CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Reigning Big Ten champion Fighting Illini women's golf is set to compete in the Big Ten Championships at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Md. The three-day tournament will be played on Friday, April 19, through Sunday, April 21.
THE SETTING
This year's Big Ten Championships will be held at Bulle Rock Golf Course. The course was designed by architect Pete Dye and opened in 1998. The course will be set up for a par 72 and will play 6,314 yards long.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
All 14 Big Ten teams will be competing in the 54-hole tournament. There will be one 18-hole round of play each day, with Friday and Saturday tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. CT and Sunday's final round tee times beginning at 7:00 a.m. CT.
THE FIELD
Along with the Illini, the 14-team field for the Big Ten Championships will include Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Nebraska, Purdue, Penn State, Rutgers and Wisconsin.
FIGHTING ILLINI LINEUP
No. 1: Isabel Sy
No. 2: Yurang Li
No. 3: Anna Ritter
No. 4: Lexanne Halama
No. 5: Erica Lee
No. 6: Sophia Sulkar
ILLINI AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Illini captured their first-ever Big Ten title last season at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh. Under head coach Renee Slone, Illinois has also finished tied for second twice in 2018 and 2019.
Illinois has five individual Big Ten medalists, Becky Beach in 1976, Slone (formerly Heiken) in 1991 and 1993, Becky Biehl in 1992 and Crystal Wang in 2023.
In last year's tournament, Wang closed out the championships with a 9-under (62), matching the program record for lowest single-round score. It is also the lowest round ever at a conference championship tournament in NCAA Division I women's golf history. Isabel Sy earned Big Ten All-Championship Team honors after placing fourth at 1-over.
LIVE SCORING
Live scoring for the Big Ten Championships will be available on Golfstat.com. A recap and results will be posted on FightingIllini.com following each day of play.
UP NEXT
The Illini await a potential NCAA regional with selections being made on Wednesday, April 24, at 1 p.m. CT.
