Nordvik Places First, Women’s Golf Wins Rocket Classic

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (October 11, 2022) – Rutgers women’s golf took home the team title at the Rocket Classic on Tuesday afternoon, winning by 13 strokes in wire-to-wire fashion against the 11-team field. 

Rikke Nordvik won the individual title with a 6-over 222 (73-75-74), the first victory of her Scarlet Knight career. Rutgers dominated the individual leaderboard, with Leigha Devine finishing 2nd with a 7-over 223 (74-72-77) and Maeve Rossi finishing 3rd with a 10-over 226 (77-75-74). 

“Today’s conditions were challenging but I played smart and limited my mistakes,” Nordvik said. “My ball-striking was good and I was able to put it close on my approaches. It was great to put together a strong event as a team and we are proud to come home with the win.”

As a team, RU shot a 910 (305-299-306) at Catawba Island Club to secure the first team title since March of 2019 when the Scarlet Knights won the Juli Inkster Invitational.

 

Final Results – Rocket Classic

Catawba Island Club (Port Clinton, Ohio): Par 72 | 6,118 yards

Field: Rutgers, Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Ohio, Purdue Fort Wayne, Toledo, Toledo B.

 

Rutgers posted the best team score in all three rounds of play and was the only team to break 300 during the tournament that featured cold and windy conditions. 

The Scarlet Knights led the field in Par 4 scoring (4.30), Par 5 scoring (5.05), and total pars (174).

Nordvik (39), Rossi (38) and Devine (37) were first, second and third in the field in total pars for the event. All three also played the Par 5’s at 2-under for the week which was the best mark in the field. 

RU has now had an individual winner in two of its three events this fall, with Nordvik joining Leigha Devine (Badger Invitational) as Rutgers golfers to take home hardware this season. 

The Scarlet Knights will wrap up their fall slate in two weeks at The Battle at the Beach hosted by TCU. The event will tee off on Friday, October 28th at Club Campestre San Jose GC in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.