Women’s Golf Heads West for Juli Inkster Invitational in California

FAIRFAX, Calif.  – The Penn State women’s golf team begins its Spring Break trip on the left coast competing for the first time at the Juli Inkster Invitational co-hosted by The University of San Fransisco and San Jose State University at the Meadow Club in Fairfax, California.

The two-day event features shotgun starts on both days with 36 holes of continuous play beginning at 8:15 a.m. on Monday and the final round slated for 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the par-72, 6,157-yard Meadow Club.

 

Live scoring for the duration of the tournament will be available HERE.

THE COURSE

• Located in beautiful Marin County, California, situated below Mount Tamalpais and surrounded by an all-natural environment without the distractions of a typical urban setting with the open, natural beauty of the Bon Tempe meadow.
• The golf course, as designed by Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter in 1927, utilizes meandering creeks, subtle elevation changes, and broad vistas.

LAST TIME OUT

• Junior Michelle Cox secured individual medalist honors at the 2024 Columbia Classic with a 9-under, 207, score to lead Penn State to a runner-up finish in the 16-team field at 10-over, 874, the best finish of the season for the Nittany Lions.
• As a team the Nittany Lions had their best finish of the year with a 10-over, 874, score earning runner-up accolades just three shots back of Yale at 7-over.
• Penn State used a 7-under, 281, as a team during Sunday’s second round to jump into the lead at days end. The 7-under score was the lowest score of the week by any team and tied for the fourth-lowest 18-hole total in program history. It was also the lowest round of the season for the Nittany Lions.

COX ON A ROLL

• Cox was named the Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week following her first-place finish at the 2024 Columbia Classic.
• Cox’s 9-under score is the lowest of her collegiate career and tied for the third-best 54-hole total in program history as she finished the week four strokes clear of her nearest competitor while securing her first collegiate victory.
• Cox used three rounds in red figures (69-67-71) to get the job done including tying her career-best with a 5-under, 67, in the second round on Sunday to take sole possession of first place heading into Monday’s final round.
• The Allentown, Pennsylvania native is in the midst of a career-year…