Women's Golf

Gophers women’s golf coach Katie Brenny has resigned after just two months on the job, according to reports by the Associated Press and Golfweek Magazine. Though the Golfweek report says both Brenny and a University spokesman confirmed her resignation, team spokesman Matt Slieter said he would not comment. A former Minnesota high school state champion, Brenny had no college coaching experience when new director of golf John Harris hired her as associate women’s head coach in September. She did instruct as an assistant club professional at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C.

After a historic spring season, the Minnesota women’s golf team will have to anxiously await news of whether its season will continue after finishing seventh at the Big Ten championships over the weekend.
The women will find out if they did enough to be invited to the NCAA regional qualifier with an at-large bid.

The Minnesota women’s golf team came into its final tournament before the Big Ten championships with some of the Gophers best golf in history still fresh in their mind.
But the women may need to play better in the opening round if they want to have a chance against their conference foes.
Minnesota came into the third and final round Sunday at the Lady Buckeye Spring Invite in seventh place , and that’s where they would finish out the tournament. The Gophers shot a 98-over par 962 at Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio, but improved their score in each round .

The Minnesota women’s golf team found itself near the top of the leaderboard yet again over the weekend, but not without some early-round struggles.
The team shot a 32-over par 896 to land in fourth place out of 16 teams at the Indiana Invitational. It was the fourth time the Gophers finished in the top five and the fourth time they have shot sub-900 this spring season .
Host team Indiana won the event, shooting a 22-over 886, including a second-round best 291.
The Gophers stumbled out of the gate, shooting a 22-over 310 in the first round.

After top-three finishes in three straight tournaments, the Minnesota women’s golf team stumbled in the final round of the Pinehurst Challenge in Pinehurst, N.C. and finished 11th out of 18 teams Tuesday .
The team shot a 56-over par 920, breaking its program-record streak of three straight tournaments shooting under 900 .
The Gophers came into the final round in sixth place and just four shots out of second place , but saved their worst for last and shot a 321 Tuesday.

Coming off one of the best performances in the program’s history, the Minnesota women’s golf program continued to stay near the top of the leaderboard over the weekend, finishing the Rio Verde Invitational all alone in second, 14 strokes out of first place.
At the Kiawah Island Classic Feb. 21-23, the Gophers shot an 893, good enough for the second-best 54-hole finish in school history.

The opening of a new season has brought new results for the Minnesota women’s golf team.
After ending their fall season at the Las Vegas Invitational in a season-worst 14th out of 18 , the Gophers came out of the third and final round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic one stroke out of first place Tuesday in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
The Gophers moved up the leaderboard every day of the 33-team tournament, ending Sunday in ninth before finishing Monday with a second-round best 297 to move up to fourth place coming into Tuesday’s final round.