Fresno State Athletics
Monday, April 9
Tulsa, Okla. (Tulsa Country Club)
Monday, April 9 - Tuesday, April 10
Fresno State
vs
Dale McNamara Invitational
Photo by: Keith Kountz
Women’s Golf Preview: Dale McNamara Invitational (April 9-10)
4/6/2018 11:30:00 AM | Women's Golf
Fresno State Women's Golf - Tournament #9 (Spring Tournament #5)
Tournament: Dale McNamara Invitational
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (36/Monday)
Host: Tulsa
Dates: April 9-10 (Mon.-Tue.)
Golf Course: Tulsa Country Club (par 70, 6,112 yards)
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Brigitte Thibault
2. Mimi Ho
3. Kelsi Stieler
4. Alison Muirhead
5. Samantha Spencer
Ind. Danielle Richman
Participants-13:
Host – Tulsa (140)
Cincinnati (160)
Florida Gulf Coast (124)
Fresno State (79)
Mississippi State (68)
Missouri State (158)
Oklahoma State (17)
Oral Roberts (159)
South Florida (152)
Texas A&M (33)
Texas State (98)
Texas Tech (51)
Wichita State (134)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat,com as of (April 3, 2018)
Schedule of Events:
Sunday, April 8 – Practice round
Monday, April 9 – First and Second Rounds; shotgun start at 6:30 a.m. PT
Tuesday, April 10 – Final Round; shotgun start at 6:30 a.m. PT
Team notes:
Season Flashback:
• Sept. 11-12: Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational
Team finish – T-14/18 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-33 (221)
• Sept. 26-27: Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational
Team finish – 4/18 (860); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-4 (210)
• Oct. 6-7: Bettie Lou Evans Invitational
Team finish – 8/16 (912); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-15 (222)
• Oct. 22-24: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Team finish – 5/16 (868); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-2 (210)
• Feb. 12-13: The Gold Rush
Team finish – 8/14 (911); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-22 (226)
• Feb. 26-27: Bruin Wave Invitational
Team finish – 14/16 (959); Low individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-44 (237)
• March 5-6: Fresno State Classic
Team finish – T-3/11 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-7 (220)
• March 23-25: PING/ASU Invitational
Team finish – 12/14 (900); Low individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-9 (215)
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – Follow the team on social media on Twitter at @FresnoStateWG or on its Facebook Page – Fresno State Women's Golf Team.
Tournament: Dale McNamara Invitational
Format: Stroke play/54 holes/5-count-4 (36/Monday)
Host: Tulsa
Dates: April 9-10 (Mon.-Tue.)
Golf Course: Tulsa Country Club (par 70, 6,112 yards)
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Live Scoring: BirdieFire.com
Fresno State Lineup:
1. Brigitte Thibault
2. Mimi Ho
3. Kelsi Stieler
4. Alison Muirhead
5. Samantha Spencer
Ind. Danielle Richman
Participants-13:
Host – Tulsa (140)
Cincinnati (160)
Florida Gulf Coast (124)
Fresno State (79)
Mississippi State (68)
Missouri State (158)
Oklahoma State (17)
Oral Roberts (159)
South Florida (152)
Texas A&M (33)
Texas State (98)
Texas Tech (51)
Wichita State (134)
(All numbers in parenthesis indicate the team's ranking by GolfStat,com as of (April 3, 2018)
Schedule of Events:
Sunday, April 8 – Practice round
Monday, April 9 – First and Second Rounds; shotgun start at 6:30 a.m. PT
Tuesday, April 10 – Final Round; shotgun start at 6:30 a.m. PT
Team notes:
- Tulsa will host its 21st tournament in program history April 9-10; the first year Tulsa hosted a tournament was in 1976. It was renamed the Dale McNamara Invitational in 2010 and this will be the sixth edition.
- Fresno State made its first-ever trip to Tulsa's home-hosted event last season and the women's golf program's first trip to Oklahoma for any event.
- Fresno State placed fourth at the Dale McNamara in 2017. Of the five that traveled, only Mimi Ho returns in 2018. She placed tied for 14th at 16-over-par (226).
- The site, Tulsa Country Club, served as the host site for the 1999 and 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships.
- The tournament is named after former Tulsa women's golf coach Dale McNamara. McNamara coached 26 years at Tulsa and guided the program to four national championships.
- The Bulldogs enter this weekend's event ranked No. 79 by Golfstat.com, unchanged from their positioning prior to the PING/ASU Invitational (March 23-25).
- Of the 13 participating teams, Fresno State is one of six teams ranked inside the Golfstat top 100 team rankings.
- The Bulldogs own a 300.17 team scoring average (+12.67 vs. par) after eight tournaments and 24 rounds this season.
- Ho enters this weekend's event with a team-best 73.83 scoring average. She has played in all eight tournaments for Fresno State this season (24 rounds).
- Brigitte Thibault shares the team lead with Ho for most rounds scored in the 60's (3).
- Fresno State's two true freshman Thibault and Alison Muirhead have qualified and competed in each of the Bulldogs' eight tournaments and are in the lineup again this week.
- Sophomore Danielle Richman, playing as an individual, will compete in her first career tournament outside of the Fresno State Classic.
- Thibault will leadoff her first career tournament in the No. 1 position in the lineup; Ho led off in the previous eight events.
- Ho is ranked No. 188 nationally in the latest Golfstat.com poll (April 3). She is the only Bulldog ranked inside the nations' top 250 individual rankings.
- Weather at the Tulsa Invitational on Monday (High 60F, Low 40F) is forecasted to have a 20 percent chance of rain and 5-10 mph wind; Tuesday (High 62F, Low 48F) is forecasted to have a 10 percent chance of rain and light and variable wind.
History of Tulsa-Hosted Regular Season Tournaments
Year: Tournament (Course) – Team/Medalist
1976: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Nancy Lopez, Tulsa
1977: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – SMU/Beth Daniel, Furman
1978: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Vicki Singleton, Arizona State
1979: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Sharon Barrett, Tulsa
1980: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Barb Thomas, Tulsa
1981: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Val Skinner, Oklahoma State
1982: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Kathy Baker, Tulsa
1984: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Melissa McNamara, Tulsa & Kathy Kostas, Stanford
1985: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Laurette Maritz, US Int.
1986: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Danielle Ammacapane, Arizona State
1987: Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Cedar Ridge CC) – Texas/Ginger Brown, Texas
1988: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Dina Ammacanpane, Arizona State
1989: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Tulsa CC) – Tulsa/Brandie Burton, Arizona State
1990: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Southern Hills CC) – Tulsa/Kelly Robbins, Tulsa
1998: Bama Fall Preview (Tulsa CC) – Duke/Niina Laitinen, Tulsa
2010: Dale McNamara Invitational (Patriot GC) – Oklahoma/Ellen Mueller, Oklahoma
2011: Dale McNamara Invitational (Patriot GC) – Oklahoma State/Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State
2012: Dale McNamara Invitational (Golf Club of Okla.) – Arizona State/Isabelle Lendl, Florida
2013: Dale McNamara Fall Preview (Tulsa CC) – Southern Cal/Kyung Kim, Southern Cal
2017: Dale McNamara Invitational (Tulsa CC) – Tulsa/Greta Bruner, Tulsa
**2017 tournament was the first of these events played in the spring**
Year: Tournament (Course) – Team/Medalist
1976: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Nancy Lopez, Tulsa
1977: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – SMU/Beth Daniel, Furman
1978: Golden Hurricane Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Vicki Singleton, Arizona State
1979: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Sharon Barrett, Tulsa
1980: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Barb Thomas, Tulsa
1981: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Val Skinner, Oklahoma State
1982: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Kathy Baker, Tulsa
1984: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Melissa McNamara, Tulsa & Kathy Kostas, Stanford
1985: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Laurette Maritz, US Int.
1986: Nancy Lopez Invitational (Cedar Ridge CC) – Arizona State/Danielle Ammacapane, Arizona State
1987: Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Cedar Ridge CC) – Texas/Ginger Brown, Texas
1988: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Cedar Ridge CC) – Tulsa/Dina Ammacanpane, Arizona State
1989: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Tulsa CC) – Tulsa/Brandie Burton, Arizona State
1990: PING Tour Tulsa Intercollegiate (Southern Hills CC) – Tulsa/Kelly Robbins, Tulsa
1998: Bama Fall Preview (Tulsa CC) – Duke/Niina Laitinen, Tulsa
2010: Dale McNamara Invitational (Patriot GC) – Oklahoma/Ellen Mueller, Oklahoma
2011: Dale McNamara Invitational (Patriot GC) – Oklahoma State/Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State
2012: Dale McNamara Invitational (Golf Club of Okla.) – Arizona State/Isabelle Lendl, Florida
2013: Dale McNamara Fall Preview (Tulsa CC) – Southern Cal/Kyung Kim, Southern Cal
2017: Dale McNamara Invitational (Tulsa CC) – Tulsa/Greta Bruner, Tulsa
**2017 tournament was the first of these events played in the spring**
Season Flashback:
• Sept. 11-12: Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational
Team finish – T-14/18 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-33 (221)
• Sept. 26-27: Coeur d'Alene Resort Collegiate Invitational
Team finish – 4/18 (860); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-4 (210)
• Oct. 6-7: Bettie Lou Evans Invitational
Team finish – 8/16 (912); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-15 (222)
• Oct. 22-24: Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown
Team finish – 5/16 (868); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-2 (210)
• Feb. 12-13: The Gold Rush
Team finish – 8/14 (911); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-22 (226)
• Feb. 26-27: Bruin Wave Invitational
Team finish – 14/16 (959); Low individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-44 (237)
• March 5-6: Fresno State Classic
Team finish – T-3/11 (897); Low individual – Mimi Ho, T-7 (220)
• March 23-25: PING/ASU Invitational
Team finish – 12/14 (900); Low individual – Brigitte Thibault, T-9 (215)
What's Ahead for Fresno State:
April 16-18: Mountain West Championships
Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Mission Hills Country Club)
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – Follow the team on social media on Twitter at @FresnoStateWG or on its Facebook Page – Fresno State Women's Golf Team.
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