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NORMAL, Ill. – For the 15th consecutive fall season, the Redbird women’s golf team will host the Redbird Invitational, as 14 schools make the trek to Weibring Golf Course for the two-day, 54-hole event on the Illinois State campus.
Event: Redbird Invitational
When: September 7-8
Where: Weibring Golf Club // Normal, Ill.
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,093
Live Scoring: Clippd
Participants (2024-25 final rankings): Illinois State (81), South Dakota State (121), Bowling Green (162), Eastern Kentucky (170), South Dakota (175), Northern Illinois (177), Butler (183), Drake (185), Dayton (200), Evansville (206), Northern Iowa (213), Loyola-Chicago (220), Indiana State (229), IU Indy (251), Valparaiso (261), Illinois Wesleyan (14 NCAA DIII)
Redbird Lineup: Elise Fennell (1B), Reagan Kennedy (1A), Dani Grace Schrock (2), Alex Sparrow (3B)
OSF and the Redbirds
The team doctors for Illinois State Golf are provided by OSF HealthCare, Official Health Care Provider for Illinois State Athletics.
Last Time Out: The Redbirds open the 2025-26 season after securing a second consecutive MVC Championship, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in Columbus, Ohio. Back for ISU is reigning MVC Freshman of the Year Elise Fennell and Newcomer of the Year Morgan Jones.
Redbird History at the Redbird Invitational: Last season the Redbirds earned the team title in record fashion at the Redbird Invitational, behind a three-round score of 849, a dozen strokes better than the previous record with rounds of 282, 281, and 286. Jones and Jinyoung Yun tied for medalist honors with 204’s, with five Redbirds finishing inside of the top-16 in the tournament field.
About the Course: The Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University was designed in 1962 by golf course architect Robert Bruce Harris. It was originally designed with a regulation length nine-hole course along the outside edges of the property with a shorter executive length 9 hole course in the middle. The course opened in May 1964 with University President Robert Bone hitting the first shot. During the 2000 season the course was closed to undertake an extensive renovations project designed and coordinated by PGA Champions Tour Player and ISU Alumnus D.A.Weibring and his company Golf Resources, Inc. The project included the installation of a new state of the art irrigation system, rebuilding all 18 greens and 2 practice greens, converting the tees and fairways to bentgrass, and reconstructing all bunkers to include drainage, Bunker Guard erosion control, and tour-quality Best Sand. The University Golf Course reopened for play in July 2001 to positive reviews throughout the state. In September 2007 the golf course was renamed to Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State in honor of DA and his many contributions to the ISU Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams, the golf course, and the university in general.
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