Cowgirl Golf Looking For Consistency At Hurricane Invitational

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Hurricane Invitational

Cowgirl Golf Looking For Consistency At Hurricane Invitational

February 27, 2020 | Cowgirl Golf

STILLWATER - The Oklahoma State women's golf team heads to Coral Gables, Florida, to participate in the Hurricane Invitational beginning with 36 holes on Monday.

Ranked No. 16 in the nation, the Cowgirls have opened the spring with two top five finishes in as many tournaments. With two weeks to recover after the last tournament, head coach Greg Robertson has emphasized playing consistent golf over all three rounds, which he thinks can take the Cowgirls to the next level.

"I think we have shown what we are capable of doing and doing it in different rounds throughout the tournament," Robertson said. "What we need to do is be a little more consistent in a tournament as a whole. When we put it together we show we're as good as anybody, but if you're going to be an elite team you have to bring it every day, every week and we haven't quite done that yet."

This will be the Cowgirls second trip to Florida with a tournament in Puerto Rico in between, so the Cowgirls know what to expect when it comes to the East Coast conditions.

"Every golf course is different, but I've played in Miami before so I know how the weather will look like and it is similar to Puerto Rico with the wind and warmer weather," Isabella Fierro said.

Fierro will be joined by fellow freshmen Hailey Jones and Maja Stark, sophomore Han-Hsuan Yu and junior Emma Whitaker, who finished first in the qualifying rounds. Michelle Forsland will play as an individual after missing the past two tournaments with a hip injury.

Sophomore Lianna Bailey who has been playing the best golf of her career as of late, which included a second place finish at the UCF Challenge, will not travel to the Hurricane Invitational due to a back injury that could cause her to miss a couple of tournaments.

"It's a setback for sure to not have Lianna in the lineup," Robertson said. "But we're playing with a lineup that has given us some pretty good results up to this point. They just have to prepare hard this week and then go out and play golf."

The Cowgirls will tee off for two rounds Monday morning with a 7 a.m. CT shotgun start at the Biltmore Golf Club. The invitational will conclude Tuesday with the final round.

Hurricane Invitational
Host: Miami
Dates: March 2-3, 2020
Site: Coral Gables, Fla.
Course: Biltmore Golf Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,100
Format 18-18-18; 5-count-4
Cowgirl Golf Stats/Notes
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com

The Cowgirls
1. Emma Whitaker
2. Isabella Fierro
3. Maja Stark
4. Hailey Jones
5. Han-Hsuan Yu
IND. Michelle Forsland

The Field
Arizona (9)
Illinois (30)
Indiana
Maryland
Miami (26)
Michigan
Middle Tennessee
Oklahoma (28)
Oklahoma State (16)
Penn State
TCU
Texas State