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Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Day 1
Tar Heels Open Spring Sunday In The Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate
February 16, 2018 | Women's Golf
NEW ORLEANS - The University of North Carolina women's golf team will open the spring season at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, hosted by Tulane at the English Turn Golf & Country Club from Sunday-Tuesday (Feb. 18-20). After facing some of the toughest fields during the fall, the Tar Heels will once again go up against a deep tournament of six teams ranked in the Golfstat top 25.
The individual talent will also impress as six of the Golfstat top-30 players in the country will be teeing off Sunday - No. 12 Robynn Ree (USC), No. 11 Maddie McCrary (Oklahoma State), No. 24 Dewi Weber (Miami), No. 20 Sarah Burnham (Michigan State), No. 19 Leonie Harm (Houston) and No. 26 Paz Marfa (Michigan State).
Fans can also follow @uncwomensgolf on Twitter and Instagram for updates throughout the tournament. UNC women's golf is also on Facebook. A recap and results will be posted on GoHeels.com following the conclusion of each day of competition.
THE FIELD
Clemson, Denver (20), Florida (18), Houston (21), Kansas, LSU, Miami (F.L.), Michigan State (13), North Carolina, NC State, Oklahoma State (8), Oregon, South Alabama, SMU, Tulane, UCF, USC (11).
TAR HEEL STARTING FIVE
Carolina's starting five will be junior Kelly Whaley (Farmington, Conn.), sophomore Brynn Walker (St. David's, Pa.), sophomore Mariana Ocano (St. Petersburg, Fla.), senior Bryana Nguyen (Columbia, Md.) and freshman Ava Bergner (Ketsch, Germany).
THE TOURNAMENT VENUE
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate will be played at the English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans, La. The course has a par-72, 6239-yard set-up.
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate is a 54-hole tournament with single rounds scheduled Sunday (tee times beginning at 10 a.m. ET), Monday (tee times beginning at 10 a.m. ET) and Tuesday (9 a.m. ET shotgun start).
The Tar Heels will tee off with Denver and Houston Sunday from hole 1 beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET
LIVE SCORING
Live results from the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate will be available at Golfstat.com
HEAD COACH JAN MANN - COMMENTS
On what she has learned about this team
"The team is definitely a hard-working team. We don't have to tell them to get out here in the offseason. They are driven to do well, and we had the majority of our girls over the winter break play in tournaments, and that's huge for them to stay in that mode. But day in and day out, even with the weather, before we got into season they were out here practicing. So, that says a lot to me."
On dealing with winter weather in practice
"We had to start our spring season a little later because we played in Mexico and it was very much towards the end of the season, and then once we actually started practice was when all of the weather came. So, we've been battling weather conditions now. We've able get in five rounds of qualifying, but it's been wrapped up in everything they owned, which is not bad, but we've had some good qualifying rounds. Considering the conditions, the scores have been a little higher than what we would like, and you have to be careful that you don't get comfortable with shooting those scores. So, we've done some things where we put them off the red tees where they're shooting well under par and doing some things to try to have a mindset that they're playing well. So, hopefully it works."
On what to expect out of the course
"The PGA used to play on this course. The thing I remember is that there were some elevated greens, and the greens were very short from front to back, very narrow, and so you had to be on with your wedges. If the wind blows, it becomes a different course, and the wind can definitely blow down there. Looks like we are going to have good weather. So, hopefully we'll be able to hang with the competition."
Players Mentioned
