UM Hosts Ryder/Florida Women's Collegiate Golf Championships
April 2, 2002
Coral Gables, FL (hurricanesports.com) – For the 18th consecutive year, and the 19th in the 32-year history of the tournament, the University of Miami will host the Ryder/Florida Women’s Collegiate Golf Championship.
The event, which will run April 5-7, will be held for the 12th straight year at Don Shula’s Golf Club in Miami Lakes. Competition will begin at 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, with Sunday’s final round beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Admission is free.
The tournament features the best women’s collegiate golf in Florida, as 13 schools from the state come together for three rounds to determine the state champion.
This season’s championship will feature seven teams ranked among the top-100 teams in the nation including No. 9 Florida, No. 37 Central Florida, No. 42 Florida State, No. 44 South Florida, No. 57 Miami, No. 91 Florida Atlantic and No. 92 Florida International. Rounding out the field are Barry, Florida Southern, Jacksonville, Lynn, Rollins and Stetson.
Last season Florida posted a three-round total of 895 to edge out Florida International (898) by three strokes. The state title was the 16th overall for Florida, and its fifth in the last seven seasons.
Miami, which has won the state title eight times, will look to continue its strong start to the spring season. The Hurricanes have finished second in two of its first three tournaments this spring and have been led by the trio of sophomore Camilla Hilland (Lommedalen, Norway), sophomore Jazmin Cataldo (Asuncion, Paraguay) and freshman Tina Miller (Miami Archbishop Curley Notre Dame).
Hilland has finished in the top-20 of all eight tournaments this year including five top-10’s. She currently ranks 97th in the nation by Golfweek and has a team-best 76 stokes per round average. Hilland has recorded 14 consecutive rounds in the 70’s dating back to fall competition.
Cataldo has recorded two top-10 finishes this season including a fourth-place finish at the Lady Moc Classic earlier this spring. She currently ranks third on the team this spring with a 76.9 average.
Miller has emerged as the Hurricanes’ most consistent performer this spring posting four top-10’s. She has finished no worse than sixth in any tournament this spring and has a team-best 74.5 stoke average.
