FGCU W. Golf: Johnie Imes Invitational Preview

The FGCU women's golf team will compete in its third fall event of the season beginning Monday at the 11th Annual Johnie Imes Invitational hosted by the University of Missouri. It is the fifth consecutive fall in which the Eagles will take part in the event.

The 13-team field will compete in 18-hole rounds on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Missouri. Each par-72 round begins at 9 a.m. ET with the final one occurring via a shotgun start. The tournament is free and open to the public.

"We have been putting in some solid practice this week on our wedges and short game to get ready for Old Hawthorne," FGCU head coach Sarah Trew said. "This is a course we feel pretty comfortable on as it has been in our lineup consistently for the past few years now. Coming off our lowest round ever we have a lot of confidence going into this tournament know we can go on this golf course."

Last Time Out:
The Eagles are coming off a program-record 289 in the final round of the Lady Paladin Invitational last weekend. The team finished ninth among 16 teams and will feature the same lineup this week:

1. Senior Kelsy Holbert
2. Senior Madeline Marck-Sherk
3. Sophomore Natalia Nassar
4. Freshman Laura Edmonds
5. Junior Kate Williamson

Tournament History:
The Eagles finished eighth among 14 teams at last year's Johnie Imes Invitational, which was their highest finish in the tournament's history. Marck-Sherk finished in a tie for 19th overall with a 221 (+5), and the team's 898 (+34) was just the fifth time the Eagles have shot a sub-900 54-hole total in program history. In 2016, Williamson recorded a first-round 68, which is still tied for the seventh best opening round in the tournament's history. Missouri is the four-time defending tournament champion.

Complete Field
52 - Missouri
78 - Mercer
81 - Fresno State
128 – FGCU
130 - Florida International
132 - Wichita State
135 - Northern Illinois
145 – Bradley
149 - Arkansas State
163 - Missouri State
183 - University of Arkansas Little Rock
193 - UMKC
203 - Illinois State