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2/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
February 28, 2003
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• Indiana will compete in the "Mo"morial, hosted by Texas A&M, for the third time. • Indiana won the "Mo"morial in 2001 with a score of 917 (303-300-314). Best IU Team 18 |
Tournament Information
The Indiana University women's golf team will compete in its second tournament of the spring season at the Verizon "Mo"morial. The tournament will be held Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 3-4, in Houston, Texas. The Blackhorse Golf Club North Course, a new location for the "Mo"morial this year, will be setup at a par 72 and a yardage of 6,128 yards.
Monday will consist of the first 36 holes, beginning with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start. Tuesday's final 18 holes will also begin with an 8:00 am. shotgun start.
The 54-hole event will consist of 19 teams: Arkansas, Baylor, BYU, Illinois, INDIANA, Kansas State, Kent State, Kentucky, Louisville, McLennan CC, Nebraska, North Carolina State, Northwestern, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Tulane, and UTEP. The tournament is hosted by Texas A&M.
The tournament is in honor of Monica Welsh, Texas A&M Class of 1983, who died in a traffic accident ten years ago. She still shares the school record at Texas A&M for low competitive round with a 68.
Hoosiers in the Lineup
Indiana's five players competing at the Verizon "Mo"morial will be senior Cara Stuckey; juniors Ambry Bishop, Karen Dennison, Danah Ford; and freshman Molly Redfearn.
Tournament Format
Scoring for the Verizon "Mo"morial will be five players with the low four scores counting in each round.
Tournament Results
Complete tournament results will be made available on the web at IUHOOSIERS.com following the event. Results can be viewed and printed out by choosing the Women's Golf link from the main menu. For more information, contact Jeff Smith at (812) 855-6209 or through e-mail at jepsmith@indiana.edu.
"Quoting" the Coach
Indiana Coach Sam Carmichael: "The "Mo"morial is an excellent field with all the top teams in the district participating. We will need to have a better performance than we did last week to maintain or improve our position in the district rankings.
"The course is a new venue for the tournament. This Peter Jacobson design has a lot of bunkers and mounds that will create problems along with large undulating greens.
"Our ball striking improved last week, but we must putt and pitch the ball. We should be able to score on this Blackhorse Golf Course."
Hoosiers to Watch
Junior Karen Dennison is ranked No. 6 in the nation according to Golfweek/Sagarin ratings. Dennison, an All-America candidate, turned in a fall season winning three of her four tournaments. She finished second in the other. Last week, Dennison again challenged for the lead, but finished eighth at the Central District Invitational.
Freshman Molly Redfearn is back in the lineup for the Hoosiers, replacing Mary Lidester at the No. 6 position. Redfearn, a native of Racine, Wis., played in all four tournaments in the fall, but did not play last week at the Central District Invitational. With inconsistency being a factor for the Hoosiers, Redfearn's performance this week will be key. IU will be looking for scores in the upper-70s from Redfearn.
Looking For 2nd at "Mo"Morial
This week Indiana will be looking for its third win of the year, and second at the Verizon "Mo"Morial in three years. The Hoosiers won the event in 2001, carding rounds of 303-300-314--917.
Hoosiers Rank Among Best
The latest Golfweek/Sagarin ratings that were released Feb. 24, has the Hoosiers ranked 21st in the nation, which is two spots lower than last week. Indiana is the third highest ranked Big Ten team, behind No. 15 Ohio State and No. 19 Purdue.
The Hoosiers though, have the 71st toughest schedule in the country while the Buckeyes have the 1st and Purdue has the 12th.
Mission as Easy as 1, 2, 3
Concluding the fall season, Indiana swept the Mission Inn Classic at Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., winning the team competition and the first, second and third individual finishes.
IU topped the 17-team field with a 614 (304-310), while Karen Dennison won her third medalist title of the fall with a 149, backed by Danah Ford's 150 and Cara Stuckey with 151.
A Legend-ary Performance
Junior Karen Dennison captured her second individual medalist title at the Shootout at the Legends October 8.
Dennison won with a 4-under-par 212, setting many school records as she played. The Madison, Ind., native set nearly every Hoosier individual record at the event. A list of the records is below:
Record Old Dennison
9-Holes 30+ 30
18-Holes 67 68 (1 shy)
36-Holes 140 138
54-Holes 213 212
Dennison Honored Part I
Last fall, junior Karen Dennison was featured as the FOX-59 TV-Indianapolis College Athlete of the Week. Camera crews were in Bloomington talking to the Madison, Ind., native about her win at the Wolverine Invitational and her trip to the World University Golf Championships in Taiwan this past summer.
After being named with the honor, Dennison proved to critics she was deserving of the award, as she won the Legends Shootout medalist award--her second individual title of the season.
Dennison Honored Part II
On Sept. 28, Golfweek released its Golfweek/Sagarin Collegiate Rankings, which had Indiana junior Karen Dennison ranked the No. 1 golfer in the nation.
Dennison Honored Part III
Karen Dennison was honored by Golf World Magazine in late-September, as the National Female Player of the Week for her first-place performance at the Wolverine Invitational.
Dennison carded a 219 (72-74-73) in Ann Arbor, Mich. en route to her first collegiate victory.
The Madison, Ind. native broke the 18-, 36-, and 54-hole Indiana individual records for the event, as she bettered Erin Carney's 1997 performance.
Dennison was the third Hoosier to win the Wolverine Invitational and her 219 was also a Wolverine tournament record for the low 54-hole score. The previous record was set by Carney in 1997. In addition, Dennison's first round total of 72 tied the Invitational record for single round score.
Hoosier Shy of School Record
Junior Karen Dennison fired a 68 at both the Shootout at the Legends and the Lady Northern Intercollegiate, which is one stroke shy of the school record 67.
Jennifer Gray fired the school's best 18-hole round at the 1998 NCAA Championships. Only two other Hoosiers have fired 68 in school history - Sarah DeKraay in 1986 and Debbie Lee in 1987. Both Hoosiers earned All-America honors during their career - DeKraay in 1985, 1986 and 1987 and Lee in 1990.
A Whole New Career For Ford
Junior Danah Ford re-wrote her personal career-record book last fall.
Ford placed second at the Mission Inn Classic to end the fall season, topping her sixth-place finish at the 2002 Lady Northern. And it was at the Lady Northern Invitational, that the Indianapolis, Ind., native fired a 224 (75-72-77), giving her new 18-, 36-, 54-hole totals. Ford's previous highs were 73 multiple times; 148 and 227 at the 2001 Lady Northern; and a sixth-place finish at the 2002 Lady Northern.
Starting Off Right
Indiana fired a final round 303 to win the Wolverine Invitational with 913 (304-306-303), 15 strokes ahead of second place Michigan (309-310-309-928). The Hoosiers also swept the individual medalist honors as junior Karen Dennison won her first individual title of her career with a 219 (72-74-73). Dennison's classmate, Ambry Bishop, carded a final round 75 to finish eight strokes back of Dennison in second place.
A Streak Worth Breaking
The Hoosiers' team championship at Michigan marked the first title for Indiana since the 2001 Baylor/Iowa Shootout. Last season was the first time since 1987 that Indiana did not win at least one tournament in a season.
Dennison Caps Off Impressive Summer in Taiwan
Karen Dennison had quite the summer leading into her junior season this year.
The Madison, Ind., native competed for Team USA at the 2002 World University Golf Championships in Taipei, Taiwan and was one of the scoring leaders for the squad.
Prior to her overseas competition, Dennison won the 4th Annual Indiana Match Play Championship, defeating teammate Cara Stuckey 3 & 1.
Dennison went on to place fifth with a 217 (72-70-75) in the IWGA State Amateur and finish tied for sixth in the Indiana State Open with 145 (72-73).
Along with teammate Danah Ford, Dennison also was a participant in the WWGA Western Amateur and the North vs. South Championship at Pinehurst.
"Karen is a really good player who makes the effort everyday to become better," said Indiana coach Sam Carmichael. "She has the ability to score and the attitude to post a low number. She has the chance to be an outstanding player."
The Man in Charge
Sam Carmichael, seven-time Big Ten Women's Coach of the Year, is now in his 22nd season as Indiana's women's golf coach. Before Carmichael directed his attention solely to the women's golf program in 1998, he spent nine years as IU's men's golf coach. During his time as the men's coach, Carmichael won Coach of the Year honors twice (1991 and 1998) and the 1991 and 1998 Big Ten titles.
In the fall of 1981, Carmichael assumed the position of head coach for the IU women's team, and he has led the women to seven Big Ten Championships in the last 14 years-1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 1998-and 11 top-three finishes in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2001. Indiana's seven Big Ten titles rank second to Ohio State's eight championships.
During a 19-year span from 1984-2002, Indiana is the only team in the Big Ten to place among the top three 16 times.
Carmichael and the Hoosiers won their seventh and most recent conference title in 1998 with an all-time championship low score of 1,196.
Carmichael's IU women's teams have earned automatic berths to the NCAA tournament eight times since 1981. The Hoosiers have finished 11th in 1985, 12th in 1986, 13th in 1987, 11th in 1990, 13th in 1992, eighth in 1993, 17th in 1994 and fifth in 1996.
In 1987 he was named Indiana PGA Teacher of the Year and NCAA National Coach of the Year. He also won the NGCA's Gladys Palmer Award in 1994, Indiana Teacher of the Year in 1998, and was named the 1999 Professional of the Year by the Indiana PGA.
Carmichael, a Martinsville, Ind., native, is also an accomplished player. At his alma mater Louisiana State, he participated on the 1960 Southern Intercollegiate and SEC championship teams. Carmichael became the second person in Indiana golf history to win the Indiana Boys State Junior, Indiana State Amateur and Indiana State Open Championships in the same year, when he won the trio of championships in 1960.
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