Women's Golf Hits Historic Course For Illini Invite

Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah
Medinah Country Club, Course No. 2 | Medinah, IL

The UNT women's golf team is traveling to the Chicago area and historic Medinah Country Club for the Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah and will take on a strong field at a course that has hosted U.S. Opens, PGA Championships and a Ryder Cup.

THE EVENT: Medinah Country Club, Course No. 2 will play as a par-72 course at 6,166 yards. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday before concluding on Tuesday with the final 18 holes. There will be an 8:30 a.m., shotgun start, on Monday and the teams will start the final round on Tuesday with a shotgun start at 9 a.m.

THE FIELD: There are 15 teams participating in the tournament: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Houston, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ole Miss, Pepperdine, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UCF, UCLA, ULM and UNT.

REPRESENTING UNT: Competing for the Mean Green will be Shreya Pal, Mason Lewis, Bouquet Subsomboon, Katharina Anglett and Mallorie Luitwieler.

RESULTS: Live scoring and final results will be posted on Clippd Scoreboard. A full recap will be posted on MeanGreenSports.com at the end of each day.

AKERS SAYS: "This is going to be a unique and fun event," said head coach Michael Akers. "The Medinah Country Club has a rich tradition of hosting some of the top events in the world. We feel blessed to receive the invitation from the University of Illinois and to play Medinah against some of the best teams in the country.

"We have been out to Denton Country Club to prepare on Bent grass greens. DCC is also tree lined, which we will see in Chicago. It will be important to hit extra chips in the practice round to get acclimated to the bluegrass rough."

MOVING UP: UNT has made significant strides since Akers took over eight years ago. The Mean Green were ranked No. 201 following the 2015-16 season, and since Akers arrived in Denton, UNT has soared more than 150 spots from that time. The Mean Green are now consistently ranked in the top 50 nationally and have qualified for four straight NCAA Regionals - the only active AAC team with at least four consecutive NCAA berths.

UP NEXT: The Mean Green will next head down I-35 to wrap up the fall schedule at the Jim West Challenge on Oct. 20-21.

NEW FACILITY: The Mean Green golf programs are thrilled to have the new Bruzzy's UNT Golf Practice Facility, which is a $3 million on-campus facility that features state-of-the-art technology, such as TrackMan, swing catalysts, indoor hitting bays, a short-game area and a PuttView indoor putting green.

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Katharina Anglett

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Mallorie Luitwieler

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