10/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Oct. 21, 2015
RELATED INFO
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is one of 18 schools competing for the 2015 Landfall Tradition title this weekend (Oct. 23-25). It marks the Buckeyes’ 10th appearance in the 14-year history of the elite collegiate women’s golf event.
A dozen top-50 squads will take to the course with five entering ranked inside the top-25, including GolfStat’s second-ranked Duke Blue Devils.
TOURNAMENT TIDBITS
Name: Landfall Tradition (14th annual)
Live Scoring: GolfStat
Course: Country Club of Landfall-Pete Dye Course (Wilmington, N.C.)
Yardage: 6,157 yards — Par 72
Format: Play 5, count 4
Schedule of Play:
Round 1 (Friday, Oct. 23) | Tee times off of Holes #1 & #10 starting at 8:30 a.m. ET
Round 2 (Saturday, Oct. 24) | Tee times off of Holes #1 & #10 starting at 8:30 a.m. ET
Final Round (Sunday, Oct. 25) | Shotgun start at 8:45 a.m. ET
Field (18 teams):
*Top-50 GolfStat/Golfweek national rankings listed
#8/7 Alabama
#27/31 Clemson
#2/5 Duke
Elon
Kentucky
#33/34 Michigan State
#38/37 North Carolina
#30/26 North Carolina State
-/#32 Notre Dame
#31/30 Ohio State
#12/10 Oklahoma State
Penn State
#20/18 Purdue
#41/38 South Carolina
UCF
UNCW
#14/17 Virginia
#43/46 Wake Forest
BUCKEYE LINEUP
1-Jessica Porvasnik — Jr. (74.33 avg)
2-Lina Aguillon — Sr. (81.00 avg)
3-Katja Pogacar — Jr. (73.89 avg)
4-Jaclyn Lee — Fr. (74.50 avg)
5-Rio Watanabe — r-So. (73.33 avg)
WEATHER FORECAST
Favorable conditions are expected throughout the competition as Weather Channel is forecasting partly cloudy skies with temperature highs in the 70s. Minimal winds and no precipitation are on the docket as well.
WATANABE SERVING AS LINEUP PILLAR
Redshirt sophomore Rio Watanabe has been a constant force in the Buckeye lineup this season. Through the first three tournaments, she has contributed to the team tally in all nine rounds and finished first or second among Buckeyes in each event.
BUCKEYE ALUM RACHEL ROHANNA EARNS LPGA TOUR CARD FOR 2016
Ten members of the Symetra Tour earned their 2016 LPGA Tour cards on Sunday, Oct. 18, by finishing in the top-10 of the Symetra Tour’s Volvik Race for the Card money list. Ohio State alum Rachel Rohanna made the cut and will be competing full time on the LPGA Tour next season.
SCHROEDER LEADS BUCKEYES TO TOP-FIVE FINISH AT MERCEDES-BENZ COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Freshman Niki Schroeder earned a share of 13th place individually at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (Sept. 21-22). Three additional Buckeyes cracked the top-25 to lift Ohio State into fourth place in the team standings.
FOUR ALL-BIG TEN PERFORMERS RETURN FOR 2015-16 SEASON
Ohio State boasts four All-Big Ten performers in its arsenal for the 2015-16 campaign, including two-time all-conference selections Katja Pogacar and Jessica Porvasnik:
Zoe-Beth Brake — 2014 All-Big Ten First Team
Katja Pogacar — 2015 All-Big Ten First Team; 2014 Second Team
Jessica Porvasnik — 2014 All-Big Ten First Team (Big Ten Player of the Year); 2015 All-Big Ten Second Team
Rio Watanabe — 2015 All-Big Ten Second Team
HALL OF FAME HESSION
Head coach Therese Hession, entering her 25th season, was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 18 as a Class of 2015 inductee member. The two-time National Coach of the Year has guided Ohio State to nine Big Ten titles and to the NCAA postseason 21 consecutive years since taking the reins in 1991. She steered the Buckeyes to a program-best fourth place finish at the 2003 NCAA Championships.
SCHROEDER COMPETES IN U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN
Freshman Niki Schroeder played in the LPGA’s oldest major championship, the U.S. Women’s Open, before officially arriving on campus for good. The 18-year-old qualified through local qualifying and utilized Buckeye teammate Jessica Porvasnik as her caddie for the event. Porvasnik competed in the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open. Despite missing the cut, Schroeder carded the lowest two-round score of her playing group, which included besting professional player Ayaka Matsumori by nine strokes.
NCAA WOMEN’S GOLF REGIONAL COMING TO COLUMBUS IN 2017
The Ohio State University has been selected as one of four host sties for the 2017 NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals. The three-day event will be played on the OSU Golf Club’s Scarlet Course from May 8-10, 2017 with six of 18 teams advancing to the NCAA Championships (May 19-24) at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.
