Led by Jodi Ewart’s 4-under 68 and second-place individual finish, the 21st-ranked University of New Mexico women’s golf team ended in sixth place at the Bruin Wave Invitational in Santa Clarita, Calif.
Ewart had five birdies and a bogey in tying a career-low round. She finished at 5-under 211, three shots behind Pepperdine’s Danielle Kang. [Read more →]
The 21st-ranked University of New Mexico Lobo Women’s Golf Team heads to the Bruin Wave Invitational this week.
The 54-hole tournament will be played Monday through Wednesday at the Robinson Ranch Golf Club (par 72, 6,282 yards) in Santa Clarita, Calif.
UCLA and Pepperdine are the co-hosts. The 18-team field features 11 schools ranked in the top-50 of the Feb. 24 Golfstat rankings.
The University of New Mexico Lobo Women’s Golf Team will host the annual Branch Law Firm Lobo Golf Clinic Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m. to noon, at the UNM Championship Course.
The clinic is free and open to all levels of female players. It will be taught by UNM Head Coach and LPGA/PGA professional Jill Trujillo, Lobo assistant coach Becky Dover and the New Mexico women’s golf team.
Registration is simple. Just show up at the course. Clubs will be provided to those who do not have them. The clinic will be moved indoors in the case of inclement weather. Call (505) 277-4527 for more information.
New Mexico State University Aggie golfer Tim Madigan, subject of our September-October cover story, has broken into GolfWeek magazine’s ranking of the top 100 collegiate golfers, according to the magazine’s Oct 4 edition.
University New Mexico Lobo Women’s Team golfer Jodi Ewart of Yorkshire, England, remains No. 8 in the magazine’s women’s individual rankings, which can be found by clicking on Golf Week Rankings
Chris Thompson led the New Mexico Open after Day Two, but in the hunt were Travis Reid, tied for second and four strokes back, and former Lobo Madalitso Muthiya, tied for sixth, five strokes back.
Play Thursday was suspended due to darkness. Eighteen players were set to finish the second round Friday morning.
Play was suspended earlier in the second round at 5:05 p.m, due to rain, and was restarted at 6:20 p.m. The final six groups were unable to finish and were expected to finish on Friday morning.
The top 50 players and ties will make the cut upon completion of the second round. On Thursday night, the projected cut was 1-over.
Within that margin were Trent Romann of Rio Rancho (1-under) Lobo Steve Saunders (2-under), former Aggie Steve Haskins (3-under) and 2008 champion Brian Kortan of Albuquerque (4-under).
