Seton Hall Opens Fall Season at Yale Invitational - Seton Hall University Athletics
The Seton Hall women's golf team will open the 2022 fall season with three rounds of golf at the Yale Invitational at the Yale Golf Course, September 10-11.
The Pirates will play three rounds starting Saturday.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. - The Seton Hall women's golf team will open the 2022 fall season with three rounds of golf at the Yale Invitational at the Yale Golf Course, September 10-11.
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
THE COURSE:
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 LINEUP:
Here's the season-opening lineup for the Pirates…
- Sarah Fouratt, Graduate Student
- Ana Sarrias Pro, Sophomore
- Ginevra Zavagli, Junior
- Ludovica Busetto, Senior
- Ashni Solanki, Freshman
All five Pirates shot 2-over-par or better in round three as the Pirates vaulted up the team leader board to finish third at the 2018 Yale Women's Intercollegiate.
The Pirates saved their finest round for Sunday, firing a 5-over-par, 289, which was the second-lowest among the field of 17 teams. The Hall moved up to a third-place team finish with a 46-over-par, 310-299-289-898, improving at least 10 strokes for a second straight day. Boston University won the team title at 38-over-par, while Stirling placed second at 43-over-par.
Two BIG EAST teams were also in the field. St. John's placed 11th at 89-over-par, while Butler finished 14th at 101-over-par.
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.
