SMU
Maryb S Kauth Invitational
Oct 21 | Women's Golf
| Â Maryb S. Kauth Invitational | |
| Â Date | Sunday-Tuesday // Oct. 23-25, 2016 |
| Â Location | Briggs Ranch Golf Club // San Antonio, Texas |
| Â Course Info | Par 72 | Yards: 6,450 |
| Â Host | UTSA |
| Â Live Scoring | Click Here |
| Â SMU Notes | Maryb S. Kauth Invite |
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| Â Twitter | @SMUGolfW | @SMUMustangs |
The Week Ahead…
The SMU women's golf team travels to San Antonio, Texas, for the three-day Maryb S. Kauth Invitational starting on Sunday. The event is hosted by UTSA at the Briggs Ranch Golf Course. Live results can be found on Golfstat. Check SMUMustangs.com for tee times and pairings.
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Representing The Mustangs…
Representing the Mustangs in San Antonio will be seniors Lindsey McCurdy, Alex Celli and Katie Page, along with sophomore Brigitte Dunne and freshman Kenzie Wright. Ana Paula Ramirez will also be making the trip as an individual.
Tournament Schedule…
Sunday, Oct. 23 — Round One (tee times off Nos. 1 & 10 beginning at 11 a.m.)
Monday, Oct. 24 — Round Two (tee times off Nos. 1 & 10 beginning at 8:30 a.m.)
Tuesday, Oct. 25 — Round Three (shotgun start at 8:45 a.m.)
The Field…
SMU is one of three Golfstat top 25 teams in the field at the Maryb S. Kauth Invite. Arkansas leads the field with a ranking of No. 9, while Tennessee comes in at No. 23.
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| No. 9 Arkansas | No. 21 SMU |
| No. 32 Auburn | No. 35 TCU |
| Houston | No. 23 Tennessee |
| No. 41 Kansas State | No. 39 Texas A&M |
| LSUÂ Â Â Â | Texas State |
| Mississippi | Tulane |
| No. 49 Old Dominion | UTSA |
In The Rankings…
Following last a sixth-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Invitational, the Mustangs fell one spot to No. 21 in the Golfstat rankings. SMU is also 28th in the GolfWeek/Sagarin Rankings. During the 2015-16 season, the team posted its highest ranking of 27th on March 31 following a tournament win at the 2016 Clover Cup. American Athletic Conference opponents UCF (No. 16) and East Carolina (No. 33) are also among Golfstat's top 50 Division I teams.Â
Birdies On Birdies...
Lindsey McCurdy finished the 2015-16 season with a team-leading 80 birdies, placing her 5th on the single season list. Freshman of the Year Brigitte Dunne came in at sixth with 79 a season ago. This season, both McCurdy and freshman Kenzie Wright have 31.Â
Making It Count...
Lindsey McCurdy has played in all three of SMU's tournaments this season with all nine of her rounds going toward the Mustangs total score, while Kenzie Wright has opened her career with 8-of-9 scores counted.
Next Up…
Following the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational, the Mustangs return home to Dallas to host the first-ever Trinity Forest Invitational Presented By Vic Salvino Nov. 7 & 8.
Last Time Out…
Kenzie Wright fired a nearly unblemished third round carding 1-under 71 on the final day to lead the No. 20 SMU women's golf team at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. Wright's three-round 3-under 213 placed her fourth on the individual leaderboard, while the Mustangs finished sixth as a team. The top-five finish was the first of the Mustang freshman's career and second top-10 finish after placing eighth at the Mason Rudolph Championship Sept. 18. She also ranked third amongst individuals with 12 birdies finishing just one shy of her season-high set at the Mason Rudolph.Â
Senior Lindsey McCurdy came in at eighth place, giving her two top-10 finishes this season as well. McCurdy's second-round 69 featured six birdies giving her 11 and putting her at 31 for the season. Â
Junior All-American...
Kenzie Wright was one of three Dallas-area golfers to be named to the American Junior Golf Association Rolex Junior All-American team. The Frisco, Texas, native won the Joanne Winter Arizona Silver Belle Championship and earned her top 2016 AJGA finish at the Winn Gripps Heather Farr Classic, finishing tied for seventh. Wright has played in all three tournaments to open the 2016-17 season for the Mustangs. Her highest finish came at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational Oct. 17 & 18 where she placed fourth. Wright also garnered a top-10 finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship, which included a 6-under 66 final round to place her in a three-way tie for eighth.
Four-Ball Qualifiers...
Mustang sophomore Brigitte Dunne and recently graduated Alexandra Rossi finished atop the leaderboard at U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying held at the Sherrill Park Golf Course in Richardson, Texas. The pair led the 22-team field carding an unblemished 6-under 66 for the victory. The 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball will take place May 27-31 at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Conference Favorites…
The Mustangs return a pair of All-American Athletic Conference selections from the 2015-16 season, including Freshman of the Year Brigitte Dunne and Lindsey McCurdy.
Dunne posted her best finish of the year placing fifth at The American Championship. She also posted a pair of top-10 finishes during the 2015-16 season finishing with a 74.41 average. McCurdy posted five top-10 finishes, including an event win at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in September. In 32 rounds, she posted 10 rounds of par or better and shot in the 60s on three occasions.
Mustangs In The Classroom...
Mustang returner Katie Page was honored by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) as an All-American Scholar for the third consecutive year after achieving a cumulative grade-point-average above the required 3.50 following the 2015-16 school year. Page played in all 12 of the Mustangs' tournaments during the 2015-16 season, earning her best finish at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in September. Her second top 10 finish came in October at the Alamo Invitational. In 35 rounds last season, Page registered a 75.77 scoring average and posted a low round of 69 at the Clover Cup in March. The Louisville, Kentucky, native is majoring in business with a sport management minor.Â
All six Mustangs from the 2015-16 roster also earned All-American Athletic Conference academic honors for posting a 3.0 or better grade-point-average last year.
Regional Wrap Up…
The Mustangs finished the 2015-16 season 13th at the NCAA Bryan Regional this past May. Brigitte Dunne, Lindsey McCurdy and Katie Page return for 2016-17 after representing the Mustangs in postseason action last year.
Welcome To The Hilltop…
LPGA golfer Jamie Hullett has joined the women's golf staff. A member of the professional ranks starting in 1998, Hullett brings a wealth of playing experience to the Mustang staff.
In Hullett's first season with the LPGA, she tied for 15th at the LPGA Corning Classic, carding a career-low 66 in the event's second round. She went on to earn Rookie of the Year honors on the Futures Tour in 2000, posting a total of nine top-10 finishes. Hullett's career-best finish in a major came in 2005 when she tied for 13th at the U.S. Women's Open. The following year, she tied for 16th at the CN Canadian Women's Open. Most recently, Hullett played in a pair of LPGA Tour events in 2012, as well as 12 events on the Symetra Tour.
Under Sutherland's guidance at Texas A&M, Hullett earned Second-Team All-America honors in 1997 and was a 1995 Southwest Conference co-medalist. As an amateur, Hullett also won the Texace American Junior Golf Association Championship, as well as the 1996 Broadmoor Invitational and 1997 Southern Amateur.
Trinity Forest: The New Home Of SMU Golf...
Scheduled to open in the fall of 2016, Trinity Forest Golf Club becomes the new home course for SMU Golf. Trinity Forest will resemble many of the great old courses of the Northeast and Great Britain, featuring a links style course on a rolling meadow with tall native grasses and dramatic bunkering and green complexes. Once complete, Trinity Forest will become the new home of the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson Championship as well as an NCAA invitational tournament and additional high-profile professional and amateur events.
The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw – Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. – is building both the championship golf course as well as the short course. The design of Trinity Forest will honor classic golf courses with traditional, strategic golf and great artistry as the guiding philosophy.
Located in the 6,000 acre Great Trinity Forest near the Trinity River Audubon Center about 10 minutes south of downtown Dallas, the 400 acre site will ultimately consist of an 18-hole championship golf course, a world-class practice facility, a clubhouse, a practice academy for SMU's golf teams, a teaching center for The First Tee of Greater Dallas.
