Tulane Golf Concludes Fall Slate at Alamo Invitational this Weekend
Oct 23, 2015 | Women's Golf
| 2015 Alamo Invitational | |
| Date (Time) | Sunday, Oct. 25 - Tuesday, Oct. 27 |
| Location | Briggs Ranch Golf Club | San Antonio, Texas |
| Host | University of Texas-San Antonio |
| Live Stats | BirdieFire.com |
| Twitter | @GreenWaveWGolf |
| Tournament Field | Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Houston, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulane, UTSA and Wisconsin. |
| Tee Times | Sunday- 11 a.m. CT | Monday-8:30 a.m. CT | Tuesday- 8:45 a.m. CT |
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane’s women’s golf team will look to conclude its fall schedule on a high note this weekend when it participates in the Alamo Invitational, Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 25-27, at the Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas.
The event is hosted by UTSA and features a group of teams consisting of Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Houston, LSU, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulane, UTSA and Wisconsin.
The field will play 18 holes each day on the par-72, 6,450-yard course, beginning on Sunday at 11 a.m. while Monday’s second round is slated for an 8:30 a.m. tee time and Tuesday’s final round will commence with a shotgun start at 8:45 a.m.
Tulane will send in a line-up featuring the senior trio of Silvia Garces, Madison Opfer and Emily Penttila, along with the freshmen duo of Abbie Cantwell and Laura Munoz.
Penttila represented her home country of Finland last week at the 2015 Spirit International Amateur Championships, Oct. 12-14, at the Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas. A native of Helsinki, Penttila led Finland to a third-place finish out of 20 countries with a combined 54-hole total of 15-under 201.
“We play a very competitive schedule and we have been looking for a solid result throughout the fall season, but just have not been able to put a full team effort together for 54 holes,” Tulane head coach Lorne Don said. “We’ve had some amazing individual
LSU is the defending team champion after posting a 7-stroke victory over Arkansas last
Tulane finished in seventh-place overall a year ago with Garces leading the Green Wave with a 15th-place effort.
