University of Louisville
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Women’s Golf to Compete in Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
April 12, 2018 | Women's Golf
The 46th edition of the event takes place on Friday and Saturday.
46th Annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Format: 54 holes (36 on Friday, 18 on Saturday)
Tee Time: Friday, 8:45 a.m. ET shotgun start; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Course (Par/Yardage): University of Georgia Golf Course (par 72/6,279)
Tournament Field (in order of Golfstat ranking): No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 5 Duke, No. 13 Florida, No. 28 Louisville, No. 37 Ole Miss, No. 42 Baylor, No. 44 Georgia, No. 45 Kennesaw State, No. 49 Denver, No. 85 Kansas, No. 1 Dayton State (NJCAA)
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville women's golfer Lauren Hartlage has an exciting weekend ahead if Thursday's practice round was any indication.
The sophomore, continuing to build upon another remarkable season, shot a hole in one at the University of Georgia Golf Course, where the Cardinals will be competing in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Friday and Saturday in Athens, Ga.
Louisville is part of a 12-team field that includes three schools in Golfstat's top five – No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Arkansas, and No. 5 Duke – in addition to Daytona State, which is No. 1 in Golfstat's NJCAA rankings. The individual field features nine golfers currently in the top 25 of the Golfstat and/or Golfweek ledgers.
Action on Friday begins with shotgun start at 8:45 a.m., with teams playing 36 holes. Play resumes on Saturday, and tee times on the first and 10th holes start at 8:30 a.m. ET
No. 28 Louisville is utilizing a lineup of Hartlage, Molly Skapik, Olivia Cason, Kristin Engle, and Margot Bechadergue, with Meghan Nay competing as an individual.
Hartlage, who is ranked 45th by Golfstat, is carrying a team-best 71.80-stroke average. The Elizabethtown, Ky., native has six top-10 finishes, including her first collegiate victory, and 16 rounds even or below par. She took second last time out, helping the Cardinals capture the Anuenue Spring Break Classic in late March.
Skapik is second on the team in stroke average, with a 73.40, and four top-10 showings. The senior, who is playing in her last regular-season event, has 11 rounds even or below par.
Cason and Engle, who each have played in all nine tournaments, both own sub-75.00 averages. Engle secured her first career top-10 finish, tying for sixth at the event in Hawaii.
Bechadergue, a freshman, has participated in four events and is making her first career appearance in the lineup.
Nay, a Georgia native, last played at the Florida Challenge. The redshirt sophomore had a solid showing at the Ladies Fall Intercollegiate Invitational in the fall, tying for 16th.
Assistant coach Whitney Wade Young starred at Georgia from 2003-07, earning All-America honors three times. She was a four-time first-team all-SEC honoree, one of only seven golfers in conference history to achieve the feat. Wade Young led the Bulldogs to 10 team titles, including three top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
The tournament is named in honor of Liz Murphey, a former golf coach and senior woman administrator at Georgia.
Murphey was the first National Golf Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 1984, was a charter member of the NGCA's Hall of Fame, won the NGCA's Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award in 1996 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletic Administrators in 2003.
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