NORMAL, Ill. – For the 14th consecutive fall season, the Redbird women's golf team will host the Redbird Invitational, as 14 schools make the trek to Weibring Golf Course for the two-day, 54-hole event on the Illinois State campus.
Event: Redbird Invitational
When: September 8-9
Where: Weibring Golf Club // Normal, Ill.
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,093
Live Scoring: Clippd
Participants: Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Illinois Wesleyan, Indiana State, IU-Indy, Little Rock, Loyola (Chicago), Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, and Valparaiso.
Redbird Lineup: Jessica Jolly (1B), Morgan Jones (1A), Jinyoung Yun (2), Alex Sparrow (3B), Elise Fennell (3A) Individuals: Reagan Kennedy (18), Lory Paradis (17A), Dani Grace Schrock (17B)
OSF and the Redbirds
The team doctors for Illinois State Golf are provided by OSF HealthCare, Official Health Care Provider for Illinois State Athletics.
Last Time Out: The Redbirds open the 2024-25 season after securing the MVC Championship last season, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in East Lansing, Michigan. Back for ISU is reigning MVC Golfer of the Year Jinyoung Yun, in addition to returnees Dani Grace Schrock and Reagan Kennedy, alongside newcomers Lory Paradis, Morgan Jones, Jessica Jolly, Alex Sparrow, and Elise Fennell.
Redbird History at the Redbird Invitational: Last season the Redbirds took second at their home event, finishing with a three-round team score of 866 with rounds of 284, 293, and 289. At the time, ISU's 866 was a new program record for lowest tournament score, and the 284 set the program record for lowest single-round score (later tied and broken two other rounds during the year). Jinyoung Yun was the individual runner-up with a program-record 204 at the event, and her two rounds of 67 set a new individual tournament round record (later tied two more times by Yun).
About the Course: The Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University was designed in 1962 by golf course architect Robert Bruce Harris. It was originally designed with a regulation length nine-hole course along the outside edges of the property with a shorter executive length 9 hole course in the middle. The course opened in May 1964 with University President Robert Bone hitting the first shot. During the 2000 season the course was closed to undertake an extensive renovations project designed and coordinated by PGA Champions Tour Player and ISU Alumnus D.A.Weibring and his company Golf Resources, Inc. The project included the installation of a new state of the art irrigation system, rebuilding all 18 greens and 2 practice greens, converting the tees and fairways to bentgrass, and reconstructing all bunkers to include drainage, Bunker Guard erosion control, and tour-quality Best Sand. The University Golf Course reopened for play in July 2001 to positive reviews throughout the state. In September 2007 the golf course was renamed to Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State in honor of DA and his many contributions to the ISU Men's and Women's Golf Teams, the golf course, and the university in general.
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