Fouratt, Pirates Open Season at Yale Invitational on Saturday - Seton Hall University Athletics
Graduate student Sarah Fouratt (Santa Maria, Calif.) is tied for 31 st overall and has paced the Seton Hall women's golf team to a 10 th place standi...
NEW HAVEN, CONN. – Graduate student Sarah Fouratt (Santa Maria, Calif.) is tied for 31st overall and has paced the Seton Hall women's golf team to a 10th place standing after two rounds of the 2022 Yale Invitational.
Fouratt had two birdies and 15 pars in route to an even-par, 71, in round one. In the afternoon, one rough hole, the par-4, second hole, resulted in a 7-over-par, 78, for the round. Through two rounds, she is the Pirates' leader with a 7-over-par, 71-78-149.
As a team, The Hall shot a 15-over-par, 299, in round one, followed by a 21-over-par, 305, in round two. After 36 holes, the Pirates are in 10th place with a 36-over-par, 299-305-604. They trail Harvard, the team leaders, by 39 strokes.
Junior Ginevra Zavagli (Rome, Italy) is only one stroke behind Fouratt entering round three. She opened the day with four birdies in her first seven holes and finished with a 2-over-par, 73, in round one. In the afternoon, she shot a 6-over-par, 77. For the tournament, she is tied for 40th with an 8-over-par, 73-77-150.
Senior Ludovica Busetto (Padova, Italy) had 12 pars in round one on her way to a 6-over-par, 77. In the afternoon, she shaved a stroke off and finished with a 76. Through 36 holes, Busetto is 11-over-par with an 11-over-par, 77-76-153.
Sophomore Ana Sarrias Pro (Cadiz, Spain) is only one stroke behind Busetto. She had an uncharacteristic 9-over-par, 80, in round one, but bounced back in a big way in the afternoon with a 3-over-par, 74. Sarrias Pro had a birdie and 13 pars in round two and is 12-over-par with an 80-74-154 for the tournament.
Freshman Ashni Solanki (Melbourne, Australia), playing in her first collegiate tournament, was consistent all day on Saturday, firing a pair of 7-over-par, 78's. In round two, she started her round with nine straight pars before running into difficulty late. Solanki is 14-over-par with a 78-78-156 for the tournament.
Tournament Details:
YALE INVITATIONAL
Host: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Course: Yale Golf Course
Course Vitals: Par-71, 5,984 yards
Dates: September 10-11, 2022
TOURNAMENT LEADER BOARDS | ||||
In 1923, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband. Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor, designed a masterpiece which opened for play in 1926.
Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples from the Macdonald & Raynor portfolios. Large greens with deep bunkers and wide, rolling fairways are the core of Yale's strategic and penal character. The Yale Golf Course is consistently recognized as the finest collegiate course in the nation. The course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, and NCAA Regionals in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2015 and again in 2022. The course has also been the home of the Nike Connecticut Open.
The 6,766-yard, par-70 course features large and deeply bunkered greens and narrow fairways that challenge golfers at all levels of play. Two of the holes—the 432-yard par-4 fourth and the 238-yard par 3 ninth—have been ranked among the world's 100 most difficult holes.
THE FIELD:
In addition to Seton Hall and host Yale, the field includes 13 other schools: Albany, Boston College, Boston University, Georgia Southern, Hartford, Harvard, James Madison, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, UC-Irvine and Toledo.
THE FORMAT:
Teams will play five golfers and count the four lowest scores per round. Team ties will be decided by the fifth player's total score. If there is still a tie, then daily scores of fifth player, working backwards from Round three, will be used.
THE SCHEDULE:
The teams will play 36 continuous holes on Saturday, and one final round on Sunday. Both days will begin with a shotgun start at 8:15 a.m.
THE RESULTS:
Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament via Golfstat.com. Complete results of each day's events will also be available following competition at SHUpirates.com.
