Kent State University
Mid-American Conference Championship
Women's Golf Eyes History at MAC Championships this Weekend
4/23/2015 9:33:00 AM | Women's Golf
Kent State women's golf will look to make history this weekend as it vies for its 17th-straight Mid-American Conference championship. The feat will tie Eastern Michigan's men's swimming and diving as the longest consecutive championship streak in MAC history.
Coverage
Live scoring will be available at golfstat.com
The Course
Shaker Run Golf Course
Lebanon, Ohio
Par 72
6,191 yards
Kent State Lineup
Josée Doyon
Natalie Goodson
Jennifer Ha
Maddy Mullins
Wad Phaewchimplee
Tee Times
• As the highest ranking team, Kent State will tee off in the last group on Friday from 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 a.m. They will be paired with Toledo and Eastern Michigan in the opening round
• The second round on Saturday will begin with tee times at 8:00 a.m.
• The final round on Sunday will have the same tee times, from 8:00 a.m. through 11:10 a.m.
Event History
• Last season, the Golden Flashes shot 31-over to win the event by 21 strokes
• Jennifer Ha took top honors for the second-straight year while Natalie Goodson finished in second place and Wad Phaewchimplee took 3rd. Josée Doyon finished in a tie for 6th
• Kent State posted the lowest winning score of the championships in 2001 after shooting an 887
• The team's biggest margin of victory was a remarkable 66 strokes in 2002
• No other MAC team has been closer than 12 strokes of the lead after the final day
In A Good Place
• Kent State is currently ranked 32nd in the nation by Golfweek and 36th by Golfstat
• The team is coming off a first place finish at the Lady Buckeye Invitational. They finished 2nd in the event prior to that, the Rebel Intercollegaite in Oxford, Mississippi
• Josée Doyon has won the last two events as an individual and has shot par or better in her last seven competitive rounds
• Wad Phaewchimplee is currently ranked 32nd in the World Golf Amateur Rankings. She has five top-ten finishes in nine events this season, including finishing in the top four in her last three events
• The team currently has a scoring average of 295.70. That is on good pace to beat last year's scoring average and the best in program history of 298.56
• They are also shooting 9.93 versus par on the season, which also breaks last year's program record of 11.97
Players Mentioned
