Grand Valley State golfer Olivia Stoll earned a spot in this weekend’s Mejier LPGA after finishing second in yesterday’s qualifier. (June 10, 2025)
>> GRAND VALLEY STATE GOLFER OLIVIA STOLE EARNED THE SPOT IN THIS WEEKEND’S MEYER LPGA AFTER FINISHING SECOND IN YESTERDAY’S QUALIFIER. SHE WON IT IN A PLAYOFF AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE GOLFER WHO HER MOM COACHES NEWS EIGHT’S LADY GERBER CAUGHT UP WITH THE MOTHER DAUGHTER DUO. THIS MORNING TO HEAR HOW MUCH THIS TOURNAMENT MEANS TO THEM. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE IS MOTHER DAUGHTER DUO OF AT LEAST THE MONTH MAYBE THE YEAR AT THIS A LIVING. I WANT TO SERVE WITH NOT ONLY GETTING TO PLAY IN AN LPGA EVENT THIS WEEK. BUT EARNING YOUR WAY INTO PLAYING IT JUST WHAT IS THAT FEELING DO FOR YOUR GAME, YOUR CONFIDENCE. HONESTLY, I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S REALLY SUNK IN YET. BUT I THINK TOMORROW AND TO GET BACK TO THE COURTROOM LIKE, WOW, THIS IS REAL. BUT I MEAN, I’VE WATCHED LBJ AND LIKE I NEVER LIKED. LIKE, OH, YOU HAVE THE DISTANCE LIKE YOU CAN PLAY OUT THERE, BUT I NEVER REALLY BELIEVED BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW UNTIL YOU SEE TONIGHT. LIKE OKAY, LIKE MAYBE I CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL AND EXCITED FOR THAT. TO HAVE TO GO INTO A PLAYOFF IN ORDER TO EARN THAT KIND OF GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND THROUGH THAT FINAL WILD PLAYOFF WAS WITH ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY INTERESTING AND NOT WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING REALLY KIND OF ALL THE PLAYERS. WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT WE GET PUT TOGETHER IN THE PLAYOFF. BUT I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR HER. SHE MADE AS SHE SAID, THE SAME SAYS LIKE I GOING TO GO OUT THERE FOR IT TO BE AGAINST ONE OF YOUR MOM’S GOLFERS. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMPETING AGAINST HER, HER GOLFERS. BUT HOW IS THAT WITH THIS TAKES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS TIME. I HONESTLY DIDN’T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. THAT MUCH IS LIKE ONE OF HER PLAYERS. I OR THOUGHT ABOUT LIKIKE ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN HERE TO SOUND PLAYING GOLF. AND AS I CAN PLAYOFF AND HIT THE SHOTS. EASY FOR YOU TO WITNESS YOUR DAUGHTER, EARNED HER SPOT. AN LPGA EVENT. THIS WEEK. THAT LIKE FOR YOU BEING THERE. WELL, I WAS A SPECTATOR THIS WEEK. SO MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE BAG. SO THE NERVES WERE PRETTY HIGH. MY STOMACH PROBABLY A MESS. >> THAT JUST I’M SO PROUD OF THE LEVEE AND WHAT SHE’S ACCOMPLISHED I THINK TO PLAY THIS IN MY HOMETOWN IN FRONT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH THE GREW UP WATCHING ME PLAY GOLF. THAT’S GOING TO BE A VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND. VERY EXCITING. AND FOR IT TO BE YOUR DAUGHTER VERSUS ONE OF YOUR GOLFERS. THAT’S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION TO BE IN YOUR BRAIN. JUST THEY’RE TAKING IT ALL WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY I’M STILL KIND OF IN SHOCK. YOU THINK OF 30 PROS. >> AND WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT IT COMES DOWN TO AMATEURS THAT GOING TQUQUALIFY R THTHIS ONE SPOT SO, YOU KNOW, ON THE FIRST TEE, I JUST SAID TO MYSELF, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I’M GOING TO BE A WINNER IN THE SITUATION AND I WILL BE. >> WATCHING EITHER. MY DAUGHTER ARE MY PLAYER ED ED LIFE FIELD THIS WEEKEND. SO, YOU KNOW, EITHER WAY, I JUST WANTED IT TO BE A GOOD A GOOD
