SEDONA, Ariz. – With six top-three finishes over the first seven tournaments of the 2024-25 season, the Illinois State women's golf team looks to extend its strong run this season starting on Friday, March 14 when the squad competes in the three-rounds in three-days Red Rocks Invitational.
Event:Â Red Rocks Invitational
When: March 14- March 16, 2024
Where:Â Oakcreek Country Club / Sedona, Ariz.
Par:Â 72
Yardage: 6,200
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Participants (National Rankings): Grand Canyon (73), Illinois State (75), Xavier (77), Northern Arizona (94), Cal Baptist (106), Oral Roberts (113), North Dakota State (115), Delaware (116), Seattle (118), South Dakota State (132), Weber State (142), Wichita State (162), Northern Colorado (164), Morehead State (174), Navy (185), Columbia (188), Montana (205), Southern Utah (214), Towson (234)
Redbird Lineup (starting hole): Jinyoung Yun (15A), Morgan Jones (16), Elise Fennell (17B), Lory Paradis (17A), Jessica Jolly (18B) INDIVIDUAL: Reagan Kennedy (18A)  The Redbirds will be golfing alongside Cal Baptist and Towson
Last Time Out: ISU had its sixth top-three finish in seven events, as the team finished second of 21 teams at the Rio Verde Invitational behind a tournament score of 865. Jinyoung Yun finished second with a tournament score of 212 (71-69-72), with Morgan Jones placing third with a 214 (70-73-71) with a 214.Â
Redbird History at the Red Rocks Invitational: This season is the sixth straight (excluding the COVID season where the tournament was canceled) that ISU has competed in this event, finishing as high as fifth in the 2022 season..
2024: 8th / 20 (289, 300, 300 -- 889 +25)
2023: 10th / 20 (311, 296, 296 -- 903 +39)
2022: 5th / 19 (287, 293, 307 -- 887 +23)
2021: 8th / 19 (310, 310, 299 -- 919 +55)
2019: 16th / 18 (312, 303, 299 -- 914 +60)
About the Course: Oakcreek Country Club, designed by the famous father and son team of Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Robert Trent Jones Jr., can truly be described as a work of art. The par 72, 18-hole championship golf course is nestled among the red rocks of Sedona, Arizona with views beyond compare and the golf course design a masterpiece. The golf course is a traditional layout similar to those that you may find in the mid-western United States. In the usual Trent Jones manner, the fairways are classic tree lined doglegs with fairway bunkers strategically placed in the landing areas, and the greens are all slightly elevated and surrounded with large swirling green side bunkers. The course is "player friendly", allowing plenty of room for error but always with an opportunity to recover and get errant shots back into play.The golf course consists of 145 acres, including three lakes. Water comes into play on the front nine on holes #4, #6 and #7. On the back nine the water comes into play twice on holes #10 and #18.
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