Women’s Golf Preview: Mountain West Championships (April 17-19)

Monday, April 17

Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mission Hills Country Club)

Monday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 19

Fresno State

Mountain West Championships

Women’s Golf Preview: Mountain West Championships (April 17-19)

4/14/2017 9:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

An NCAA bid is on the line this week as nine league member’s battle for the 2017 Mountain West Championship

By: Matt Burkholder / Director of Communications

Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #10
Tournament: Mountain West Championships
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (18 holes/day)
Host: Mountain West Conference
Dates: April 17-19
Golf Course: Mission Hills Country Club (par 72, 6,270 yards)
Location: Rancho Mirage, California
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com

Fresno State Lineup:
1. Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir
2. Mimi Ho
3. Kristin Simonsen
4. Yifei Wang
5. Hayden Mammen

Participants:
Boise State (175)
Colorado State (120)
Fresno State (70)
Nevada (90)
New Mexico (108)
San Diego State (30)
San Jose State (35)
UNLV (45)
Wyoming (138)

(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat, as of April 12, 2017)

Schedule of Events:
Sunday, April 16 – Practice round
Monday, April 17 – First round tee times: first at 7 a.m. PT, last at 9:06 a.m. (Fresno State 7:00-7:36 a.m.)
Tuesday, April 18 – Second round tee times: first at 7 a.m. PT, last at 9:06 a.m. (based on rd. 1 scores)
Wednesday, April 19 – Final round tee times: first at 7 a.m. PT, last at 9:06 a.m. (based on rd. 2 scores)

Last year at the Mountain West Championships:
Champion: UNLV=877
Runner-up: San Diego State=886
3. Fresno State=897
4. San Jose State=906
5. New Mexico=914
6. Colorado State=921
7. Nevada=925
8. Boise State=926
9. Wyoming=953

Season Flashback:
• Sept. 12-13: Ptarmigan Ram Classic
Team finish – N/A; Low individual – Kristin Simonsen, T-33 (228)
• Oct. 3-4: Johnie Imes Invitational
Team finish – 2/15 (867); Low individual – Yifei Wang, T-8 (216)
• Oct. 7-9: Ron Moore Women's Intercollegiate
Team finish – 9/18 (885); Low individual – Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir, T-12 (217)
• Oct. 23-25: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Team finish – 10/19 (573); Low individual – Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir, T-15 (140)
• Feb. 27-28: The Gold Rush
Team finish – 9/14 (915); Low individual – Joanna Kim, T-15 (223)
• March 13-14: Fresno State Classic
Team finish – T-2/12 (893); Low individual – Mimi Ho, 3rd (216)
• March 20-22: SDSU March Mayhem
Team finish – 4/16 (match play); Low individual – N/A
• March 27-29: Anuenue Spring Break Classic
Team finish – 6/15 (903); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-16 (222)
• April 10-11: Dale McNamara Invitational
Team finish – 4/9 (900); Low individual – Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir, T-7 (221)

Notes:
• There are nine Mountain West women's golf programs; each are vying for the automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA postseason at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, Monday thru Wednesday.
• Golfstat.com ranks three Mountain West teams inside its top 50 (No. 30 San Diego State, No. 38 San Jose State, No. 45 UNLV) while two others are in the top 100 (No. 70 Fresno State, No. 90 Nevada). Rounding out the league, four others are outside the top 100 (No. 108 New Mexico, No. 120 Colorado State, No. 138 Wyoming, No. 175 Boise State).
• Fresno State enters its fifth MW Championship golf tournament this week since joining the league. In the Bulldogs' four previous events, they have finished third three times (2016, 2014, 2013) and seventh once (2015).
• As a freshman, Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir won the MW Individual Championship at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course in 2014. She was the third Bulldog to claim an individual conference championship in program history - the prior two were achieved in the WAC (Laura Luethke-2008, Hali Coppin-2010).
• Fresno State has one team conference championship in its 12-year program history, won during the 2008 WAC conference tournament.
• Four of Fresno State's individuals entered for the 2017 edition participated in last season's championship (Bjorgvinsdottir, Simonsen, Ho and Wang). Bjorgvinsdottir owned the Bulldogs' top finish (T-7th), followed by Simonsen (T-10th), Ho (T-17th) and Wang (T-21st).
• Years of experience at the Mountain West Championship: Bjorgvinsdottir (3), Ho (2), Simonsen (1), Wang (1) and Mammen (0).
• Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir is currently the sole Bulldog ranked in the Golfstat Individual Top 250 poll; she was last ranked No. 180.
• 2016-17 Mountain West women's golfers of the week: Mimi Ho and Kristin Simonsen earned back-to-back weekly accolades for Fresno State, announced March 21 (tournaments played March 13-17) and March 28 (tournaments played March 20-22).
• Weather at the Mountain West Championships on Monday (High 88F, Low 64F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-15 mph winds; Tuesday (High 89F, Low 61F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-20 mph winds; Wednesday (High 90F, Low 59F) is forecasted to have a zero percent chance of rain and 10-15 mph winds.

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