for a par 72 and 6,426 yards.
The PING/ASU Invitational Field
The PING/ASU Invitational features another stellar 16-team field including eight teams ranked among the top 25 in the country. The field will include No. 8 Arizona State, No. 25 Arizona, No. 19 Baylor, No. 73 Colorado, No. 53 Denver, Harvard, No. 10 Michigan, No. 56 New Mexico, No. 45 Northwestern, No. 2 Oregon, No. 36 Oregon State, No. 61 San Diego State, No. 1 Stanford, No. 15 UCLA, No. 7 Virginia and No. 40 Washington.
The PING/ASU Invitational Schedule
Wednesday, March 23 -- Travel Day
Thursday, March 25 -- Practice Round (18), 7:30 a.m. MST/PDT (shotgun start)
Friday, March 26 -- First Round (18), 8 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times)
Saturday, March 27 -- Second Round (18), 8 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times)
Sunday, March 28 -- Final Round (18), 7 a.m. MST/PDT (tee times)
Michigan's PING/ASU Invitational Lineup
Michigan will have a five-member starting lineup at the PING/ASU Invitational. Seniors Ashley Lau and Sophia Trombetta, juniors Hailey Borja and Anika Dy and sophomore Monet Chun will play as U-M's starting five.
Last time at PING/ASU Invitational
With a final-round 286 (-2), Michigan closed third with an even-par 864 total at the 2021 PING/ASU Invitational held at Papago Golf Course. The third-place finish gave the Wolverines three straight top-five team finishes and extended their streak to five straight. With her first career sub-70 round, Ashley Lau used a career-low 68 (-4) to lead the Wolverines, tying for sixth at 213 (-3). After tying for ninth, Monet Chun (72-70-73/215, -1) made it three straight top-15 individual finishes.
Wolverine Bites
• What a start to the spring season! Michigan has three straight top-two team finishes; U-M opened tying for the team title at the VyStar Gators Invitational  (March 5-6) before picking up runner-up titles at the Tulane Classic (Feb. 13-15) and Briar's Creek Invitational (March 14-15). With those finishes, U-M has two team titles and three runner-up finishes in seven events this season.
• In addition to the team successes, Ashley Lau has dominated her spring, adding two more individual titles as well as a runner-up finish in her three events. She tied for medalist honors at the Tulane Classic (221) before winning the VyStar Gators Invitational (203, -7). She then had a runner-up finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational (212, -4). After all three of those performances, she earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors.
• With her current team-best scoring average of 71.81, Ashley Lau is on pace to smash the U-M record of 73.09 set by Elodie Van Dievoet during the 2016-17 season. Lau is tied for the team lead with seven sub-par rounds, including a career-low 66 (-6) carded in the final round of the VyStar Gators Invitational. Overall she has five sub-70 tallies. With her 72.90 scoring average, Hailey Borja is also on pace to set a new U-M single season standard. She is tied with Lau with seven sub-par rounds with a career-low-tying 68 (-4) in the second round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational. Combined, they have 14 of U-M's 21 sub-par round tallies.
• As a team, U-M has posted a 290.76 team average with eight sub-par team rounds, including a team-low for par 279 (-9) in the second round of the Landfall Tradition and a team-low for tally with a 276 (-4) in the third round of the VyStar Gators Invitational. U-M has 12 sub-290 team tallies. The lowest team average in program history was 295.56 (2015-16).
• Michigan has had five Big Ten Golfer of the Week accolades this season. Mikaela Schulz earned the first after she won the Wolverine Invitational with a 210 (-3) tally back in September. Hailey Borja was given the honor after her career-best 210 (-6) and tied for third at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 15-17). Ashley Lau has three honors after tying for medalist honors at the Tulane Classic (Feb. 13-15), using a final round and career-best 66 (-4) to rally and win the VyStar Gators Invitational (March 5-6) and using a closing 70 (-2) to earn a runner-up finish at the Briar's Creek Invitational (March 14-15).
• After posting a career-low 210 (-3) tally at the Wolverine Invitational, Mikaela Schulz earned her second career medalist honor. Ashley Lau added her second title of her career following her co-medalist honor at the Tulane Classic. After rallying with a 66 (-4) in the final round of the VyStar Gators Invitational, Lau helped the Wolverines add a third individual trophy this season. The three trophies are the 33rd, 324th and 35th by a Wolverine as well as the sixth, seventh and eighth individual wins under U-M coach Jan Dowling.
• Seven of eight Wolverines have posted an even- or sub-par score this season. Ashley Lau and Hailey Borja lead with seven sub-par tallies, while Mikaela Schulz has four and Monet Chun as two. Borja tied her career-low with a 68 (-4) in the second round of the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, while Schulz posted a new career-low after her 67 (-5) in the second round of the Landfall Tradition. Lau set a career-low with a 66 (-4) in the third round of the VyStar Gators Invitational.
• With the entire starting five finishing in the top 20 individually, U-M opened the 2021-22 season winning the Wolverine Invitational with a U-M Golf Course women's team record 851 (-1) -- the first sub-par tally at U-M's home course. The 851 marked the second-lowest team total in program history and crushed the prior U-M Golf Course record by 18 shots -- 869 by USC at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional (May 10-12).
• Hailey Borja and Ashley Lau have been invited to participate in the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur, March 30-April 2. The first two rounds will be played at the Island and Bluff nines at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. All 72 competitors will play a practice round Friday, April 1, at the prestigious Augusta National, where the top 30 in the 36-hole standings will play the final round Saturday, April 2.
Next on the Tee
• April 9-10 -- at Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.)
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