In a field that involved 13 teams in the top 50, No. 37 Michigan couldn’t get into a good flow. Still, Michigan coach Jan Dowling embraced the challenge.
Brandon Trachtenberg
For The Daily
Women's Golf
The Wolverines struggled during the first round of play at the Windy City Classic on Monday, but eventually finished strong in the second day placing 14th out of 15 teams
To anyone deep in the golf world, Inverness Club is more than just a course. Located in Toledo, Ohio, the historic club has hosted some of the sport’s most prestigious events, including four U.S. Opens, a pair of PGA Championships and the U.S. Amateur. And Monday and Tuesday, women collegiate golfers walked the fairways during the Glass City Invitational. Among the pack was the Michigan women’s golf team, which shot 10-over par for a second-place finish in its first competition of the season. Florida got in the clubhouse four strokes better than the Wolverines to best the 13-team field.
Elodie Van Dievoet teed off Sunday morning knowing that it could be her last time as a Wolverine.
Puddled greens coupled with flashes of thunder and lightning plagued the course for the Michigan women’s golf team. Over the weekend, the Wolverines finished their fall season at what was supposed to be a three-day tournament at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The Wolverines were not allowed their practice round due to safety concerns over Hurricane Michael rolling through the region. Instead of playing the full 18, Michigan merely walked the first nine holes and sat indoors meticulously strategizing how it would attack the new course.
Michigan couldn't overcome its stiff competition this weekend.
The Wolverines’ finished the three-day East & West Match Play Challenge in sixth place. UC Davis won the tournament by default, because its final round opponent, Iowa State, withdrew from the field.
The Michigan women’s golf team knew it needed to win for any legitimate chance of qualifying for the NCAA Regional tournament. But the Wolverines couldn’t surmount the heaping task and finished seventh with a score of 883, thus ending their season.
Michigan finished eighth at the Bryan National Collegiate.