Alabama Women’s Golf Releases 2018-19 Schedule
8/10/2018 9:53:00 AM | Women's Golf
Fall portion of the season includes prestigious Eastlake Cup in Atlanta
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Tournaments featuring many of the nation's top teams from last season's NCAA Championships headline the 2018-19 Alabama women's golf schedule, which head coach Mic Potter announced on Friday.
"This year's schedule is a little different from the last few years, but it's no less challenging," Potter said. "We will start against a very elite field in the ANNIKA Invitational to open the season then have an opportunity to defend our 2017 title at the Schooner Fall Classic later in September."
The Crimson Tide will play in four tournaments during the fall portion of the schedule, with a pair of tournaments in September and two more in October. Alabama will open the season with an appearance in the ANNIKA Invitational, Sept. 17-19, at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn. Along with the Crimson Tide, the field will include 2018 NCAA match play participants Arizona, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, UCLA and USC.
Alabama will then travel to Norman, Okla., Sept. 28-30 to compete in the Schooner Fall Classic at the Belmar Golf Club for the third consecutive season and will be defending its 2017 title at the event.
The Tide will visit Austin, Texas for the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, Oct. 19-21, at the University of Texas Golf Club. Alabama tied for the title in its last appearance in Austin in 2012. The fall schedule will close with the East Lake Cup at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Oct. 29-31.
"Playing in the Longhorn Invitational gives Kristen Gillman a chance to play near her home in Austin, Texas," Potter added. "The East Lake Cup will be a great finish to the fall as we will meet the semifinalists from last year's NCAA Championships."
For the fifth year in a row, Alabama will return to Southern California to open the spring portion of the schedule at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., Feb. 3-5. The Tide will then travel to Hilton Head Island, S.C., for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate from March 8-10. The appearance will be the eighth for Alabama at the Darius Rucker, a tournament the Tide has won five times, including each of the last three seasons.
The regular season will wrap up with the Evans Derby Experience in Auburn, Ala., March 23-25, and the Liz Murphey Intercollegiate in Athens, Ga., April 11-13. Alabama will be making its second appearance at the Evans Derby and will be returning to the Liz Murphey as the defending champion after winning last year's event. The Tide will be making its 37th appearance in the Liz Murphey, one of the oldest tournaments in women's collegiate golf.
"The Northrop Grumman and Darius Rucker are good tournaments to open up the spring with," Potter said. "We'll defending our title at the Rucker for the third year in row and fifth time overall before we close with the Evans Derby Experience and the Liz Murphey."
Postseason play will begin with the Southeastern Conference Championships April 17-21 at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Ala. NCAA Regionals will take place May 6-8 in Auburn, Ala,; Cle Elum, Wash.; East Lansing, Mich. and Norman, Okla. The 2019 NCAA Women's Golf Championships will cap off the season from May 17-22 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
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