Clemson Women Open Season at Cougar Classic

Tournament:  13^th Annual Powerade Cougar Classic

When:  September 13-15, 2015

Host School:   College of Charleston

Where:  Yeamans Hall Club, Hanahan, S.C.

Course Information:  Seth Raynor design, par 72 and 6,204 yards.

Course Address:  900 Yeamans Hall Rd, Hanahan, SC 29410

Scoring:  Golfstat.com

Tournament Format:  54-hole tournament, 18 holes each day, September 13-15

Competing Teams: (20): Arkansas, Auburn, Central Florida, Charleston Southern,  Clemson, College of Charleston, Florida, Furman, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi State, North Carolina, UNCG, NC State, Penn State, Virginia, Wake Forest, Wisconsin.

Clemson Lineup:  Lauren Stephenson (Fr., Lexington, S.C., first tournament), Alice Hewson (Fr., Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, first tournament), Marisa Messana (Soph, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla, 76.33), Jessica Hoang (Jr., North Augusta, S.C., 76.44), Sloan Shanahan (Jr., Suwanee, Ga., 76.22).

Clemson History at Event: Third appearance coming up.  The Tigers finished a strong second out of 23 teams in their first ever tournament at the Cougar Classic in September of 2013.  Clemson was 16^th out of 23 last year.

Clemson Head Coach:  J.T. Horton (3^rd year)

Other Notes of Interest:   Clemson will play two true freshmen in its lineup in Lauren Stephenson and Alice Hewson.  Both were ranked among the top 35 junior players in the world this past summer…Marisa Messana, a sophomore, played in the U.S. Amateur this past summer, the first Clemson women’s golfer to play in that amateur major…she was also Clemson’s top golfer at the ACC Tournament last year where she finished 21^st…Jessica Hoang and Sloan Shanahan are two other returning starters in their third year with the program….both were in the Clemson lineup two years ago when the Tigers played their first ever tournament at the Cougar Classic….Shanahan hit the first shot in the history of the program at the Yeamans Hall Club and made a birdie on that first hole.