Women Head to Texas for Final Fall Event - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics

SCORING | PAIRINGS | STATS/NOTES

CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team looks to take a strong step in its final fall event of the 2017-18 season. The ladies tee off Monday in the Trinity Forest Invitational.

The two-day, 54-hole event plays Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The course is earmarked to host the PGA TOUR's AT&T Byron Nelson Classic beginning in 2018.

A fantastic field awaits the Mocs. All 13 teams rank in the top 80 in the nation per the Golfstat rankings. It's headlined by No. 11 Colorado but also boasts No. 22 UNLV. Eight of the 13 teams sit in the top 50 offering a great opportunity for the ladies to boost their No. 77 spot.

Links to live scoring, pairings and notes are above.

Here's a look at the lineup along with a few extra tidbits for the weekend.

LINEUP
Cristina Perez (Sr., 73.67), Megan Woods (Sr., 75.11), Monica San Juan (Jr., 75.11), Holly Morgan (So., 75.56) & Maddy McDanel (So., 76.67)

FIELD
(77) Chattanooga, (45) BYU, (53) Campbell, (11) Colorado, (36) Houston, (76) Kansas State, (61) Missouri, (22) UNLV, (62) SMU, (30) Tennessee, (39) Texas A&M, (42) UTSA, (29) Texas Tech

3 NOTES TO KNOW

The Mocs are looking for a better effort on the par 3s. The ladies average 3.26 strokes on the short holes per the counting cards after a 23-over (3.48) performance at the Palmetto Intercollegiate.
While there are struggles on the par 3s, the numbers on the 4s (4.16) and 5s (4.93) are solid. That portends to a 61.32 scoring average (+1.32 over those 14 holes) with the 3s coming in at 13.04 (+1.04 in 4 holes).
Cristina Perez leads the squad in scoring on all hole types – 3.19 on par 3s, 4.14 on 4s and 4.86 on 5s.

COURSE
Trinity Forest Golf Club – Par 72 – 6,372 Yards

DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Monday, Oct. 30 – 9:30 a.m., Shotgun Start on holes 13-16 (36 holes with Kansas State and Missouri)
Tuesday, Oct. 31 – 9:30 a.m., Shotgun Start

Live scoring and pairing links are at atop this story when available.

HISTORY
This is the Mocs' first entry in the event.

DEFENDING CHAMPS
Team: Michigan, 304 (weather shortened)
Medalist: Bianca Fabrizio, Texas A&M, 71

TEAM LEADERS
Scoring Average: Cristina Perez, 73.67
Par 3: Perez, 3.19
Par 4: Perez, 4.14
Par 5: Perez, 4.86
Eagles/18: Maddy McDanel, 0.11
Birdies/18: Megan Woods, 3.00
Pars/18: Perez, 12.22

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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
The Chattanooga Mocs golf program has won five Southern Conference Championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) since restarting the program in 2007-08.
- 1 NCAA Championships Appearances: 2009.
- 8 NCAA Regional Appearances: 2008 (Emma de Groot), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 (Emily McLennan).
- 1 Olympian (Christine Wolf-2016 Austria).
- 21 WGCA All-American Scholar honors.
- 1 COSIDA Academic All-District (Maria Juliana Loza, 2012).
- 5 SoCon Champions: Emma de Groot (2011), Jordan Britt (2012), Agathe Sauzon (2013), Emily McLennan (2014) and Megan Woods (2016).
- 3 SoCon Golfers of the Year: de Groot (2011), Britt (2014) and McLennan (2016).
- 3 SoCon Freshman of the Years: de Groot (2008), Maria Salinas (2009) and McLennan (2013).
- 2 Ladies European Tour Pros: Wolf (2014, 2015, 2016) and Agathe Sauzon (2016).

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Players Mentioned

Maddy McDanel

Holly Morgan

Cristina Perez

Monica San Juan

Megan Woods

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