Bears Prep for Liz Murphey Collegiate

Friday, March 25

Athens, Ga.

All Day (18 Holes)

Mercer University

Liz Murphey Collegiate

3/23/2022 10:29:00 PM | Women's Golf

Bears honored to compete in event hosted by UGA

By: Jake List

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's golf team continues its March matchups in the Liz Murphey Collegiate hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. from this Friday to Sunday (25-27). The Bears will be paired with Wake Forest on Friday, teeing off between 8:32-9:08 from No. 10. Live scoring will be available throughout the tournament at www.golfstat.com.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Friday, March 25 – Sunday, March 27
Location: Athens, Ga. | University of Georgia Golf Course
Course Info: Par 72 | 6,317 yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Friday-Saturday-Sunday)
Live Scoring: GolfStat

MERCER LINEUP:

1. Carol Pyon
2. Kate Song
3. Tracy Rodriguez
4. Mikayla Dubnik
5. Laila Hrindova

THE FIELD (18)
Alabama, Houston, Mississippi State, Wake Forest, Georgia & Georgia B Team, Ole Miss, College of Charleston, Louisville, Texas, University of South Carolina, Southern California, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Georgia Southern

THE COURSE:
The University of Georgia Golf Course opened in 1968 with the purpose of supporting the university community and a collegiate golf program. Over the years the course has become an important recreation facility not only for the University, but for the state of Georgia as a whole. Dr. Omer C. Aderhold served as the University of Georgia's President from 1950-67 and was a driving force behind the creation of the UGA Golf Course. The University already owned the land and Dr. Aderhold was a friend of Robert Trent Jones Sr., the golf course's architect. In addition, UGA students were so interested in having a golf course that they agreed to pay for it in their student activity fees over a five-year period during the 1960s.

LIZ MURPHEY: A TRUE PIONEER IN WOMEN'S ATHLETICS
- READ HERE

LAST TIME OUT:
The Mercer Women's Golf Team finished tied for 14^th(898, +34) in the Clover Cup at the Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona. Senior Carol Pyon shot an even score to open up the Bears scoring in the first round of the Clover Cup. Impressively enough, freshman Kate Song eventually carded a 71 (-1) in the second round, which would be the only Bear to record an under-par round of the tournament.

Round 1: 301
Round 2: 295
Round 3: 302
Combined: 898

Final: +34

TEE TIMES:
Mercer's five golfers will tee off on the tenth hole alongside Wake Forest.

Laila Hrindova | 8:32 a.m. | Group 11 | Tee 10
Mikayla Dubnik | 8:41 a.m. | Group 22 | Tee 10
Tracy Rodriguez | 8:50 a.m. | Group 13 | Tee 10
Kate Song | 8:59 a.m. | Group 14 | Tee 10
Carol Pyon | 9:08 a.m. | Group 15 | Tee 10

COACH DRINKARD'S TAKE:
"We're grateful for this opportunity to be invited by Georgia to play in the Liz Murphey. I knew Coach Murphey from my collegiate days and she was an inspiration to so many women and had a had a huge impact on women's college golf.
The Georgia Golf Course is not only a challenging course, but it's also such a beautiful piece of property with rolling terrain. It is always a tough contest at the UGA course and that'll be highlighted with the unfavorable temperature and winds that are currently being forecasted.

FOLLOW THE BEARS:
For complete coverage of Mercer Women's Golf, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerWGolf (Twitter), /MercerWGolf (Facebook) and @MercerWGolf (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.