MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin women's golf team sits in seventh at +8 after round one of the Badger Invitational Sunday, hosted by UW at the University-Ridge Golf Course.
Junior
Kate Brody and senior
Tammy Wu led the way for Bucky on Sunday, each shooting +1 and landing tied for 14th. Brody, the 2025 Big Ten runner-up, got off to a hot start, birdying her first two holes before closing out a -1 front-nine. Wu was the definition of consistency, posting an even front-nine and +1 back-nine to head into the clubhouse with a 73.
Sophomore
Lauren Sammon was a stroke behind the leading pair, going +2 on the card and finishing 25th overall. Junior
Izzi Stricker and senior
Alexia Siehl tied for UW's final scoring spot, notching +4 rounds to come in 43rd.
Three true freshman are competing individually for Wisconsin, including
Grace Slocum,
Elyssa Abdullah and
Hadley Ashton. Slocum heads into the final two rounds on pace with Stricker and Siehl at +4 and in 43rd. Abdullah shot a 77 (+5) in her collegiate debut, while Ashton posted a 78 (+6). The pair finished 54th, and 61st, respectively, in the field of 81 golfers.
The Badgers begin round two on Monday, teeing off at 9 a.m. Specific groups are still TBD. The final round heads out on Tuesday, at 9 a.m., as well.
From the Course -- Head Coach Todd Oehrlein
"Our round today was solid, overall. We didn't get as much out of the round for how well we played most of the day, but the score is what it is. There's plenty to build off of though, and a lot of golf still to play. We had ourselves in position and just need to clean up some things. We'll turn our focus to tomorrow, and we look forward to getting more out of our rounds. The course itself played awesome and had been in spectacular shape all week. University Ridge is always such a great place to host, and we're excited to have people here to support us the next two days."
