BARTONVILLE, Ill. – Two weeks after the rain-shortened Mary Fossum Invitational, the Illinois State women's golf team makes the short trek to Bartonville, Illinois, to compete in the Coyote Creek Classic on Sunday, October 4 and Monday, October 5.
Event:Â Coyote Creek Classic
When: October 4-5
Where: Coyote Creek Golf Course / Bartonville, Ill.
Live Scoring: Clippd
PARTICIPANTS (2025-26 Clippd National Rankings)
Bradley (156), Illinois State (205), Oakland (206), Idaho State (222), Evansville (228), Prairie View A&M (244), Lindenwood (249), Eastern Illinois (269), Illinois-Springfield (101, NCAA Division II)
REDBIRD LINEUP (by starting hole)
Cora Hirz, Alex Sparrow, Cynthia Lang, Reagan Kennedy, Hazel Gao INDIVIDUAL: Reagan Braker
HISTORY AT THE EVENT
The Redbirds have competed in this event 14 times previously, most recently during the fall of 2004. The best finish for the Redbirds was third overall, during the 1982, 1983, and 1984 tournaments.
2023: 2nd / 8 (297-302-306--905)
2022: 5th / 9 (318-308-308--934)
2021: 3rd / 12 (295-297-299--891)
ABOUT THE COURSE
The architect's name, Bruce Borland, is not a household staple like Pete Dye or Donald Ross, in terms of golf course design. In fact, Coyote Creek is the only Bruce Borland signature course in the world, as a result of a tragic plane crash on October 25, 1999 carrying major champion golfer, Payne Stewart. Bruce Borland grew up in Peoria and was working for Jack Nicklaus at Golden Bear International designing golf courses all over the world. On that fateful day, Borland was asked to join Payne Stewart on his flight from Florida to Texas in order to talk about future golf course designs, however, Borland's main focus at that time was his first signature course in his home town of Peoria, Illinois. After the flight to Dallas, he was to fly to Peoria to complete his personal masterpiece, however, he never made it. The plane carrying Payne Stewart and Bruce Borland crashed in a South Dakota cornfield after a malfunction that caused a loss of cabin pressure. Even though most of the original blueprints were lost on the plane, his colleagues at Nicklaus Design were able to recover his plans from his office computer and finish Coyote Creek Golf Club in his vision. Coyote Creek serves as a testament to a great man and architect and the one and only Bruce Borland design will be enjoyed by generations to come.
