PREVIEW: Women's golf team tees off Friday in Vandy

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CHATTANOOGA—The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team is back in action this weekend with an old friend. The women will compete in Vanderbilt's Mason Rudolph Championships for the 11th time. The three-day, 54-hole event will be held at the VU Legends Club on the North Course.

This is the second time for the Mocs and they will face a high-caliber field. Twelve of the 16 participating teams come from the Power 4 ranks and are the annual shortlist for the program.

Four of New Mexico’s five starters are back in the lineup, led by sophomore Violeta Fernandez-Tagle. Juniors Kera Healey And Makenzie Cooper together with the second Giulia Foresta are accompanied by first-semester students Chloe Stevenazzi which makes its first appearance in blue and gold.

It begins at 9:35 a.m. Eastern time on the 10th hole on Friday. The Mocs are paired with Baylor and Georgia Southern. Foresta (9:44), Cooper (9:53), Healey (10:02) and Fernandez-Tagle (10:11) round out the morning tee times.

Tournament 2: Mason Rudolph Women's Championships 2024
Dates: 20-22 September | format: 18 per day | host: Vanderbilt
Course: VU Legends Club (North); Par 72; 6,491 yards | Location: Franklin, Tennessee.
Field: Chattanooga, Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Clemson, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State, Northwestern, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Live Rating: Golfstat

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Name: Score Average (Counter)
Violeta Fernandez-Tagle: 73.33 (3/3)
Kera Healey: 75,00 (3/3)
Makenzie Cooper: 76.33 (3/3)
Giulia Foresta: 75.12 (2/3)
Chloe Stevenazzi 1. Start

Team statistics
Round: Average Team Ranking (Average Decline)

1st: 296.00 (81.00)
2.: 315.00 (84.00)
3.: 293.00 (82.00)
Total: 301.33 (82.33)

Notes

• The best team result at this event is fifth place in 2016. Current Ladies European Tour professional Dorota Zalewska (born 2023) is the best individual player and will finish second in 2022 with 209 strokes (7 under par).
• Stevenazzi won the 2024 Uruguayan National Stroke Play Championship and finished second in the National Match Play.
• Fernandez-Tagle's T15 in New Mexico was her ninth consecutive collegiate top-15 finish. She also finished in the top 15 (13th) at the World Universities Golf Championships in Finland on August 27-30, while representing Spain.
• Cooper has two career wins – the 2023 Evie Odom Invite (-7, 203) and the 2024 Chris Banister Invite (+2, 218). She will have a chance to defend her medal honors at the Evie Odom. Three Mocs have won three or more times: Emma de Groot '11 (6), Zalewska (4) and Emily McLennan '16 (3).
• Healey has fond memories of the par-3 5th hole on the north side. As a freshman, she scored a hole-in-one on the 142-yard hole in the second round of the 2022 edition.
• This year's Mason Rudolph field includes two teams that made it to match play in the NCAA championships: Texas A&M and Clemson. Seven others – Arizona State, Baylor, Mississippi State, Northwestern, South Carolina, Texas and Vanderbilt – reached the finals of the NCAA championships.

History of the Mason Rudolph Championships
Year: Team ranking | Best individual ranking

2008: 13th, 308-292-302=902 | T35, de Groot, 76-74-73=223
2012: 14th, 311-317-310=938 | T28, Britt, 75-80-74=229
2014: 7th, 291-300-204=895 | T13, McLennan, 71-73-76=220
2016: 5th, 292-295-292=879 | T15, Perez, 76-70-72=218
2017: 12th, 292-293-297=882 | T40, Woods, 72-73-73=218
2018: 14th, 299-300=599 | T15, San Juan, 70-73=143
2019: 10th, 292-304-297=893 | T14, Hamilton, 72-76-70=218
2021: 15th place: 299-295-291=885 | T44, Hamilton, 72-73-75=220
2022: 6th: 300-279-294=873 | T2, Zalewska, 70-68-71=209
2023: 15th: 295-297-300=892 | T51, Ferandez-Tagle, 75-76-69=220

Next

4th–6th October: Evie Odom Invitational; Princess Anne CC; Virginia Beach, Va.

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