Women's Golf Central: Stanford Invitational

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The No. 23 Tennessee women's golf team heads to the West Coast to round out its fall tournament slate at the Stanford Intercollegiate, set for Oct. 17–19.

The tournament, now in its 60th edition, consists of three rounds—18 holes on Friday, followed by 18 holes each on Saturday and Sunday.

The event is held at Stanford Golf Course which plays at 6,269 yards and is a par 71.

The inaugural Stanford Intercollegiate was held in 1964. It has been played every fall since 1995, following renovations to the Stanford Golf Course. The historic tournament features a stacked field of top-ranked teams. Eight of the past nine winners of the Stanford Intercollegiate have advanced to match play at the NCAA Championship.

Last time out, the Lady Vols captured their first tournament title since 2019, which was the first under head coach Diana Cantú at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship, winning by a comfortable nine-stroke margin over second place. UT finished with a 13-under total score, thanks to a tournament-best final round of 11-under. Three of the five Lady Vols finished in the top 10.

LADY VOLS' LINEUP
Madison Messimer
The true freshman has finished in the top 10 in back-to-back tournaments. Messimer opened the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a career-low 68 in the first round, en route to a 2-under overall finish. Through her first eight rounds as a Lady Vol, she has shot par or better in five.

Manassanan Chotikabhukkana
The Bangkok, Thailand, native shot par or better in all three rounds at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship, finishing tied for third with a 4-under overall score. Through two tournament appearances, she is averaging 70.5 strokes per round.

Sophie Engeseth
The true freshman is making her fourth consecutive start. Thapasit recorded a top-five finish to open her collegiate career at the Cougar Classic.

Thitikarn Thapasit
The freshman registered a top-10 finish at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate behind a final-round rally with a 66.

Lauren Nguyen
After four years at Texas A&M and an appearance in the U.S. Women's Open this past summer, the redshirt senior made her Lady Vol debut as an individual last time out. Nguyen secured a top-10 finish with three rounds of par or better.

Participating Teams (Rankings according to WGCA)
No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 Oregon, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Southern California, No. 9 Northwestern, No. 11 LSU, No. 12 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Arizona State, No. 19 Virginia, No. 23 Tennessee, University of San Francisco, Pepperdine, Iowa State, UCLA, Colorado, Arizona, San Jose State, University of California-Davis, Washington

TEE TIMES
Round One, Friday, Oct. 17
3:40 p.m. ET - Sofie Engeseth
3:51 p.m. ET - Lauren Nguyen
4:02 p.m. ET - Thitikarn Thapasit
4:13 p.m. ET - Madison Messimer
4:24 p.m. ET - Manassanan Chotikabhukkana