Northwestern University Athletics
Challenge at Wolfdancer Next Up For Northwestern
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Nov. 1, 2007
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern hits the road for its fourth tournament of the year this weekend, taking part in the 2007 Challenge at Wolfdancer. The Challenge is being held at the Wolfdancer Golf Club at Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Bastrop, Texas. The two-day, 54-hole event runs from Sunday-Monday, Nov. 4-5.
For the first time, Texas State will play host to the 2007 Challenge at Wolfdancer. This year's 13-team field is comprised of Northwestern alongside Arkansas State, Baylor, Boston College, Illinois, Iowa State, Lamar, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State and UTEP.
The field features a trio of schools ranked ahead of NU in the most recent Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, including No. 28 Iowa State.
Leading the way for the Wildcats has been Jennifer Hong (Windermere, Fla./The First Academy), who has delivered NU's lowest scores in all three of the Wildcats' 2007 fall tournaments.
Teams hit the course for a 7:45 a.m. shotgun start Sunday to begin the first round on the par-72, 6,093-yard course. The teams will play 36 holes Sunday followed by the final 18 Monday.
Live scoring for the tournament can be found at www.golfstat.com.
