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KEWADIN, Mich. – The Bellarmine University women’s golf team is set to begin their 2025-26 campaign Sunday. The Knights will open in northern Michigan for the third straight year.
Event: A-Ga-Ming Invitational
Host: Central Michigan
Dates: Sunday, August 31 and Monday, September 1
Times: Shotgun start at 9 a.m. CT both days
Course: A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort, Sundance Course
Location: Kewadin, Mich.
Schedule of Play: 3 rounds (36 holes Sunday, 18 holes Monday)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,000
Course Rating: 140 (via BlueGolf.com)
Slope Rating: 140 (via BlueGolf.com)
Participants (12): Bellarmine, Bowling Green, Bradley, Central Michigan, Chicago State, Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, Loyola Chicago, Niagara, Oakland, Ohio and Western Michigan.
Bellarmine Starters: Piper Davis (senior), Geriann Ackermann (sophomore), Rozlyn Rooke (senior), Raquelle Nelson (sophomore) and Abigayle Buchanan (sophomore) plus Sophia Terris (freshman) playing as an individual.
About the Knights: Davis started two events and appeared as an individual in two more as a junior, averaging rounds of +10 and scores of 81.1. Ackermann started seven of eight events as a freshman and was third-best on the team averaging rounds of +9 and scores of 80.5. Rooke also started seven of eight events and was tops among Knights averaging rounds of +5 and scores of 76.9. As a junior, Rooke shot under 80 in 14 of 18 rounds. Each of Ackermann’s 21 rounds and Rooke’s 18 rounds were counted towards the team score. This will be Nelson’s first tournament as a starter after appearing as an individual three times as a freshman. Her best finish was tied for 53rd out of 85 at the Charles Braun, Jr. Intercollegiate. Buchanan started five events as a freshman and averaged rounds of +12 and scores of 83.5. Terris, a freshman out of Excelsior, Minn., will be making her collegiate debut.
Live Scoring: via Clippd
About the Course: “Sundance opened to rave reviews in June 2005. Nestled on glacier-carved bluffs between Torch Lake and Grand Traverse Bay, Sundance exemplifies the extraordinary natural beauty of northwest Michigan with views of both Torch Lake to the east and Lake Michigan to the west. With wide, playable fairways, superbly sculpted greens, vast windswept bunkers, heather-clad mounding and spectacular vistas, Sundance will delight the scratch golfer or a newly fledged beginner. Sundance has quickly become one of the premier golf courses in northern Michigan.” –Course website, A-Ga-Ming.com
Last Time Out: Bellarmine placed 12th at the ASUN Championship April 13-15 on the Highlands Course at Hampton Cove in northern Alabama. Davis was the only current Knight to play in all three rounds, placing 55th at +41. Buchanan and Ackermann each played a pair of rounds while Rooke had to withdraw after the first round due to injury.
Last Time at Event: In the opening tournament of the fall 2024 season, the Knights placed eighth out of 14. Presli Webb was Bellarmine’s top finisher, tying for seventh out of 84 players. Rooke posted the team’s low round of 74 (+2) in the second and tied for 21st. In their collegiate debuts, Ackermann tied for 58th and Buchanan tied for 74th.
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