BOSTON – Suffolk women's golf has its firs two-day tournament of its 2024-25 schedule on tap this weekend in the Polar Bear Shootout at the Brunswick Golf Club in Brunswick, Maine. The shotgun start on Saturday, Sept. 14 begins at 1:00 p.m., with action scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15.
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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk women's golf took its talents to Shaker Farms Country Club Saturday afternoon to get its 2024 season underway at the Westfield State Invitational.
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RAMS LINE-UP
THE COURSE
Nestled in the heart of the midcoast Maine, the Brunswick Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course whose origins date back to the late 1800s.
Suffolk competed at Brunswick Golf Club for the first time a year ago at the 2023 Polar Bear Shootout, Sept. 9-10, 2023. The Rams 18-hole team low at Brunswick GC is a 330, while the two-day low for a blue-and-gold team is 679.
The Rams' individual record at the course is held by Isabel Smith, 78, while Ellie Yarbrough boasts the best two-day score of 164 of any Suffolk student-athlete on the course.
Ella Torselff is the only active player that has played at Brunswick Golf Club. She shot a 181 (91-90) in her Rams debut a year ago.
RAMS REWIND – POLAR BEAR SHOOTOUT 2023
Suffolk competed at the Polar Bear Shootout for the first time in program history last season, Sept. 9-10, 2023.
Suffolk started the two-day tournament with a 349 to hold seventh place with Saturday's scores record. On Sunday, the Rams shaved 19 strokes off their team card for a 330, a Rams 18-hole record. When combined the blue-and-gold finished with 679 to take sixth in the field of eight, just one stroke behind Babson.
Individually, Ellie Yarbrough took 12th in the 46-golfer field with a two-day card of 164.
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RAMS RECOGNITION
Suffolk women's golf's freshman Krisna Mahendran was named the first Northeast Women's Golf Conference's (NWGC) Rookie of the Week for the 2024-25 season after her collegiate debut at the Westfield State Open Sept. 7.
MORE READING: Mahendran Selected NWGC Rookie of the Week
SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
Suffolk takes next weekend off before traveling to Keene, New Hampshire for the Keene State Invitational Sept. 29.