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Huskers Head to Oklahoma for The Bruzzy

Huskers Head to Oklahoma for The Bruzzy


The Nebraska women’s golf team journeys to Oklahoma to compete in a loaded 14-team field at The Bruzzy (April 1-2).

The Huskers will be challenged by a 5,976-yard, par-70 layout at the Dornick Hills Golf & Country Club in Ardmore. The Big Red will go head-to-head with 13 other teams ranked among the nation’s top 100 by GolfStat, including No. 20 UCF, No. 32 Texas Tech, No. 34 Houston, No. 36 TCU and No. 40 Tulsa. The hosts from No. 43 North Texas join the No. 49 Huskers among the seven teams ranked among the nation’s top 50 in the field.

The Huskers will arrive in Ardmore on Thursday in advance of Friday’s practice round at Dornick Hills. The tournament begins with a shotgun start for 36 holes on Saturday, April 1 at 8:30 a.m. (CT). The Bruzzy will conclude with Sunday’s final round beginning with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. (CT). Live scoring for the tournament will be available through GolfStat.com.

True freshman Kelli Ann Strand (Challis, Idaho) continues to lead Nebraska with a team-best 71.36 stroke average after earning her sixth top-10 finish with a tie for ninth at the Mountain View Collegiate in Arizona (March 17-19). Strand’s performance in Tucson included a second-round 66 (-6) to close with a three-round score of 208 (-8). Her stroke average has her on school-record pace, and she heads to Oklahoma ranked No. 93 nationally by GolfStat and No. 98 by Golfweek. 

Graduate student Megan Whittaker continues to be the model of consistency in the Husker lineup with nine top-35 finishes in nine tournaments on the year, including a career-best sixth-place finish to help the Huskers to a team title at the season-opening Green Wave Classic. Whittaker owns a career-best 72.60 stroke average, which has helped her to a No. 182 ranking by GolfStat and No. 206 from Golfweek. She owns five top-20 showings on the year. 

Miu Takahashi won an individual tournament title in her first trip to Oklahoma this season. The sophomore from Nasu-Machi, Japan fired a final-round 69 (-3) to win the Dale McNamara Invitational in Broken Arrow with a 54-hole score of 213 (-3). Takahashi has trimmed her stroke average to 72.64, trailing only Strand and Whittaker among the Huskers….

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