Women's Golf Looks to Extend Strong Start in Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – After winning the opening tournament of the 2024-25 season, where Redbird golfers Morgan Jones and Jinyoung Yun shared medalist honors, the Illinois State women's golf team travels to Columbia, Missouri, to compete in the Johnny Imes Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri.

Event: Johnie Imes Invitational
When: September 23-24
Where: The Club at Old Hawthorne
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,264
Live Scoring: Clippd
Participants: Austin Peay, Barry, Bradley, Drake, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Howard, Illinois State Missouri, Missouri State, Morehead State, Murray State, and Omaha.

Redbird Lineup (Starting Hole): Jinyoung Yun (8), Morgan Jones (9B), Jessica Jolly (9A), Elise Fennell (10B), Alex Sparrow (10A) INDIVIDUAL: Lory Paradis (15B)

Last Time Out: The Redbirds are coming off a record-setting season-opening tournament at the Redbird Invitational. The squad set the school record for lowest tournament score in program history (849), the lowest single-round in school history (second-round 281), tied the previous school record with an opening-round 282, individuals Jones' and Yun's 209 are tied for the second-lowest score in program history, while Jones tied the single-round school record with a five-under 67. First-year collegiate golfers Jessica Jolly (215) and Elise Fennell (217) carded the lowest two scores by a freshman in program history, while Jolly's opening round of 70 is tied for the second-lowest by a freshman in the history of the ISU program.

Redbird History at Johnie Imes Invitational: The Redbirds have competed in the yearly fall event in 12 of the most recent 14 fall seasons, including a tie of 5th in 2021 season with a three-round score of 891, lowest in school history at the event by 15 total strokes, including a second-round 287. Last season, the Redbirds' second-round score of 286 (-2) was the lowest by an ISU squad ad the event in program history.

2023 - t-8th / 13 (311-286-299 -- 896)
2022 - 11th / 15 (299-300-315 -- 914)
2021 - t-5th / 14 (303-287-301 -- 891)
2019 - 10th / 15 (301-304-310 -- 915)
2018 - 9th / 13 (297-301-311 -- 909)
2017 - t-10th / 14 (302-302-302 -- 906)
2015 - 18th / 18 (305-304-307 -- 916)
2014 - t-10th / 15 (311-303-297 -- 911)
2012 - t-10th / 19 (302-306-308 -- 916)
2011 - 8th / 15 (308-298-305 -- 911)
2010 - t-12th / 18 (307-312-310 -- 922)
2009 - 5th / 18 (305-306-307 -- 918)

About the Course: The Club at Old Hawthorne sits on 631 acres of what was once a horse farm, hence the horse featured in our logo. So, where stallions once romped and roamed the rolling hills, today golfers stride manicured fairways and families select wooded lots to put down their own roots. The original portion of the clubhouse was built in 1938 as an exact replica of President Andrew Jackson's home, "The Hermitage".

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