If you are traveling, please be safe! I will be enjoying some time at home this weekend for some R&R.
Last weekend, I was able to make it out to Valhalla for the PGA Championship which was so incredible. I was already considering attempting to cover the UofL golf team for Cardinal Couple but I think last weekend solidified that desire. If you’ve following me for a while now you’d know I caught the golfing itch back in 2019 and haven’t looked back!
Paulie has been good at covering big events in the past here on Cardinals women's golf and had done interviews with head coach Whitney Youn and Lauren Hartlage. I hope to cntinue in that fine fashion of coverage.
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| Daryl in the "Gilligan"hat... |
My dad swears he used to encourage me to play golf in High School but I guess I was too busy on the softball field to hear any of that from him but I sure do wish I took his advice! If I could offer one piece of advice it’s this…. Listen to your parents, people!!
So lets look at the Women's golf program at a glance!
photos from: gocards.com
Some big time names in the Program’s history
Adrienne White – Big East Player of the Year 2006 & 2007
Cindy LaCrosse - Big East Player of the Year 2009
Sara-Maude Juneau – Big East Player of the Year 2010 & 2011
Lauren Hartlage – ACC Freshman of the Year 2017
Head Coach – Whitney Young
Head coach since July 2019 – moved to head coach after being the assistant coach for two seasons.
Young enjoyed an exceptional collegiate playing career at Georgia that included three top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships. She aided the Bulldogs to 10 team tournament titles, most notably the 2007 SEC Championship. She is one of just three Georgia and seven SEC golfers to earn first team all-SEC honors four times.
The squad and season
The golf team typically will consist of 8-10 players with 5 of them playing in a tournament. The season starts at the end of the year in September and continues into May for the NCAA tournament. The Cardinals will fly south to the warmer states and even play outside of the USA (Mexico last year) in the cold winter months.
History
Lauren Hartlage holds the record for the lowest round score at 65 set on 10/20/19 at the Cardinal Cup.
Cindy LaCrosse leads the program with the most career Top 5 finishes with 17 from 2005-2009 and more recently, Hartlage has the most career Top 10 finishes with 23 from 2016-2021 but she is tied with Margot Bechadergue
Home course
Cardinal Club Golf Course
401 Champions Way, Simpsonville, KY 40067
As Always,
Go Cards!!!
~Daryl
Glad you al are giving golf more coverae....Paulie and i have talked about his many years on the links and playing at Charlie Vettiner (Chenoweth) . We are lucky to have Whitney Young as our coach.
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