TU, OSU, OU and ORU set for Dale McNamara Invitational at Cedar Ridge CC

October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 Ken MacLeod

TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa women’s golf team hosts the Dale McNamara Invitational this Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14-15, at the Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow.The Hurricane looks to make it three-straight titles at its home event. Tulsa bested South Florida by two strokes in 2023 and Nebraska by a stroke in 2022 to capture the past two wins. This year’s 16-team field includes Abilene Christian, Arkansas, Boise State, BYU, Cal Poly, Kennesaw State, New Mexico State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, ORU, Rutgers, Sam Houston, South Florida, Tulane, UTSA and host Tulsa. Individuals from Oklahoma, OSU, Rutgers and Tulsa will also compete.

The Cedar Ridge Country Club plays to a par 71 and 6,366 yards. Teams will tee-off with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Monday and play 36 holes. The third and final round will start at 8:30 Tuesday morning.

Tulsa is coming off a 13^th-place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic as Sydney Seigel finished 33^rd individually with 2-over total of 142. Allyn Stephens was second on Tulsa’s leaderboard and tied for 37^th overall with a 3-over 143. Lovisa Gunnar shot +4 for the tournament and was a stroke off Stephens in 47^th place.

Those three will compete in the Dale McNamara Invitational this week. Norah Seidl and Hanna Robinett round out the team of five TU golfers. Jenni Roller will compete as an individual in the event.

In last year’s Dale McNamara Invitational, played at the Golf Club of Oklahoma, Roller finished fourth overall to lead the Hurricane. Seigel placed 10^th, Gunnar in 23^rd and Stephens in 27^th. Robinett and Seidl placed 42^nd and 71^st, respectively.

One of Tulsa’s top players in last year’s victory is now starting for Oklahoma State in junior Grace Kilcrease, and Tulsa’s former coach Annie Young is now an OSU assistant.

The OSU lineup for the event is:

Junior transfer Grace Kilcrease was elite in September, winning the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach Golf Links and shooting a school record 63 during the Schooner Fall Classic. The Arkansas native competed in this event twice previously as a member of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
Sophomore Ellie Bushnell posted multiple rounds in the 60s last month.
Freshman Summer Lee competed as an individual at the Schooner Fall Classic, but placed in a tie for 15th after shooting a 68 in round two.
Another first-year Cowgirl, Tarapath Panya, will be making her OSU debut this week.
Sophomore Sammie Miller is back in the starting lineup after competing as an individual in Norman.
The sole individual for the Pokes will be Thitaporn Saithip, who is coming off a top-40 finish at the Schooner Fall Classic.

The University of Oklahoma lineup will be junior Savannah Barber, junior MaKayla Tyrrell, freshman Audrey Rischer, junior Isabelle Schlick, and sophomore Gracie Mayo.Senior Reagan Chaney will compete as an individual.

Oklahoma hosted the Schooner Fall Classic, placing fifth in the 16-team field. The Sooners were led by Rischer, who tied for 11th and recorded rounds of 70-68 to finish 2-under.

Chaney tied for 19th, finishing even par. Barber recorded a 1-over 141 and placed 28th. Mayo rounded out the Oklahoma lineup, tying for 37th (3-over, 153). Tyrrell completed as an individual and tied for 15th, tallying a 1-under 139.