2011-12 Notre Dame Women's Golf Notes
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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2011-12 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX WOMEN’S GOLF NOTES 2011-12 WOMEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2012 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL • Tournament Information SEPTEMBER Date: May 10-12, 2012 9-11 at Golfweek Conference Challenge t9th/18 4 Place: Columbus, Ohio at Wolcott, Colo. - Red Sky Golf Club • Course Information OCTOBER Course: Ohio State Scarlet Course 7-9 at Tar Heel Invitational 18th/18 Par/Yardage: Par 72, 6,264 yards at Chapel Hill, N.C. - UNC Finley Golf Course • Media Coverage/Statistics 17-18 at Hoosier Fall Invitational 2nd/13 Livestats: Live scoring at golfstat.com at Carmel, Ind. - Crooked Stick Golf Club Websites: www.ncaa.com, UND.com or ohiostatebuckeyes.com 28-30 at Landfall Tradition t10/18 at Wilmington, N.C. - Country Club of Landfall • Participants as seeded (Rank ): Southern California MARCH (3), Auburn (4), Georgia (9), Vanderbilt (10), Tennessee (14), 2-4 at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 13th/15 Ohio State (16), Oregon (21), North Carolina State (22), at Hilton Head, S.C. - Long Cove Golf Club Virginia (27), Florida State (28), Purdue (33), Arkansas (34), Mississippi (39), Kentucky (41), Texas State (45), South 9-11 at LSU Tiger Classic 10th/14 Florida (46), Notre Dame (49), Texas-San Antonio (52), at Baton Rouge, La. - University Club of Baton Rouge East Carolina (57), Michigan (60), UNC-Wilmington (90), Harvard (95), Butler (151), Siena (200). 16-18 at Notre Dame Clover Cup Tournament 5th/12 at Mesa, Ariz. - Longbow Golf Club (Golfstat Rankings as of May 2, 2012) 30- at Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 10th/18 April 1 at Athens, Ga. - Univ. of Georgia Golf Club NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL The Notre Dame women’s golf team makes its seventh appearance in the NCAA Central APRIL Regional as a team as the Irish will begin play on Thursday, May 10 along with 23 other teams 22-24 at BIG EAST Championship 2nd of 8 and six individuals in Columbus, Ohio. The 54-hole tournament will be played on the par 72, at Orlando, Fla. - Reunion Resort & Golf Club 6,264-yard Ohio State Scarlet Course and run through Saturday, May 12. The top eight team finishers and the top two individuals will advance to the MAY 2012 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship that will be held NOTRE DAME’S 10-12 at NCAA Regionals May 22-25 at the Vanderbilt Legends Golf Course in Frank- NCAA REGIONAL APPEAR- at Columbus, Ohio - Ohio State’s Scarlet Course lin, Tenn. They will be joined by teams competing in the ANCES (Finish) 23-25 at NCAA Championship East Regional at Penn State and the West Regional at Erie, at Franklin, Tenn. - Vanderbilt Legends Golf Club Colorado. This weekend’s trip to Columbus, Ohio will mark 2012 - at Columbus, Ohio the second time that the Irish have appeared in a Central 2011 - at Notre Dame (5) Regional held at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course. In 2009, the 2010 - at Columbus, Ind. (17) NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS Irish finished 16th in that Central Regional and current 2009 - at Columbus, Ohio (16) senior Becca Huffer (Denver, Colo.), then a freshman, was Location: Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame’s top finisher as she finished in a tie for 27th. 2008 - at Austin, Texas (16) Founded: 1842 The Irish enter this year’s regional seeded 17th overall after 2007 - at Ann Arbor, Mich. * Enrollment: 8,363 (undergraduate), 11,731 (total) finishing second at the BIG EAST Championship, April 22- 2005 - at Lubbock, Texas (18) Nickname: Fighting Irish 2004 - at Normal, Ill. (17) Colors: Gold and Blue 24, in Orlando, Fla. Notre Dame finished second to South President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Florida - also participating in the Central Regional - losing Athletics Director: Jack Swarbrick by just one stroke for the team title. Freshman Ashley *Senior Noriko Nakazaki Home Course: Warren Golf Course (on-campus) Armstrong (Flossmoor, Ill.) was the individual medalist participated in the Central First Season: 1988-89 at the BIG EAST Championship, winning the title on the Regional as an individual, Conference: The BIG EAST third playoff hole. finishing in a tie for 18th. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 NCAA Championship Appearances: 1 THE COURSE Conference Championships: 4 The 2012 NCAA Central Regional will be played on the Dr. Alister MacKenzie designed Individual Conference Champions: 5 Head Coach: Susan Holt (Ohio State ‘88) Scarlet Golf Course at Ohio State that saw a major restoration in 2005 and 2006 by Buckeye Seasons At Notre Dame: Sixth season legend Jack Nicklaus that redesigned the bunkers to appear more like the classic designs of Assistant Coach: Kyle Lynne Veltri (St. Mary’s (IN) ‘01) MacKenzie. The course was lengthened to play up to 7,455 yards from the championship tees. Sport Administrator: Bernadette Cafarelli The course plays through wooded, rolling terrain and contains a 9-1/2 acre lake and stream Media Relations Contact: Tim Connor that creates challenging play on several holes. The women will play on a par-72, 6,264-yard Phone: 574-631-7519 (o); 574-532-0274 (c) layout. The Scarlet Course has played host to a record 14 Women’s NCAA Championships and Email: [email protected] 10 Men’s Championships. It has been the site of several U.S. Open Qualifers, U.S. Amateur University Website: www.UND.com qualifiers and the 1977 USGA Junior Championship. 2011-12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Golf Tournament Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH SUSAN HOLT WEATHER REPORT THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR The weather forecast for Columbus, Ohio Notre Dame women’s golf coach Susan for May 9 through May 12 looks like this: Holt is no stranger to the Ohio State University THE HOLT FILE Scarlet Course. Holt is a 1988 Ohio State grad- Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Wed., May 9 (Practice Round) - Partly Cloudy uate and was a four-year letter winner with the Alma Mater: Ohio State ‘88 with a 10% chance of rain and a high of 69. women’s golf team, playing on the Buckeyes’ Coaching Resume: Wind from the west at 14 mph. 1985 and 1988 Big Ten Championship teams. University of Notre Dame Thur., May 10 (First Round) - Mostly Sunny She participated in NCAA Championship Tour- 2006 - Present with a 0% chance of rain and a high of 66. naments in 1985 and 1988. University of South Florida Wind from the NNW at 8 mph. 1993-2006 Fri., May 11 (Second Round) - Sunny, 0% BIG EAST CHAMPION Purdue University chance of rain and a high of 72. Winds from Freshman Ashley Armstrong won her first 1990-93 the south at 4 mph. career individual title when she captured the NCAA Finals Appearances: 2001, 2002, 2011 Sat., May 12 (Third Round) - Partly Cloudy 2012 BIG EAST Championship on April 24 at NCAA Regional Appearances: 1994, 1995, with 10% chance of rain and a high of 76. the Tom Watson Course at the Reunion Resort 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, Winds from the south-southwest at 4 mph. and Golf Club in Orlando, Fla. Armstrong shot 2011, 2012 rounds of 73, 77 and 73 for a seven-over par BIG EAST Championships: 2008, 2011 NCAA REGIONAL VETERANS 223 to finish in a 54-hole tie with Louisville’s BIG EAST Coach of the Year: 2008, 2011 Three members of the Notre Dame women’s Emily Haas. She then outdueled Haas in a Conference USA Championships: 1996, 1998, golf team have appeared in the NCAA Central playoff, taking medalist honors on the third 1999, 2000, 2003 Regional in the past. Senior Becca Huffer will extra hole. With the victory, Armstrong be- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1996, 1999, be making her fourth consecutive appearance came the fifth Notre Dame women’s golfer to 2001 for the Irish. As a freshman in 2009, she fin- win or share the individual BIG EAST champi- Playing Experience: Ohio State (1984-88) ished tied for 27th with a 230 total. A year later, onship, joining co-winners Katie Brophy `06 she was again Notre Dame’s top finisher with a in 2003 and Karen Lotta `05 in 2005 plus indi- Susan Holt is in her sixth season as the women’s 231 total and a tie for 16th. Last year, Huffer vidual winners Annie Brophy `10 in 2008 and golf coach at Notre Dame and her 22nd as a Divi- tied for 22nd overall with a 226 total and was Lisa Maunu `09 in 2009. sion I head coach. third among Irish golfers. Fellow senior Katie She also served as head coach at Purdue Uni- Allare (Phoenix, Ariz.) will make her second BIG EAST HONORS versity (1990-93) and the University of South appearance this week. She played in the 2010 Three members of the Notre Dame wom- Florida (1993-2006). regional as a sophomore, finishing in a tie for en’s golf program were honored by the BIG In her first six seasons at Notre Dame, the Irish 85th with a 249 total. Sophomore Kristina EAST Conference following the 2012 BIG EAST have won a pair of BIG EAST titles (2008 and Nhim (Cypress, Calif.) will make her second Tournament. Freshman Ashley Armstrong 2011), made five NCAA regional appearances appearance after finishing in a tie for 14th as was selected in voting by the conference’s (2008, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12) and advanced to the NCAA a freshman in 2011. Nhim was second among coaches as the BIG EAST freshman of the year Championships for the first time last May (2011) Notre Dame golfers as she shot an eight-over and was an all-BIG EAST selection.