SMU at the Bruzzy Challenge
Dates/Tee Time	April 2-3, 2018: 8:30 a.m. Shotgun Start.
Location	Maridoe Golf Club // Carrollton, Texas
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The Week Ahead: 
The SMU women's golf team competes in the Metroplex on Monday and Tuesday, teeing off at North Texas' Bruzzy Challenge in Carrollton. Action gets underway at 8:30 a.m. on Monday with a shotgun start. Two rounds will be played on Monday with the final 18 holes taking place on Tuesday.

The par 72 course registers 6,335 yards.

Representing The Mustangs: 

1. Brigitte Dunne
2. Ana Paula Ramirez
3. Kennedy Pedigo
4. Lauren Chappell
5. Kenzie Wright

The Field: 
Six of the 15 teams competing are ranked in the top 50 of Golfstat's ranking.
The 15-team field consists of SMU, North Texas, No. 26 Houston, No. 34 Iowa State, No. 38 Texas A&M, No. 42 BYU, No. 49 San Diego State, No. 50 Texas Tech, Boston College, Iowa, Kansas State, Missouri, TCU, Texas State, UTSA.

Last Time Out: 
Junior Brigitte Dunne used a 3-over final round to finish at 8-over and earn a sixth-place finish at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic. 
The finish was Dunne's fourth top-10 finish of the season and the sixth in the top-15. Dunne was especially impressive on the front nine, using 2-under for the tournament on the first nine holes with six birdies.
As a team, the Mustangs finished in seventh place in the 12-team field. 
 
Weekly Honors:
An SMU golfer has been named American Conference Player of the Week twice this spring. Junior Brigitte Dunnereceived the honor after a third-place finish at the UCF Challenge. Freshmen Lauren Chappell is the most recent, earning the accolade after a top-five finish at the Entrada Classic.

Fall Recap:
SMU competed four times in the fall with its highest finish coming at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (fifth).

Junior Brigitte Dunne led the way in scoring for the Mustangs, averaging a round of 72.6 strokes. Dunne has improved her scoring average in each year at SMU and is on pace to do so again. The junior has finished in the top-five three times in nine events.

Faith Summers was right behind Dunne, averaging a round of 73.9. Summers' best finish came at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (12th). The sophomore has finished in the top-25 individuals two other times.

Every round played by Dunne has counted towards the Mustangs' team score. Summers competed as an individual once, but each round while she was in the lineup has counted toward the team score. 

American Selections: 
The Mustangs returned two players that were honored as All-American Athletic Conference selections last season in junior Brigitte Dunne and sophomore Kenzie Wright. 

That was Dunne's second appearance as an all-league selection, after earning Freshman of the Year honors in 2016. The sophomore was the event runner-up at The American Championship, her highest finish of the 2016-17 season. 

Wright had a standout first season on the Hilltop, making the Mustang lineup in all 11 tournaments. Wright placed fourth at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational for her best performance of the season, and added three top-10 performances to her resume. She registered a team-best four rounds in the 60s, the best on record for a Mustang freshman. She was also honored as part of Golfweek's Midseason All-American Athletic Conference team for their play last fall. 

Birdies On Birdies: 
Brigitte Dunne finished the 2016-17 season with 105 birdies, giving her the highest single-season total in SMU's history. Kenzie Wright was fourth with 88. 

In The Record Books: 
In 34 rounds last season, Dunne ranked fifth in program history with a scoring average at 73.62. Kenzie Wright is sixth at 73.85 and Faith Summers rounded out the top 10 at 74.50. On the career list, Dunne is second after two seasons at 73.86. This season, Dunne is averaging a round of 73.23.

In The Rankings: 
The Mustangs finished the 2016-17 season ranked No. 45 in Golfstat's top-50 rankings. SMU currently sits at No. 53.

Making It Count: 
Kenzie Wright and Brigitte Dunne played in all 12 of SMU's tournaments during the 2016-17 season. Dunne's score counted towards the Mustangs' total in 32 of 34 (94.1%) rounds played, the third-highest percentage in a season at SMU. This season, each round played by Dunne and Faith Summers has counted in SMU's team score.

Team On Top: 
The Mustangs finished the 2016-17 season with the best season scoring average (293.35) and par or better rounds (8) in SMU's history. 

Summer Success: 
Brigitte Dunne closed out competition at the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur with an appearance in the Round of 32. Dunne reached the round of 32 by way of sudden death victory, upsetting the No. 18 seed in 20 holes. Dunne also reached the Round of 32 at the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball with Mustang alum Alexandra Rossi.

Welcome To The Hilltop: 
The program welcomes three new Mustangs to the Hilltop this season. Lauren Chappell, Sophie DiGesualdo and Kennedy Pedigo are the newest additions to the roster.

Charleston High School's Chappell is the only female to win three individual Illinois State Championships, doing so in 2013, 2014 and 2016. She was also the 2016 Illinois Women's State Amateur Champion, and qualified for the 2016 US Junior Girls' Championship. In 2015 and 2016, Chappell was an AJGA Scholastic All-America honorable mention selection, posting seven top-10 finishes, including three in the top five.

Austin, Texas, native DiGesualdo helped Vandegrift High School to Texas State Championship appearances from 2014-2016, following Regional wins in 2015 and 2016 and District Championships each of the three seasons. DiGesualdo tied for ninth at the 2016 5A State Tournament, helping her team to a runner-up finish. During the 2015-16 season, she also posted medalist performances at the 2016 Regional Preview and District Tournament. Overall, DiGesualdo has 16 top-10 finishes for the Vipers and was an All-State, All-Region and All-District selection in 2016.

Pedigo is already having a successful 2017. Pedigo opened the year with a runner-up finish at the Legends Tour event in Corpus Christi, and followed her performance up by winning the Tour's Spring Preview event in March. She also tied for 19th at the Kathy Whitworth Invitational, which plays host to 72 of the world's best junior golfers. Golfweek currently ranks Pedigo fifth on Texas' list for the class of 2017, and 111th on their list of the country's junior golfers.

Midseason Standout: 
Kenzie Wright was named to the Golfweek Midseason All-American Athletic Conference Team for her performances during the fall portion of the 2016-17 season.

Wright was second on the team with a 72.54 scoring average and shared the team lead for rounds of par or better (6) with McCurdy. She led the team with three of 13 rounds in the 60s including a team-low 66 in the fall, doing so at the Mason Rudolph Championship. Overall, she had a pair of top-10 finishes, which included a fourth-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational Oct. 17 & 18.

2016-17 Season Recap: 
The Mustangs advanced to their fifth-consecutive NCAA Regional, coming in at 13th in the 18 team field. That was after SMU grabbed a runner-up finish at the conference championship. The team was ranked as highly at 20th in the country and set the SMU record for scoring average in a season as a team (293.35).

Mustangs In The Classroom: 
Faith Summers was honored by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) as an All-American Scholar after achieving a cumulative grade-point-average above the required 3.50 following the 2016-17 school year. Summers played in eight of the Mustangs' 12 tournaments during the 2016-17 season, earning her best finish at The American Championship where she tied for fourth. She ranks third on the all-time freshman list and was 10th in a single season with a 74.50 average. Six Mustangs made the 2016-17 American All-Academic Team.

Leader Of The Pack: 
Head Women's Golf Coach Jeanne Sutherland was named the 2017 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Founders Award recipient. Sutherland has served as both Vice President and Division I Representative of the WGCA during her coaching career. She also mentors young coaches and writes a blog about coaching and playing competitive golf, along with volunteering with Salvation Army, the Dallas Independent School District and the Dallas Ronald McDonald House.

She began her coaching career in 1992 at Texas A&M, and led the Aggies to 13 tournament crowns and three Big 12 Conference titles. Sutherland was named Conference Coach of the Year four times while at A&M (1995, 1997, 2006, 2007), as well as Regional Coach of the Year twice (1997, 2007). Since arriving at SMU in 2011, Sutherland has led the Mustangs to four consecutive postseason berths (2013-16) and two top-three finishes at the American Athletic Conference Championships. In her career, Sutherland has coached three All-Americans, six conference champions, three conference Players of the Year, three conference Newcomers of the Year, 32 all-conference selections and 25 All-American Scholars.

Trinity Forest: The New Home Of SMU Golf: 
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 and a teaching center for The First Tee of Greater Dallas.