University of Oklahoma Athletics
Womens Golf Opens Spring Season At Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge
February 05, 2003 | Women's Golf
Feb. 5, 2003
NORMAN, Okla. - The OU women's golf team will begin the spring season at the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge on Feb. 10-12 in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. The tournament, to be played at the 5,912-yard, par-71 Palos Verdes Golf Club, will feature 17 of the 18 teams that competed in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Eighteen holes will be played each of the three days. Monday and Tuesday shotgun starts will begin at 9 a.m. PST and Wednesday's tee time will be at 8:30 a.m. PST.
Competing for the Sooners will be Hope Edge, Allison Johnson, Amparo Marco, Lisa Meldrum and Emily Milberger. Freshman Marco, from Valencia, Spain, joined the OU team prior to the spring semester.
The 18-team field includes Arizona, Arizona State, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Purdue, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Tulsa, UCLA and USC.
Coach Ludvigson Says...
"This tournament will be a very competitive tournament. They take the top five teams in each region so all of the teams are really good. We feel like our ranking isn't where we want it to be, but with the addition of Amparo we have five really strong players who are excited to compete. It's a great course and we are real excited about starting the spring season. My teams have always played better in the spring."
Sooners End Fall Season With Third-Place Finish
The Sooners finished their fall season at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate held Nov. 4-5 in Kiawah Island, S.C. The team finished in third place with a total of 886. Junior Hope Edge earned second-place honors with a 212. Edge's second-place finish was the best of her career. Junior Lisa Meldrum finished right behind Edge in third place with a total of 214.
OU In The National Rankings
Golfworld 20th
Golfstat 19th
The Oklahoma Lineup
Allison Johnson: Tied for 18th place with a score of 226 at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... Recorded a 233 to tie for 39th place at Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate ... Finished tied for 11th at Dick McGuire Invitational with a score of 225 ... Shot a 230 to tie for 35th at the NCAA Fall Preview ... Voted one of top 50 preseason players to watch by GolfWorld.
Lisa Meldrum: Averaging a team-low 72.5 strokes per round ... Ranked No. 2 nationally according to Golfstat ... Won third-place honors with a total of 214 at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... Tied for 11th place with a 225 at Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate ... Shared first-place honors at Dick McGuire Invitational with a score of 211 (-8) ... Earned a fourth-place finish at NCAA Fall Preview with a score of 220 (+4) ... Voted one of top 50 preseason players to watch by GolfWorld.
Hope Edge: Recorded best fall total (214) to earn second-place honors at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... Tied for 11th at Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate with a score of 225 ... Tied for 36th with a score of 234 at Dick McGuire Invitational ... Fired a 233 to tie for 48th at the NCAA Fall Preview.
Emily Milberger: Recorded a 235 to tie for 44th place at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate ... Tied for 49th place with a total of 236 at Price's Give Em Five Intercollegiate ... Recorded a 231 to tie for 28th place at the Dick McGuire Invitational ... Finished tied for 62nd place after shooting a 237 at NCAA Fall Preview.
Amparo Marco: Freshman from Valencia, Spain, who joined the team this spring ... Making first collegiate appearance ... Two-time winner of Spanish Girls Championship ... British Championship quarterfinalist.













