Murray State University Athletics
Monday, February 28
Murray, Ky.
TBA
Murray State
vs
Miller Memorial GC
Photo by: Fred Mullane
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Tournament History
The tournament will be contested with 18 holes of stroke play on Monday and Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Since the event was started in 2003, MSU has won five of eight titles including the last three. The other champions in the event were: Kentucky (2004), Cincinnati (2006) and Central Arkansas (2007). MSU won the inaugural title in 2003.
Last year, the Racers tied the low score in the history of the tournament at 638 (36 holes) the same score Central Arkansas had. Austin Peay's Chelsea Harris was the medalist with scores of 76-79=159, good for a three-shot win over MSU's Andrea Downer who finished 76-80=156.
MSU's last medalist was Joyce Trus in 2009. Other MSU medalists include: Megan McKinney (2008), Nikki Orazine (2005), Cuyler Hedley (2004) and Lee Anne Pace (2003). Pace holds the tournament record individual score at 147.
The Miller Memorial course will play to a par-72 and 6,017 yards.
The Murray State women's golf team is set to open the spring portion of their 2010-11 season when they host the MSU NewWave Communications Classic at their home course, Miller Memorial GC in Murray, Ky., on Monday.
The Racers, trying for their fourth straight title in their home event, will welcome two teams from the Ohio Valley Conference, Austin Peay and Tennessee State, as well as Belmont, Valparaiso and Western Illinois.
The tournament will be contested with 18 holes of stroke play on Monday and Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. both days.
Since the event was started in 2003, MSU has won five of eight titles including the last three. The other champions in the event were: Kentucky (2004), Cincinnati (2006) and Central Arkansas (2007). MSU won the inaugural title in 2003.
Last year, the Racers tied the low score in the history of the tournament at 638 (36 holes) the same score Central Arkansas had. Austin Peay's Chelsea Harris was the medalist with scores of 76-79=159, good for a three-shot win over MSU's Andrea Downer who finished 76-80=156.
MSU's last medalist was Joyce Trus in 2009. Other MSU medalists include: Megan McKinney (2008), Nikki Orazine (2005), Cuyler Hedley (2004) and Lee Anne Pace (2003). Pace holds the tournament record individual score at 147.
The Miller Memorial course will play to a par-72 and 6,017 yards.
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