University of Oklahoma Athletics
Women's Golf Ranked Seventh in the Nation
September 21, 1999 | Women's Golf
Sept. 21, 1999
NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma women's golf team received a seventh-place ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin Top 25 poll today. Other Big 12 conference schools joining the Sooners on the top 25 list include Nebraska (fourth), Oklahoma State (sixth), Baylor (ninth), Missouri (12th), Texas A&M (20th) and Texas Tech (25th).
Oklahoma opened the season last Monday and Tuesday at the Big 12 Fall Preview where they turned in a third-place score of 918. The finish marked the best of any OU team in school history. Setting the pace for OU was senior Isabelle Blais, who shot a three-round 222 to finish third. After opting to redshirt last season following an appearance in the 1998 U.S. Open, Blais returns to lead the Sooners in 1999-2000.
The OU season continues this week as the squad travels to Albuquerque, N.M., for the 21st annual Jones Intercable Dick McGuire Invitational Thursday through Saturday.
The University of New Mexico Championship Course, which plays to a par of 73, will be the sight for the tournament. Teams participating include, Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, UCLA, Colorado State, Kansas, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Southern California, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, UTEP and Texas Tech. In the 20 previous seasons, the team champion from the McGuire Invitational has gone on to win the NCAA Division I Golf Championship on six occasions.
OU is looking to improve on its 15th-place finish (966) at last season's tournament when it was led by Wendy Martin's 55th-place finish. Southern California won the team title with a three-round total of 914. TCU (915), Tulsa (919), Oklahoma State (923) and Texas (925) rounded out the top five finishers.
Golfweek/Sagarin Top 25
1.Duke
2.Southern California
3.Arizona
4.Nebraska
5.Arizona State
6.Oklahoma State
7.Oklahoma
8.UCLA
9.Baylor
10.Purdue
11.Georgia
12.Missouri
13.Nevada
14.Stanford
15.Oregon
16.Wisconsin
17.Tennessee Tech
18.Northern Arizona
19.Louisiana State
20.Texas A&M
21.UTEP
22.Denver
23.California
24.New Mexico State
25. Texas Tech













