Florida women’s golf coach Jan Dowling announced the 2010-2011 schedule Friday. The Gators will compete in nine tournaments — five in the fall and four in the spring.
Three of the tournaments on Florida’s schedule have become staples: the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship, Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge and the Gator Women’s Golf Invitational while a fourth — the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic — is an event that Florida participated in last March.
Florida will play in two first-time events: the SEC/Pac-10 Challenge and the Labor Day Shootout. Additionally, the Gators will take part in the Cougar Classic, Tar Heel Invitational and the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship.
Postseason play begins with the 2011 SEC Championship which will be held from April 15-17 at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala. and culminates with the 2011 NCAA Championships, hosted by Texas A&M, at Traditions Golf Club from May 17-20 in College Station, Texas.
“My goal this year and every year is to get our team in the best possible tournaments so we’re competing against the best teams every year,” Dowling said. “We’re playing a 36-hole match at TPC Sawgrass, we’re playing at Yeamans Hall in Charleston which is an old golf course that’s quite well-known. We’re playing the Legends Club in Nashville, Tenn., where the NCAA Championships are going to be in a couple years. We’re playing Stanford’s golf course. We’re also playing the Liz Murphey in the spring at the UGA Golf Course and they’re having the NCAA Championships there as well. Overall, we’re playing some great golf courses against some great teams and throughout the entire year, it’s all about preparation where we’re trying to get ourselves ready for the championship season. I think we did a good job of that and we’re excited to get started.”
The Gators will host the Gator Women’s Golf Invitational — a tournament the Gators have won 16 of the 39 times the event has been played — at Mark Bostick Golf Course from March 6-7.
Auburn University will host the 2011 SEC Championship from April 15-17. After the conference championships are completed, the NCAA women’s golf committee will select 72 teams to participate in an NCAA Regional at one of three sites: LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.; Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.; and Washington National Golf Club in Seattle, Wash.
The top eight teams from each regional will earn a place at the NCAA Championships that will be held at the Traditions Golf Club in College Station, Texas.
FLORIDA WOMEN’S GOLF 2010-11 SCHEDULE
FALL 2010
SEPTEMBER
06 (Monday) Labor Day Shootout at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach
12 (Sunday) Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Club, Charleston, S.C.
13 (Monday) Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Club, Charleston, S.C.
14 (Tuesday) Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Club, Charleston, S.C.
24 (Friday) Mason Rudolph Invitational at Legends Club, Nashville, Tenn.
25 (Saturday) Mason Rudolph Invitational at Legends Club, Nashville, Tenn.
26 (Sunday) Mason Rudolph Invitational at Legends Club, Nashville, Tenn.
OCTOBER
08 (Friday) Tar Heel Invitational, UNC Finley G.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.
09 (Saturday) Tar Heel Invitational, UNC Finley G.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.
10 (Sunday) Tar Heel Invitational, UNC Finley G.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.
NOVEMBER
05 (Friday) SEC/Pac-10 Challenge, Stanford G.C., Palo Alto, Calif.
06 (Saturday) SEC/Pac-10 Challenge, Stanford G.C., Palo Alto, Calif.
07 (Sunday) SEC/Pac-10 Challenge, Stanford G.C., Palo Alto, Calif.
SPRING 2011
FEBRUARY
14 (Monday) Northrup Grumman Invitational, Palos Verdes (Calif.) G.C.
15 (Tuesday) Northrup Grumman Invitational, Palos Verdes (Calif.) G.C.
16 (Wednesday) Northrup Grumman Invitational, Palos Verdes (Calif.) G.C.
27 (Sunday) Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational, English Turn G&CC, New Orleans, La.
28 (Monday) Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational, English Turn G&CC, New Orleans, La.
MARCH
01 (Tuesday) Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational, English Turn G&CC, New Orleans, La.
06 (Sunday) GATOR WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL, Mark Bostick G.C., Gainesville
07 (Monday) GATOR WOMEN’S INVITATIONAL, Mark Bostick G.C., Gainesville
APRIL
01 (Friday) Liz Murphey Classic, UGA Golf Club, Athens, Ga.
02 (Saturday) Liz Murphey Classic, UGA Golf Club, Athens, Ga.
03 (Sunday) Liz Murphey Classic, UGA Golf Club, Athens, Ga.
15 (Friday) SEC Championship, Auburn University Club, Auburn, Ala.
16 (Saturday) SEC Championship, Auburn University Club, Auburn, Ala.
17 (Sunday) SEC Championship, Auburn University Club, Auburn, Ala.
MAY
05 (Thursday) NCAA Regional (LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Warren Golf Course, South Bend, Ind.; Washington National, Seattle Wash.)
06 (Friday) NCAA Regional (LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Warren Golf Course, South Bend, Ind.; Washington National, Seattle Wash.)
07 (Saturday) NCAA Regional (LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Warren Golf Course, South Bend, Ind.; Washington National, Seattle Wash.)
17 (Tuesday) NCAA Championships, Traditions Golf Club, College Station, Texas
18 (Wednesday) NCAA Championships, Traditions Golf Club, College Station, Texas
19 (Thursday) NCAA Championships, Traditions Golf Club, College Station, Texas
20 (Friday) NCAA Championships, Traditions Golf Club, College Station, Texas