Ocala Spring Invitational Slated Next for Women’s Golf

The FGCU women’s golf team will return to the course on Sunday morning, March 17^th, as the Ocala Spring Invitational, hosted by Moorehead State University, begins at the Julliette Falls Golf Club in Ocala, Fla. The three-day tournament gets underway on Sunday morning and will conclude with a final round on Tuesday.

“This weekend will be a test of endurance.  We play 2 events pretty much back to back with only one day in between,” said head coach Sarah Trew.  “This event is new to our schedule, but we do have a couple of team members who have competed on this course before.  They will be instrumental in helping us determine how to prepare and attack the course.  We have been focusing a lot lately on our mental game and I think we will be successful if we go in with the goal of committing 100% to each shot and having fun playing the game.”

The 14-team field includes Akron, Appalachian State, Daytona State, FAU, Mercer, McNeese State, Morehead State, Ohio, Rutgers, Stetson, Toledo, Western Carolina and Western Kentucky.

The Eagles are coming off a tie for 15^th place finish at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Invitational which saw sophomoreGeorgia Price (Winchester, England/Fort Myers HS) led the squad finishing in a tie for 41^st place with a total score of 233.

The Ocala Spring Invitational will be played on the Julliette Falls golf course. Layout is a 6,269-yards, par-72 configuration. Sunday and Monday will be begin with tee times between 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with FGCU teeing off between 8:18 a.m. and 8:54 a.m. Tuesday final round will be shotgun start beginning at 8:15 a.m.

The Green and Blue will sport the six-person lineup of junior Megan Van Etten (Trinity Fla./JW Mitchell HS), sophomores Price and Chelsea Guoynes (Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City Central HS) and freshmen Rebecca Van Etten (Trinity Fla./JW Mitchell HS) , Sara Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn./Minnesota Virtual Academy HS) and Mei Khuan Yong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/S.M.K. Cochrane). Megan Van Etten will play as an individual and her score will not count towards the Eagles’ final score.