University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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women s golf Susie Berning All-College Invitational . .2nd Dick McGuire Invitational 7th Nancy Lopez Invitational I Ith Temple Junior College Invitational .... 2nd Lady Gator Invitational 8th Bluebonnet Bowl Invitational 4th Lady Spartan Invitational 9th Texas A M Future Pros Invitational .... 5th Betsy Rawls Invitational 8th Lamar Invitational 6th Texas AIAW State Championship 3rd Freshman Kim Shipman Named All-Americai UT Golfers Right on Course; The 1981 Lady Longhorn golfers had quite a record to live up to, having won the Texas Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (TAIAW) title four times since achieving varsity status in 1973. The Longhorns have since com- peted with the strongest teams in their region, some of which are among the very top in the nation. Sophomore Jackie Daiss follows her drive down the fairway after she hit a fine drive from the tee. Along with facing tough competitors there were the expectations of an award winning coach to live up to. Coach Pa Weis came to UT-Austin in 1957 and ha: since coached three state champion teams as well as national award-winninc teams. Yet with the experience of senior Deb- bie Petrizzi. who won the AIAW nationa champion title as a freshman, this year ' s team had high hopes and plenty o potential to meet or beat the previous record. Returning veterans joining Petrizzi were junior Bar! Brandwynne, who tiec for the individual low total at last year ' s Betsy Rawls Invitational; Cindy Figg, e junior in 1977 qualified for the Nationa I 34 Women ' s Golf Cindy rigq. a junior, prepares to putt.

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I place, the Horns fell to ninth. The last round of Cutts Benedict kept the Long- horns from falling any farther. In the Stanford Invitational, Texas golfers fin- ished ninth. Although the fall season was not an overwhelming success, the Longhorn golf team had an excellent spring season. The Horns finished third in the Cardinal Clas- sic led by sophomore Lars Myerson and third in the Border Olympics Invitational led by junior transfer Sreg Aune. Texas then hosted the Morris Williams Invita- tional and found when it was over that they were in fourth place. Texas was not to be denied in the SWC Spring Championships. The Horns led the nine-team event most of the way before finishing just ahead of Houston. The end of May brought the NCAA tournament into view, and the Longhorns were prepared to do their best, but their efforts were not enough to finish in the top ten as the Horns came away with a 16th place finish. Cutts Benedict watches an iron shot toward the green during the Morris Williams Invitational this spring. Mark Brooks sails a drive down the fairway Men ' s Golf 133

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hevrolet PGA; Jackie Daiss, a sopho- more who gained experience in the Lady Spartan Invitational this spring; Lori Rogers, a new senior recruit competing in the Texas A M Future Pros Invita- tional; and senior Susan Watkins from Corsicana. Recruited freshmen included [ ' Kim Shipman, one of ten golfers through- iiout the country named All-American by the American junior Golf Association. After recovering from an illness, Ship- man won medalist honors at the Temple Junior College Invitational in November. Nancy Ledbetter, also a contender at the Texas A M tournament, and Debo- rah Wright, from the University of Ala- bama and Albuquerque, New Mexico respectively. Also in the lineup were sophomores Patrice Ritter and Kathryn Riviere. One of the highlights of the fall season was that Debbie Petrizzi and Kim Ship- man were invited to attend the Bluebon- net Bowl at Columbia Lakes Country Club in December, sponsored by Rice University and Tenneco. This was the third year the prestigious collegiate tour- nament was held and was the first year it had a women ' s division. The girls finished with a fourth place finish. The leading golfers on the team com- peted February 28-March I in the Lady Spartan Tournament, played on the diffi- cult Bayonet Golf Course at Ford Ord, in Monterey, California. The UT lineup included Jackie Daiss, Debbie Wright, Debbie Petrizzi, Kim Shipman and Bar! Brandwynne. The same week, Coach Weis sent five players to the Texas A M Future Pros Invitational, held March 1-3, at the Briarcrest Country Club in Bryan. Heading for Bryan were Nancy Ledbet- ter, Lori Rogers, Kathryn Riviere, Patrice Ritter and Cindy Figg. This is the first time I ' ve ever done this send two teams out at the same time to two differ- ent tournaments, Coach Weis said. The California team placed ninth while the Bryan team came in fifth. The season premier home event came in March with the Betsy Rawls Invita- tional tournament, held at the Great Hills Golf Course. Golfers from 20 uni- versities, including most of the nations top 15 teams, and some of the biggest names in women ' s professional golf were participating. The Longhorns overall average put them in eighth as they travelled to Ath- ens, Georgia in June for the final AIAW National Championships. Cindy Figg grimaces as she misses a short putt after hitting a long drive to give her a shot at a birdie. FIRST ROW: Jacqueline Leigh Dais, Kim Ellen Shipman, Kathryn Allen Riviere, Bar! Leigh Brandwynne, Patrice Meryl Ritter, Nancy Ledbetter. SECOND ROW: Deborah Susan Pettrizzi. Susan Diane Watkins, Cynthia Lou Figg, Deborah Gale Wright. Women ' s Golf 135