The tournament field is the strongest that RU will compete in this fall, with 10 of the 17 teams currently ranked in the top 50, including 2021 national champions Ole Miss.
The Scarlet Knights look to wrap up an already successful fall campaign on a high note, with the team coming off a victory at the Rocket Classic.
Battle at the Beach
Oct. 28-30
Club Campestre San Jose (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico): Par 71 | 6,250 yards
Field: Rutgers, TCU (43), Arkansas (14), Baylor (20), Charlotte, Clemson (35), East Tennessee State, Houston (23), Kansas (50), Kansas State, LSU (17), Mississippi State (7), Missouri, North Texas, Ole Miss (5), Vanderbilt (16), Wisconsin
Event Schedule (All times ET)
- Thursday 10/27: Practice Round – 10 a.m.
- Friday 10/28: Round 1 – 10 a.m. shotgun start
- Saturday 10/29: Round 2 – 10 a.m. shotgun start
- Sunday 10/30: Round 3 – 9 a.m. shotgun start
Rutgers Lineup
The Scarlet Knights are coming off a team victory at the Rocket Classic two weeks ago that also saw Rikke Nordvik pick up the individual win. RU won the event in wire-to-wire fashion, holding leads after every round in the event and ultimately winning by 13 strokes over second-place Akron.
Nordvik’s win was the first of her career and the second individual win for Rutgers in the fall after Leigha Devine earned co-medalist honores at the Badger Invitational in the first event of the season. Both golfers were named Big Ten Golfer of the Week for their performances.
Lineup Notes
Leigha Devine has led the Scarlet Knights in two of their three events this fall behind a 72.89 scoring average. She finished in 2nd place behind teammate Rikke Nordvik in the Rocket Classic in the team’s last event. Devine set a tournament record at the Badger Invitational with a 54-hole score of 209, breaking the previous record by four strokes. It was her first-ever win for Rutgers.
Nicole Ewing was one stroke off a career-best round with a 74 in the final round…
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