With a white blanket of snow covering the University of Michigan Golf Course, and a gray layer of clouds hovering above it, the Michigan women’s golf team escaped to green, sunny Florida to take on three former alumni in a scramble match on Saturday.

The current Wolverines topped former teammates Ashley Bauer (class of 2010), Laura Olin (2005), and Kim Benedict (2003) by four strokes in the friendly event at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples. The team split into three foursomes, each led by an alumna. Benedict’s squad of freshman Alyssa Shimel, junior Meagan Bauer, and assistant coach Chrissie George combined for 10-under par in the scramble event to take the victory.

Shimel turned the low score of the team with a 69, followed by Bauer’s 72 and sophomore Caramia Sitompul’s 73.

The event also served as a tune-up for the team’s upcoming tournament in Puerto Rico beginning on Feb. 13.

“Some of the girls hadn’t been on grass for a while so it was a good opportunity to get down there and play and practice,” Michigan coach Cheryl Stacy said. “It was really to get out there and get the kinks out and the rust … We’ve been hitting a lot of balls and chipping and putting indoors, but it is different when you’re actually on the grass.”

In Puerto Rico, the team will face what Stacy described as a very competitive field. She added that she would be pleased with a top-five finish, but that it is difficult to have expectations this early in the golf season with the team still shaking off the winter rust.

The Florida trip — which the team makes almost every year — gives the team the opportunity to work out some of those kinks.

“It was a good weekend, we had good weather, the girls really seemed to enjoy it, they seemed to play well, and we were out there all day long, so it was good,” Stacy said. “It was nice seeing … Benedict, Olin and Bauer, three players that did a lot for Michigan and had a good record throughout their careers.”