NORMAN, Okla. – “Sometimes it’s not about the golf, it’s about the tournament,” said Florida State Head Coach Amy Bond before the start of the Schooner Fall Classic at the Belmar Golf Club. “This is one of those tournaments. For our team, and our program, we are excited to play in this event every year because of who we play for – the Kids and the OK Kids Korral.”
The championship, which is played to benefit the Toby Keith Foundation and the OK Kids Korral, will be played for the ninth time — and the Seminoles have participated in the event each time it has been played. Bond led Florida State to the championship of the tournament in 2016. In winning the title, the Seminoles defeated Alabama by 12 strokes, while Seminole Morgane Metraux won the individual championship.
The three-day, 54-hole event features 15 teams as Florida State plays for its first championship of the year. The Seminoles are joined by Baylor, Clemson, Illinois, Iowa State, Houston, Louisville, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas State, Tulsa, UTSA and Virginia Tech. The Seminoles opened their four-match fall season with a fourth place finish at the season-opening Cougar Classic.
Florida State’s lineup for the Schooner Fall Classic includes senior Amelia Williamson, juniors Charlotte Heath and Alice Hodge, and freshmen Lottie Woad and Jacqui Putrino – with Putrino making her collegiate debut. Williamson, who ranks eighth in school history with a 73.76 stroke average, plays in the classic for the fourth time in her career. She finished tied for 15th place in the fall of 2021 with a 3 over par score of 213. Heath knows the course well, also, and will play in the field for the second time in her career. She finished tied for 11th place in the individual standings at the 2021 Schooner Fall Classic.
Toby Keith and his wife Tricia Covel started this organization following the untimely death of Toby Keith’s former bandmate, Scott Webb’s, daughter Allison. Allison was a month away from her third birthday when she sadly lost her battle to kidney cancer in August 2003. The Keith’s watched firsthand the physical, mental, and financial hardships the Webb family went through.
The Keith’s initially helped established “Ally’s house”, a nonprofit group that aided children with cancer and their families, in Oklahoma. Beginning in 2004, Keith held his annual golf tournament, the Toby Keith and Friends Golf Classic, to…
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