Golf coverage coming to Cardinal Couple -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Goooood Friday morning readers and welcome to the Holiday weekend. 

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. 

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

I will probably find my way to a driving range this weekend to hit some bombs if the weather permits!!! My golf goal this year is to chip one in from the fringe! 

As Always, 

Go Cards!!! 

~Daryl

This weekend -- just a quick sort and fold.

No time in Sandy’s house this weekend for laundry

Paul and Sonja have been fortunate enough to play the role of football team groupie but in the meantime the remaining contributors struggle to keep up with their high quality of reporting.  With no time available this wekend I brought in a couple of sub-contributors for assistance.

Central Cardinal Club 2012 Holiday Boutique and Style Show

We are proud to announce that the Central Cardinal Club is organizing a Holiday Boutique and Style Show all for the purpose of your being able to meet The Cardinal Couple and many of those contributing articles to the site.  Paul will be at the October 16 show from its 11 am beginning and others will join him during the day until the program ends at 9 pm.  Timmy is still undecided if he will be available for autographs.

The show is being held at the PNC Club in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.  The GPS address is 2800 S Floyd St.  The Cardinal Couple team thanks Susan Sweeney Crum for agreeing to emcee for the Style Show Luncheon.

Actually the benefit is to provide financial assistance to the Cardinal Athletic Fund and U of L Athletics.   Fundraising and entertainment includes $16.00 lunch and $20.00 dinner buffets, fashion show, free day long wine tasting and a silent auction.   For additional details contact 502.649.2638 email debbiedoodlebug@mail.com.

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Red White Scrimmage

I understand last night’s men’s basketball Red White Scrimmage went well and was successful.  As a note of interest:  Many teams across the country are combining such new season events for their men’s and women’s basketball teams.    In recent years, U of L has normally been ahead of the curve when it comes to promotion of their women’s teams but not this time.               

       

                                         

I am sure that there are many good reasons for the UL women’s basketball team to not have either a combined or sole pre-season event but other schools across the nation have begun thinking differently.  I don’t really believe that # 20 ranked and UL highly recruited guard Saniya Chong signed with Connecticut on Saturday only because of their Friday night combined men’s and women’s basketball team kick off (“First Night”) but her official visit and signing did conveniently occur during the weekend of the event.  It couldn’t have hurt for recruits to see such pre-season excitement and attention being given to both of the teams.

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ANGEL McCOUGHTRY

If you haven’t seen the video yet, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iov-c2sQIzo and catch Angel in a Commercial thanking Louisville for our support and promoting attendance at U of L women’s basketball.  The video was taken during her appreciation moment at this season’s U of L football game and encourages Louisville fans to cause UL to become the number 1 team for women’s attendance in the nation.

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BASKETBALL

There is still time to get your season tickets.  Go to http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/100912aaa.html or call the ticket office.   Single session tickets do not expect to be available until 1-2 weeks before the season starts.

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TIP OFF LUNCHEON

Additional Reminder

Additional Reminder: The basketball tip off luncheon is set for Tuesday October 23.  Be sure to call and make your reservations for the noon start time on center court of the KFC YUM! Center.   $30.00 tickets can be purchased by calling the U of L special events office at (502) 852-0706 or completing the form found at http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012Luncheon.pdf.  Jeff Walz is the featured speaker.

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VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball played St. John’s Friday at St. Johns and came away with a  3-2 win over St. in BIG EAST volleyball action. Scoring was 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 19-25 and 15-9.  The women are now 17-3 and 6-1 in the Big East and play again today at 2:00  at UConn.

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GOLF

Today the Golf team continues play at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational. The team finished play in yesterday Second round in 12^th place with Tar Lyons leading for the Cardinals.  All day play continues today at Chapel Hill, NC.

CROSS COUNTRY

Yesterday the cross country team participated in the NCAA Division I Pre-National Meet at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park which is the site for this year’s 2012 NCAA Championships.  The U of L women were lead by sophomore Michelle Molodynia who completed a career best 6K time o f22:16.10.

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TENNIS

Tomorrow and Tuesday Women’s Tennis will participate in all day competition at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships which is held at West Lafayette, Indiana.

Sandy Walker