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Bulls Head to Chattanooga Classic for Last Test Before AAC Championships in April
March 26, 2025 | Women's Golf
TAMPA, Fla (March 26, 2025) – With just 19 days until the AAC Championships, South Florida heads to Chattanooga, for the Chattanooga Classic, for one last tournament before postseason golf. The Bulls have played their best golf during the spring campaign after the fall season was interrupted by two hurricanes and uncertainty. A bright spot of the spring has been the emergence of junior Emma Kim, who has significantly improved with each tournament.
The strong play of Emma Kim has contributed mightily to the success of the Bulls this spring. She placed T69 in the first tournament of the spring at the PDI Intercollegiate and has jumped all the way to a T18 finish, in last week's Valspar Invitational. Her consistency in the middle of the Bulls' lineup serves as a massive momentum swing as the postseason approaches.
Freshman Cherry Marley enters the Chattanooga Classic with three top-25 finishes in her last four tournaments. She has carded seven rounds of par or better through 11 rounds this spring. Marley's current scoring average of 73.83 is good for 14th all-time in program history.
The 16-team Chattanooga Classic field will consist of: Chattanooga, Campbell, Cincinnati, Colorado State, (22) Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, (10) North Carolina, Old Dominion, South Florida, (13) Virginia, Wisconsin, Xavier, Vanderbilt-Indy.
Coach Newell's Chattanooga Classic lineup will consist of: Cherry Marley, Emma Kim, Leo Medeiros, Alice Webb and Valentina Bosselmann. Annabel Collis and Kenzie Heba will compete as individuals.
Follow the Bulls all weekend, here. Be sure to follow the Bulls on Instagram.
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.
- #GoBulls –
The strong play of Emma Kim has contributed mightily to the success of the Bulls this spring. She placed T69 in the first tournament of the spring at the PDI Intercollegiate and has jumped all the way to a T18 finish, in last week's Valspar Invitational. Her consistency in the middle of the Bulls' lineup serves as a massive momentum swing as the postseason approaches.
Freshman Cherry Marley enters the Chattanooga Classic with three top-25 finishes in her last four tournaments. She has carded seven rounds of par or better through 11 rounds this spring. Marley's current scoring average of 73.83 is good for 14th all-time in program history.
The 16-team Chattanooga Classic field will consist of: Chattanooga, Campbell, Cincinnati, Colorado State, (22) Duke, Eastern Michigan, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, (10) North Carolina, Old Dominion, South Florida, (13) Virginia, Wisconsin, Xavier, Vanderbilt-Indy.
Coach Newell's Chattanooga Classic lineup will consist of: Cherry Marley, Emma Kim, Leo Medeiros, Alice Webb and Valentina Bosselmann. Annabel Collis and Kenzie Heba will compete as individuals.
Follow the Bulls all weekend, here. Be sure to follow the Bulls on Instagram.
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.
- #GoBulls –
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