PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley women's golf team will conclude its fall schedule in Florida for the third time in the last four years, taking part in the 35th annual Pat Bradley Invitational in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Play at the par-72 Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club is slated to get underway Sunday at 8:30 a.m. (CDT) and include one round each day. The 54-hole tournament will also include play Monday beginning at 8:30 a.m. and wrap up Tuesday morning with an 8 a.m. start.
The Braves will be taking part in the Pat Bradley Invitational for the second consecutive year and third time in the last four seasons. Overall, it is BU's fourth trip to the Sunshine State for the Pat Bradley Invitational.
In addition to Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake, the 14-team field includes Florida schools - Bethune-Cookman, Daytona State, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, tournament-host Florida International and Jacksonville. The tournament field also features Boston College, Cincinnati, Delaware, South Dakota, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Western Illinois.
Coming off a second-place finish at the Butler Fall Invitational, Bradley looks to end the fall season on a high note after finishing eighth at last year's Pat Bradley Invitational. Freshman Danielle Lemek (Doniphan, Neb./Doniphan-Trumbull) won MVC Golfer of the Week honors last week after claiming medalist honors at the Butler Fall Invite and is second in the Valley with a 75.2 season stroke average. Lemek boasts a 74.2 stroke average over the last two tournaments.
Sophomore Thea Hedemann (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan/Walter Murray) was Bradley's top finisher at last year's Pat Bradley Invitational, tying for 17th, and is currently second on the squad with a 77.6 stroke average. Hedemann carded rounds of 78, 77 and 75 at last year's event to help pace the Braves.
Fellow sophomore Christie Lin (Calgary, Alberta/Sir John G Diefenbaker) is coming off her best finish of the year, taking eighth at the Butler Fall Invitational after firing a pair of 76's. Like Hedemann, Lin ended the 2011 Fall schedule strong at the Pat Bradley Invitational, finishing one shot behind Hedemann in a tie for 21st at last year's event.
