UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State women’s golf team is looking to regain their Nittany Lion Invitational Crown this weekend at the Penn State Blue Course.
The Invitational will be held Saturday and Sunday with shotgun starts slated for 9 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively.
Live scoring for the weekend can be found HERE.
THIS WEEKEND 🦁
SEE YOU THERE‼️#PSUWGOLF pic.twitter.com/B6QGM6xud3
— Penn State Women’s Golf (@PennStateWGolf) September 12, 2024
TRIO NAMED B1G PLAYERS TO WATCH
Senior classmates Michelle Cox (Allentown, Pa.) and Drew Nienhaus (St. Louis, Mo.) along with freshman Jiratchaya Jiratthitinun (Bangkok, Thailand) were honored by the Big Ten Conference earlier this week as players to watch.
Cox paced the Nittany Lions last season with career-low 73.07 stroke average, the third best single-season stroke average in program history, and three top-10 finishes including her first collegiate victory at the Columbia Classic. Cox had an impressive fall in 2023 firing an eye-popping 68.00 opening round stroke average. Cox is also coming off an impressive summer where she was a multiple time winner including medalist honors at a qualifying event to secure her spot in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Last season Nienhaus fired the best 54-hole score relative to par of her career at the Cougar Classic finishing the week 3-under, 210, and in a tie for 28th in the 96-player field. Nienhaus finished the season with a career-low 73.79 stroke average, good for second on the team behind Cox.
Jiratthitinun had a strong showing earlier this week in her collegiate debut at the Cougar Classic where she led the team with a 3-over, 216, including a final round in red figures with a 1-under, 70, score. She finished the week tied for 26th.
Keep an eye out for this trio on the links this season 🏌️♀️⛳️#PSUWGOLF pic.twitter.com/cObr7SXVaQ
— Penn State Women’s Golf (@PennStateWGolf) September 12, 2024
ABOUT THE NLI
The first-ever Nittany Lion Invitational was played in 1974 with this weekend marking the 25th consecutive NLI to be contested during the fall season.
Overall, the tournament has been held in the fall 34 times while taking place during the spring season on 13 different occasions with the last being in 1999.
Including the 2022 NLI, Penn State has captured 25 tournament crowns including seven of the last 12 and five of eight with a pair of runner-up finishes over that stretch as well.
Penn State has had 15 individual…
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