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Jim West Challenge
Red Raiders hit the road for Jim West Challenge in San Marcos
October 16, 2024 | Women's Golf
Texas Tech Women's Golf Preview - Fall Tournament #4 // Season Tournament #4
Tournament: 2024 Jim West Challenge
Host: Texas State
Dates: Oct. 20-21 (Sun.- Mon.)
Format: Stroke play / 5-count-4 / 54 holes (36-Sun.,18-.Mon.)
Golf Course: Kissing Tree Golf Club / Par-72, (6,123 yards)
Location: San Marcos, Texas
Live Scoring/Tee Times: Scoreboard
Live Broadcast: ESPN+
Texas Tech Lineup:
1. Maja Ambroziak
2. Kylee Loewe
3. Klara Hurtova
4. Danique Stokmans
5. Lauren Zaretsky
Indv: Claudia Alnajim
Participants - 12:
Houston
Nebraska
New Mexico
Northern Illinois
North Texas
Oklahoma
Ohio State
TCU
Texas State (host)
Texas Tech
UNLV
UTSA
Schedule of Events:
Saturday, Oct. 19: Practice round
Sunday, Oct. 20:Â First and Second Rounds (36 holes), shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. CT
Monday, Oct. 21: Final Round (18 holes), shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. CT
Jim West Challenge Flashback:
2023 Team Champion: SMU (826, -38)
2023 Team Runner-Up: Texas Tech (835, -29)
2023 Individual Runner-Up: Shannon Tan, Texas Tech (201, -15)
Notes:
- Texas Tech returns to the Jim West Challenge, where they finished the 2023 tournament hosted by Texas Tech as the runner-up. The Red Raiders shot a 29-under-par (273-290-272=835).
- That 2023 team was led by Shannon Tan and Lauren Zaretsky each finishing in the Top 10. Tan, who has since turned professional, finished as the 2023 Jim West runner-up while Zaretsky finished tied for sixth.Â
- The 2024 edition will feature 12 teams in total. Playing two rounds on Sunday, Oct. 20, and the final round on Monday, Oct. 21 both with shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. CT.
- Texas Tech placed seventh out of 15 teams in the most recent tournament at the Illini Women's Invitational after battling back from ninth place.
- The Red Raiders fired a season-low team round of 7-under 281 in the final round of the Illini Women's Invitational using a collection of scores from Zaretsky (70), Klara Hurtova (70), Maja Ambroziak (71) and Danique Stokmans (70).Â
- Hurtova matched her single-round career-low in the final round, 5-under-par 67, at the Red Raider Invitational earning her second place, in Texas Tech' second fall tournament this season. It remains the lowest round carded by a Red Raider this season after the first three tournaments.
- Zaretsky, who competed as an individual at the 2024 NCAA Las Vegas Regional, leads Texas Tech this season with a 72.5 scoring average over nine rounds.Â
- Ambroziak, who owns the Red Raiders second-lowest scoring average (73.3) this season, leads Texas Tech in rounds carded below-par this season with five out of nine rounds.
- The Texas Tech staff in 2024 features Anna Dong, hired on Aug. 27, 2024. Dong was the 2023 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year who played five seasons for Robertson.
Broadcast Notes:
ESPN+:Â will be broadcasting parts of rounds 1 & 2 and all of round 3.
- Sunday: 10 a.m. until approx. 2-3 p.m. with an intermission for lunch – https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/3ce12e18-8741-45a3-a86d-d90ebfef1cc1
- Monday: Live at 8:30 a.m. until conclusion – https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/9c4ea3c2-0214-4e75-9bea-f41a8e9e5eca
What's Ahead for Texas Tech (fall season):
Oct. 28-Oct.29: Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate
Fort Worth, Texas (Ridglea Country Club)
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