Tampa, Fla. – Monday, July 22, 2024 – South Florida women’s golf Head Coach AJ Newell announced the schedule of tournaments ahead of the 2024-25 season.
South Florida opens the 2024-25 season at the Badger Invitational on Sept. 8-10 in Madison, Wis.
The Bulls will then head to Miami, Fla. for the Florida International Invitational, which takes place on Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.
USF then heads to Tulsa, Okla. on Oct. 14-15 for the Dale McNamara Invitational. To close out the fall, South Florida will travel to Wilmington, N.C. for the Landfall Invitational on Oct. 25-27.
The green and gold start up the spring at the UCF Challenge in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 2-4. February will be capped off at the Westbrook Invitational in Peoria, Ariz..
In March, South Florida with play at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla on Mar. 7-9, the Valspar August Invitational in Augusta, Ga. On Mar. 15-16, and the Chattanooga Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Mar 28-30.
The AAC Championship will take place on April 14-16 at the Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, Fla.
ABOUT USF WOMEN’S GOLF
Tampa native AJ Newell, a former LPGA Tour Player and NCAA All-American, was named head coach of USF women’s golf by Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly on June 3, 2024.
Newell will look over leadership of the Bulls’ program following a successful three-year stint as assistant coach at the University of Michigan, where she helped lead the Wolverines to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances, a 2022 Big Ten title, and the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.
In the record-setting 2023-24 campaign, the Bulls won three times and finished in the top four in nine of 10 events. The three wins are the most in a season since four 2011-12. USF finished third in the American Athletic Conference Championship, which equals the best finish in the tournament in program history. In 2022-23 and 2023-24, the Bulls played in back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, an all-conference performer in each of her four seasons, was named to the WGCA 2023-24 Division I All-American second team. Green qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program’s first postseason appearance in 11 years. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
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