Miami to Play Host to the Hurricane Invitational on Monday
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 14-ranked University of Miami women’s golf team will play host to the 2017 Hurricane Invitational on Monday. The event will serve as the Hurricanes’ lone home tournament of the season and will run through Wednesday. The tournament will be held at the Biltmore Golf Course.
THE BASICS
-The tournament will follow a 54-hole format.
-Miami, tournament host.
-The tournament will be played at the par 72, 6,150-yard Biltmore Golf Course.
-Play begins at 7:30 a.m. on Monday off of holes No. 1 and No. 10. Play continues on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. off of holes No. 1 and 10. The tournament concludes on Wednesday, beginning at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start.
-Live scoring can be found by clicking here.
THE WORD ON THE CANES
The Miami women’s golf team has been a model of consistency throughout the 2016-17 season as it has finished in the top three in five of its six tournaments this year. The Hurricanes are coming off a fifth-place finish last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, which marked the only time this season Miami has not finished in the top three of a tournament.
Miami enters this week’s Hurricane Invitational with a team average of 288.53 strokes per round.
The Hurricanes posted an impressive 2016 fall season during which they posted three top-three finishes, including a dominating performance at the Mary Fossum Invitational, as Miami won by 40 strokes. The Hurricanes finished the fall campaign with a 286.22 team average.
DEWI CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
The Canes are led by sophomore standout Dewi Weber, who has posted top-10 finishes in eight of her last nine tournaments dating back to the 2016 spring season. Weber is currently ranked No. 14 by Golfstat.com and is the fifth-highest ranked women’s golfer in the ACC.
Additionally, Weber claimed individual crowns at two of the three tournaments in the fall, winning outright titles at the Mary Fossum Invitational and the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
COMPETING TEAMS – TOP 25 RANKINGS ACCORDING TO GOLFSTAT.COM
Augusta State, Barry, East Carolina, FIU, Iowa State, Louisville, Mercer, No. 14 Miami, Michigan, Middle Tennessee State, Minnesota, No. 16 Northwestern, Penn State, South Dakota State, USF, Virginia Tech
THE LINEUP
Dewi Weber
-Averaging a team-best 70.56 heading into this week’s tournament.
-Tied for third last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for sixth at the Florida Challenge.
-Won medalist honors at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Captured medalist honors at the Fossum Invitational.
-2016 NCAA National Runner-up.
Filippa Moork
-Has posted a scoring average of 72.94.
-Placed 21st last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for 12th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational to close out the fall season.
-Tied for 20th at the Jim West Challenge.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
Delfina Acosta
-Has posted a scoring average of 73.71.
-Tied for 35th last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for 14th at the Florida Challenge to open the spring season.
-Tied for 15th at the Jim West Challenge.
-Opened the 2016-17 season by finishing third at the Fossum Invitational.
-The only senior on this year’s roster.
Renate Grimstad
-Owns a scoring average of 74.35.
-Tied for third at UCF Challenge to lead the team.
-Tied for sixth at the Florida Challenge.
-Posted a season-low 69 in the final round of play at the Jim West Challenge.
-Tied for 22nd at the Fossum Invitational.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
Macarena Aguilera
-Has totaled a scoring average of 75.09.
-Tied for 47th last week at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate.
-Tied for 35th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
-Tied for 44th at the Fossum Invitational in her Miami debut.
-One of three freshmen on this year’s roster.
UP NEXT
The Canes will take two weeks off before they head to the Briar’s Creek Invitational in Kiawah Island, S.C. on March 20-21.
