After 36-holes, Senior Min Yean Tan led the Wolverine invitational on Saturday. But Tan tapered off on Sunday, shooting a 79 and finishing tied for third in the tournament.

“It’s always the classic case of I always try too hard on the last day,” Tan said. “You know, I’m already in the lead, I just need to play how I normally play and I should win. I always tend to think that I have to play better or just try too hard.”

Opening its fall season with the Wolverine Invitational, the Michigan women’s golf team, led by Tan, shot a team total 924 over 54-holes, taking fourth-place out of seventeen teams as the host.

Florida International took first place, shooting 28 strokes better than the Wolverines. Iowa State, Big Ten rival Northwestern and Western Michigan also finished ahead of Michigan.

The Wolverines had little time to prepare for their first tournament of the season, as they had only been practicing for one week.

“The first day was a day of positions,” Michigan coach Cheryl Stacy said. “FIU just played better and (Sunday) was a little rough at times, but overall with the first week of school, it’s kind of tough. The first day of practice was Tuesday so it’s just a little rust. Overall we’re fine. We just want to keep getting better when it counts. “

On Saturday, inclement weather hit the tournament near the end of the first round, causing the players and spectators to break out their umbrellas and raincoats.

Much of Michigan's trouble came from its short-game, as many Wolverines frequently three-putted. The Wolverines also had three freshmen compete this weekend in order to give them valuable experience: Alyssa Shimel, Chelsea Pezzola and Yugene Lee.

“I think we played through it (the rain) ok,” Stacy said. “It was tough but the thing that you want to do is take advantage of home course. Maybe we could have done a better job of that with the greens. But we do have three new freshmen that really haven’t played this course that much, but they’ll be better when given time.”

Along with Tan, junior Meagan Bauer finished tied for 21st with a final score of 231, and Shimel finished tied for 27th.

Michigan will travel next to East Lansing on Sept. 25 to compete in the Mary Fossum Invitational.

Tan said the course in East Lansing will present a challenge.

“The girls have to be prepared, not just game-wise, but emotionally prepared," Tan said. "It’s a tough course physically. It’s probably a more challenging walk than this course. So for the younger ones who’ve never played that distance of a course, we try to prepare them by making them play farther back from the tees.”