Sooners Travel to Medinah for Illini Invitational – University of Oklahoma

The 2-day, 54-hole occasion options Alabama, Auburn, ETSU, Georgia, Illinois (host), Kentucky, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Purdue, San Jose State, Tennessee, TCU and Texas Tech.

The event begins Monday, Oct. 10 at 8:30 a.m. (CT). The Sooners are slated to play 36-holes on Monday and the ultimate 18 holes on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

The Sooners final competed and hosted the Schooner Fall Basic. Oklahoma completed sixth and had a pair of Sooners end within the prime 15.

Mikhaela Fortuna tied for tenth and completed 3-under 207. She was joined beneath par by freshman Raychel Nelke, who tallied a 1-under 209 and tied for fifteenth.

Fortuna, Nelke, Savannah Barber, Maria Fernanda Martinez and Kaylee Vesely are within the OU lineup for the Illini Ladies’s Invitational.

OU LINEUP

Mikhaela Fortuna, Sr., Manila, Philippines:  Opened the season within the lineup on the Carmel Cup and tied for twenty ninth … Led the Sooners on the Schooner Fall Basic and tied for tenth … Fired a season-low 4-under 66 to open the Schooner … Competed in 11 occasions (10 stroke play occasions) for the Sooners in 2021-22 … Second on the workforce with a 73.54 scoring common and common to par (1.82) … Opened the 2021-22 season with a 9-under 207 on the Sam Golden Invitational and tied for seventh … Matched her career-best 54-hole rating with a 207 (-9) on the Jim West Problem and earned her career-best end (T4th) … Completed Purple Raider Match Play 2-1 … Considered one of two Sooners to complete within the prime 20 (T19th) on the Large 12 Championship … Tied for forty second on the Albuquerque Regional (9-over, 225) … Appeared within the OU lineup in 30 profession occasions … 13 profession rounds within the 60s and holds a 73.19 stroke common.
 
Raychel Nelke, Fr., Pocola, Okla.: Opened her Sooner profession within the Oklahoma lineup on the Carmel Cup …Tied for fifteenth on the Schooner Fall Basic, recording a career-low 4-under 66 within the opening spherical … Attended Pocola Excessive Faculty … Tallied 4 top-10 finishes on the AJGA circuit … Completed sixth on the Accenture NW Arkansas Junior … Third-place end on the Westrock Espresso Junior Championship … Winner of the 2020 Southern Hills Oklahoma Junior Masters, women division.

Savannah Barber, Fr., Fort Price, Texas: Opened her Sooner profession within the Oklahoma lineup on the Carmel Cup … Tied for thirty second on the Schooner Fall Basic, firing a 2-over 212 … Ranked No. 79 by the American Junior Golf Affiliation … Tallied 5 prime 10 finishes in AJGA play … Runner-up end on the 2021 AJGA Shreveport Junior Event … Teamed as much as win the sixth U.S. Ladies’s Newbie 4-Ball Championship … Tied for thirty third on the U.S. Ladies’s Newbie Championship.

Maria Fernanda Martinez, R-Sr., Veracruz, Mexico: Opened the season within the lineup on the Carmel Cup … Tied for 57th on the Schooner Fall Basic (7-over, 217) … Competed in 11 occasions (10 stroke play occasions) throughout 2021-22 … Posted a 73.81 scoring common … Tied for sixth on the Olde Stone Intercollegiate and earned her first collegiate top-10 end (7-over, 223) … Earned T20th end at The Bruzzy and completed the event with a 2-over 218 … Two rounds within the 60s … Named to the All-Large 12 Educational Second Crew … Fired a profession low 66 within the remaining spherical of the Mountain View Collegiate … Tied for thirty second on the Large 12 Championship (17-over, 230) … Competed on the NCAA Albuquerque Regional and tied for 54th (14-over, 230) … Made the OU lineup 22 instances … Profession 74.34 stroke common.

Kaylee Vesely, Jr., Austin, Texas: Competed as a person on the 2022 Schooner Fall Basic … Tied for twenty seventh (71-72-67) and completed with a 3-under 67 to conclude the event … Competed as a person 4 instances throughout the 2021-22 slate … Made lone look within the OU lineup on the Clover Cup  (T81) final season.

THE FIELD 

Illinois (host)
Alabama
Auburn
East Tennessee State
Georgia
Kentucky
Northwestern
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Oregon State
Purdue
San Jose State
Tennessee
TCU
Texas Tech

THE COURSE

All three rounds might be performed at Medinah Nation Membership, Course No. 2 (Par 72, 6,156 yards).

FORMAT

Fifty-four holes might be performed over two days with 36 holes on Monday, Oct. 10 and the ultimate 18 holes on Tuesday, Oct. 11.  The sector will tee off at 8:30 a.m. (CT) on Monday and 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

LIVE STATS

Reside scoring and remaining outcomes might be posted on GolfStat.com. A full recap might be posted on SoonerSports.com following the completion of rounds every day.