EAGLE, Colo. – The Shocker women’s golf team opens play in their second tournament of the season on Monday, September 23, at Red Sky Ranch Golf Club. 
 
Head coach Tom McCurdy is preparing his squad for the difference in altitude that the team will experience at the elevation of the golf course, as Eagle, Colorado is over 7,000 feet above sea level.
 
“The ball will travel about 15% further here than it would normally,” said McCurdy. “It’s a big adjustment that we’ll have to make in a short time and have to get our bodies adjusted as well.”
 
Fast Facts – Golfweek Red Sky Classic
Dates: Monday, September 23 – Wednesday, September 25
Host: Golfweek
Location: Eagle, Colo.
Venue: Red Sky Ranch Golf Club
Yardage: 6,623 yards
Par: 72
Format: Stroke Play
Live Scoring: Clippd
The Field – 14 Teams: Mercer, South Dakota State, UNC-Asheville, Northern Arizona, Denver, Kansas, Arkansas State, Eastern Michigan, Boise State, East Tennessee State, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, Wichita State, UC-Irvine
 
Coach McCurdy is sticking with the same five in Colorado as he did two weeks ago in Manhattan, Kansas, at the Powercat Invitational, where the Shockers tied for eighth of 16 teams.
 
Shocker Five:
 
Mackenzie Wilson (Jr.) – Third year Shocker…Has competed in all 20 tournaments in previous two years at WSU…Second lowest stroke average among Shockers last season at 75.6…212 54-hole score at Diamante Intercollegiate in October was the second best 54-hole score in team history
 
Kate Tilma (Jr.) – Second year Shocker…Transferred from Kansas State…Played in all nine tournaments in first season as a Shocker…Lowest stroke average on the team at 74.2 which is second lowest in team history…Led team in birdies with 69…Finished as top Shocker in five tournaments, including four in the fall…Competed in all four fall tournaments in her first fall as a Shocker…Posted the Shocker’s only top-5 individual finish of the fall at the Payne Stewart Memorial…One of three Shockers to post multiple top-20 finishes in the fall.
 
Brooklyn Benn (Jr.) – Third year at Wichita State…Finished t-20h in season opening tournament on September 10…Competed in six events last season…Shined at AAC Championship setting career low 18- and 54-hole scores in the tournament…Recorded team’s first eagle of the season and first of her career at Payne Stewart Memorial on Sept. 11…
 
Amelie Paul (Fr.) – Won Grand Prix d’Aix Provence and Grand Prix de Valgarde in 2023… Ranked as high as 139th in France and 1953rd in the world…Finished as high as eighth in French Girls Championships
 
Lara Stifter (Fr.) – Named Top 15 Girls Golfer in all of Germany…Competed in the German First National League…
 
Next Up
The Shockers make their second trip to Colorado to play in the Ron Moore Intercollegiate at Highland Ranch Golf Club, which begins on October 4.