COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou women’s golf opens the 2026-27 season Monday at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate following a historic 2025-26 campaign.
TOURNAMENT INFO
The three-day tournament tees off on Monday with the Tigers starting on the 10th tee at 9:25 a.m. CT. Mizzou continues action on Tuesday, followed by a final round on Wednesday to conclude the tournament. Live-stream coverage of rounds two and three will be available on Babygrande Golf starting at 8:30 a.m.
COURSE OVERVIEW
The ANNIKA Intercollegiate is set for the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. The par-72 course measures 6,408 yards in length.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Competing with the Tigers this week include seven of the contenders from last season's DI National Championships at Omni La Costa, including runners-up, USC. Virginia, UCLA, Minnesota, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Oregon, North Carolina, Houston, Auburn and Kansas State also join Mizzou in the tournament.
RETURNERS
The Tigers return three of their top five scorers from last season’s historic campaign that ended with a program-best 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championship. The Tigers made their second-ever NCAA Championship appearance and their first since 2005, marking the latest milestone in the continued rise of the program under head coach Caroline Westrup Gaeta.
Addie Dobson led the returning group with a stroke average of 72.61, followed by Melanie Walker (72.89) and Fleur van Beek (73.26). Also returning for the 2026-27 campaign include Addie Surber (73.79) and Alexandra Berglund (74.44).
NEWCOMERS
Mizzou welcomes three new faces to its lineup for 2026-27, including sophomore Grace Crawford, who competed in 10 tournaments during her true-freshman season at Alabama. Freshman Page Bowman, a three-time Missouri individual state champion out of Glendale High School, and Nina Anderson, a member of the Danish national team who competed at the 2023 and 2024 European Team Championships, will also join the Tigers.
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