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Valspar Augusta Invitational
Alabama Women’s Golf Competes at the Valspar Augusta Invitational
3/11/2022 1:27:00 PM | Women's Golf
The 16 teams will play 36 holes Saturday and 18 holes Sunday
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The University of Alabama women's golf team will continue its challenging spring schedule this weekend, when it competes at the Valspar Augusta Invitational in Augusta, Ga., March 12 and 13. The 54-hole, stroke-play tournament will be held at the Forest Hills Golf Club (par 72, 6,244 yards), less than three miles down the road from the famed Augusta National Golf Club.
Live scoring for all three days of the Valspar Augusta Invitational can be found here.
The tournament features 16 teams, including five teams ranked in the Golfstat.com Top 25. The field consists of Augusta, No. 9 Alabama, Coastal Carolina, No. 14 Florida State, Furman, Georgia Southern, Memphis, Miami, Minnesota, Purdue, No. 25 Ole Miss, San Diego State, No. 4 South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee and No. 23 Virginia Tech.
Alabama will tee off in the first round Saturday, March 12 at 7 a.m. CT for a shotgun start on holes Nos. 10-12, paired with Purdue and Augusta.
The Crimson Tide sports a 7-3 record against the field in tournaments in 2021-22, sweeping Augusta, Furman, Miami, Minnesota, Ole Miss and Tennessee in meetings so far this season. The Tide holds a 0-1 record against Florida State and Virginia Tech, while it has a 1-2 record against South Carolina.
Alabama has not met six teams in the field during its campaign thus far, including Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Memphis, Purdue, San Diego State and South Florida.
From Head Coach Mic Potter
"The team is excited to jump back into action after a short recovery after the Darius Rucker. The lineup will remain the same as it was at the Darius, featuring top-20 finishers Benedetta Moresco, Polly Mack, and Angelica Moresco. Isabella van der Biest and Sarah Edwards will complete the team. We don't know much about the golf course, so a quality practice round on Friday will be important. Hopefully we can improve our scrambling and putting statistics from last week and again put ourselves in contention for a championship!"
The Lineup
- The Crimson Tide's lineup at the Valspar Augusta Invitational will feature seniors Polly Mack and Angelica Moresco, junior Sarah Edwards, sophomore Benedetta Moresco and freshman Isabella van der Biest.
- The tournament marks the second straight time the Tide has used this lineup and just the second time this season.
- All five players in the lineup have contributed 50.0 percent or more of their rounds to the team score in 2021-22.
- All 18 of Mack's rounds have counted toward the team score.
- A. Moresco has had 16-of-17 rounds counted (.941), B. Moresco has had 16-of-18 rounds counted (.889), van der Biest has had 4-of-6 rounds counted (.667) and Edwards has had 9-of-15 rounds counted (.600).
- B. Moresco is currently ranked eighth in the nation, according to Golfstat.com, on a 70.61 stroke average in fall and spring action.
- The sophomore reported scores of par or below in 14 of her 18 rounds.
- Moresco has three finishes inside the top 10, including two finishes inside the top five, this season.
- She capped the fall season with an individual tournament title at The Ally after breaking the Crimson Tide's program record for lowest first-round total (9-under-par 63), lowest 36-hole total against par (6-under-par 66), and lowest 54-hole total against par (19-under-par 197).
- Mack, who also reported scores of par or below in 14 of her 18 rounds this season, advanced to the final tournament of the 2021 LPGA Q-Series in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 2-5.
- The fifth year has placed in the top 15 in all six of her tournaments this season, the only player on the team to have accomplished that feat. That included three finishes inside the top 10.
- She has also reported under-par tournament totals in five of her six tournament appearances
Tournament Preview
- The Valspar Augusta Invitational is annually hosted by Augusta University.
- This weekend marks the 16th edition of the tournament.
- It will mark Alabama's first appearance competing at the Valspar Augusta Invitational.
- The tournament will be held at the Forest Hills Golf Club, a par-72, 6,244-yard track in Augusta, Ga.
- The tournament field consist of 16 teams, five of which are ranked in the top 25, according to Golfstat.com.
- The teams will compete in a 54-hole, stroke-play format in just two days of competition.
- The highest ranked individual in the field is No. 8 Moresco, followed closely by No. 9 Amelia Williamson of Florida State.
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