Oklahoma Opens Spring at Moon Golf

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Oklahoma women's golf team is set to open the 2021 spring season this weekend in Melbourne, Fla., at the fourth annual Moon Golf Invitational, slated for Feb. 14-16. The three-day, 54-hole event is hosted by Louisville and takes place at the par-72 6,383-yard Duran Golf Club.

"We're ready to get back on the course this week at Moon Golf," head coach VeroniqueDrouin-Luttrell said. "It's a great field; it might be the best we face all spring. We played there a few years ago and enjoyed the tournament and the golf course. I'm excited to see what our players bring this week as we've got a little bit of a different lineup."

Oklahoma enters the spring ranked ninth nationally in the Golfstat.com poll and No. 16 in the GolfweekSagarin rankings. In the fall, the Sooners notched a runner-up finish at the Schooner Fall Classic and rallied for bronze at the Longhorn Invitational.

The Sooners' lineup features five golfers who all played for Drouin-Lutrell in 2019-20 or last fall, including two golfers ranked inside the top 20. Kaitlin Milligan, who owns the school's record for single-season scoring, leads the Sooners. On the second and third bag for OU is No. 9 Hannah Screen and No. 20 Libby Winans, respectively. Then rounding out the Sooners lineup is Mikhaela Fortuna, who makes her return to the team after missing the fall season, and Maria Fernanda Martinez, who collected her first top-20 finish last fall.

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.

THE FIELD

No. 16 Alabama
No. 7 Arkansas
No. 5 Auburn
Augusta
UCF
Coastal Carolina
No. 8 Florida
Florida Gulf Coast
Florida State
Illinois
Louisville (host)
No. 3 LSU
Miami
North Carolina
No. 9 Oklahoma
No. 2 South Carolina
Texas A&M
Virginia

OU LINEUP

Kaitlin Milligan, Sr., Norman, Okla.: Leads the Sooners with 97 career rounds and team-high 46 rounds of par or better golf ... Career scoring average vs. par of +1.46 is the fifth-lowest in program history ... Has 17 top-20 finishes, 10 top-10 finishes and six top-fives, including a win at the NCAA Norman Regional in 2019 ... Set OU scoring record in 2019-20, firing an average of 71.40 ... Owns school records for the lowest individual round (62) and the lowest 54-hole score (199) ... Has been Oklahoma's top finisher at nine events.

Hannah Screen, Jr., Berkhamsted, U.K.: Ranked No. 9 nationally ... Making her fourth appearance as a Sooner, after sitting out spring 2019 due to transfer rules ... Led Sooners with three top-10 finishes in the fall, paced by a third-place finish at the Longhorn Invitational … Transferred from Houston where she led the Cougars to an AAC championship in 2019 en route to an All-AAC First Team nod ... Represents England as a member of the national overseas' team.

Libby Winans, Jr., Richardson, Texas: Scoring average vs. par of +1.07 is the second-lowest in OU history ... Has tallied 55 competitive rounds for the Sooners during her time in Norman, shooting par or better 21 times ... Finished T7 at the 2018 Schooner Classic after firing a 206 over three rounds, tied for the sixth-lowest 54-hole score in OU history ... Owns seven career top-10 finishes, second-most on the team ... Set the Oklahoma freshman scoring record in 2018-19 with a 72.59 ... Has one collegiate victory (Clover Cup 2019).

Mikhaela Fortuna, Junior, Manila, Philippines: Returns to the Oklahoma lineup after missing the fall season ... Had the second-best season statistically in OU history as a sophomore, carding a scoring average of 71.90 ... 46 rounds played in collegiate career, including 18 under par ... Career bests of T7 at the 2019 Schooner and 2020 Hurricane Invitational.

Maria Fernanda Martinez, R-So., Veracruz, Mexico: Notched first top-20 finish by finishing T19 at the Schooner Fall Classic … Carded career-low round of 71 in the Schooner's second round … Appeared four times for the Sooners in 2019-20, posting a scoring average of 73.91.

HISTORY

The Sooners are making their second appearance at Moon Golf after grabbing third at the 2019 event. Oklahoma fired a Moon Golf-record 280 in the final round to claim bronze that year.

Team Best: T3, 2019
Individual Best: Libby Winans, T5 (211), 2019

THE COURSE

The Moon Golf calls Duran Golf Club home. It's a par-72, 6,383-yard links course that sits right on the coast of the Atlantic.

FORMAT

Fifty-four holes will be played over three days, with 18 holes played each day. The Sooners tee off at 7:30 a.m. CT on Sunday with North Carolina, Augusta and No. 16 Alabama off holes four thru seven.

LIVE STATS

Live scoring will be available on Golfstat.com.

THE FIELD

OU LINEUP

HISTORY

THE COURSE

FORMAT

LIVE STATS

Players Mentioned

Mikhaela Fortuna

Maria Fernanda Martinez

Kaitlin Milligan

Hannah Screen

Libby Winans

Sponsors

University of Oklahoma Athletics