No. 3 Women’s Golf Set for Moon Golf Invitational, Starting Day Earlier
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The No. 3 Arkansas women’s golf team is coming off its second team win of the season, first of the spring, and will look to carry that momentum into the Moon Golf Invitational. Hosted by Louisville, the Hogs will start play tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 17, and go through Tuesday, Feb 20 at Suntree Country Club Classic Course in Melbourne, Florida. The tournament’s start was moved up a day due to impending weather in the area.
The tournament will be a three-round, 54-hole format across the four days, starting with nine holes on Saturday following the Hogs’ practice round with a 12:15 p.m. CT shotgun start. On Sunday, the first round will resume if weather allows. The second round is set to begin on Monday at 7 a.m. CT followed by Tuesday at 8 a.m. CT for the final round. This schedule may be modified due to weather.
This marks Arkansas’ fourth consecutive year playing at the Moon Golf Invitational. The tournament has a stacked lineup of teams, including four in the top 10 (counting Arkansas), 11 in the top 17 and 16 in the top 50 in the Spikemark team rankings.
Arkansas started the spring season in exciting fashion after coming back to win the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic. After the first round, the Hogs were in a tie for ninth and jumped to fourth after the second. A 12-under 276 in the final round propelled Arkansas to victory with a one-stroke advantage over LSU with a 10-under 854 (293-285-276). The win marked the 31st in program history and 24th in the Shauna Taylor era.
Ela Anacona will serve as No. 1 in the lineup. She is coming off a 10th-place finish behind a season-low 3-under 213 (72-71-70) at the Puerto Rico Classic, where she competed as an individual. Anacona has played in three tournaments this season, logging a 71.88 scoring average with six rounds at par or under. She is currently ranked No. 37 in the Spikemark rankings.
Kendall Todd is the No. 2 in the lineup, coming off tying for a team’s best 2-under 214 (71-70-73) among counting scores toward the team. She tied for 11th in the field, which marked a season’s best, as well as career best at Arkansas. Todd has a 72.09 scoring average in 11 rounds played with seven rounds at par or under. She is also leading the team with 128 pars.
Reagan Zibilsk, No. 101 in the Spikemark rankings, is in the third spot, having played in all four tournaments. She is coming off a career-low 2-under 214 (72-72-70) to tie for 11th, which was also a career best. Among counting scores toward the team, her score was tied for the best for Arkansas. She is sporting a 72.18 scoring average with eight rounds at par or under.
Maria José Marin will be in the fourth spot. José Marin is No. 1 in the NCAA individual rankings and No. 14 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. José Marin is coming off a 1-under 215 (77-71-67) to tie for 16th at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic. She leads the team with nine rounds at par or better, five rounds in the 60s and 47 birdies. José Marin is also a three-time SEC Freshman of the Week and was invited to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur for the second time of her career.
Wrapping up the lineup, Miriam Ayora will play in her fifth tournament of the 2023-24 season. She is coming off an even 216 (74-72-70) at the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, where she tied for 23rd and had a hole-in-one on the first day on hole No. 16. Ayora has a 71.91 scoring average with eight rounds at par or under and is No. 42 in the Spikemark rankings.
ARKANSAS LINEUP
1. Ela Anacona
2. Kendall Todd
3. Reagan Zibilski
4. Maria José Marin
5. Miriam Ayora
COMPETING TEAMS (SPIKEMARK RANKINGS)
- Alabama (32)
- Arkansas (3)
- Augusta
- Auburn (15)
- Clemson (17)
- Duke (16)
- Florida (8)
- Florida State (21)
- Louisville (49)
- LSU (10)
- Ole Miss (11)
- Northwestern (14)
- UCF (13)
- Virginia Tech (39)
- Vanderbilt (26)
- Texas A&M (12)
- Wake Forest (1)
COURSE
Suntree Country Club Classic Course – Melbourne, Fla. – Par 72 – 6,503 yards
LIVE SCORING
UP NEXT
Arkansas is set to play at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate from Monday, March 4 to Wednesday, March 6 at Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
MORE INFORMATION
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