Sep 3, 2013
The Vanderbilt women’s golf program begins its season this upcoming weekend at the Dale McNamara Fall Preview in Tulsa, Okla., on the host course for the 2014 NCAA Championship, the Tulsa Country Club.
The Commodores, who enter the 2013-14 campaign ranked ninth in the Golf World/WGCA Coaches Poll, will take part in the preview with some of the nation’s top programs. Vanderbilt will be joined by Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Duke, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Texas, Tulane, Tulsa, and USC. All teams competing are in the top 18 of the preseason poll except the host Golden Hurricane.
Play begins on September 9 in head coach Greg Allen’s seventh season at the helm.
Grehan advances at LPGA Q-School
Former Commodore star Megan Grehan advanced to Stage II of LPGA Q-School over the weekend after finishing in a tie for 42nd with a total of 294 (78-69-77-70) at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Grehan, along with the top 100 plus ties, advances to Stage II of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla., October 8-11, and the top 80 and ties from Stage II will advance into the Final Qualifying Tournament in a 90-hole event Dec. 4-8, at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Class of 2013 graduate Lauren Stratton finished 202nd in Rancho Mirage and did not qualify for Stage II.
Alex pursues LPGA card
2012 graduate Marina Alex continues her push for her LPGA card on the Symetra Tour, and is in excellent position to achieve that status. Alex, who is fifth on the money list after 12 events on the tour, has two events remaining this season and needs a top 10 finish on the money list to garner full-time status on the LPGA Tour.
Alex recently received an exemption into the LPGA’s Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola August 29-September 1, and missed the cut by one stroke.
The two events left on the Symetra Tour are the Volvik Championship September 20-22 in Kissimmee, Fla., and the Symetra Tour Championship September 26-29 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Concolino making waves on LPGA Tour
Jacqui Concolino, class of 2009, is currently 66th on the LPGA Tour money list and has a top five finish to her credit at the Marathon Classic. Next up for Conc is The Evian Championship in Evian-les-Bains, France, September 12-15, considered the LPGA Tour’s fifth major.
