Michigan State University Athletics
Friday, October 23
Country Club of Landfall (Wilmington, N.C.)
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10/22/2026 11:49:00 AM | Women's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's women's golf team closes out the first half of the 2026-27 season this weekend, playing in The Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall's Pete Dye Course in Wilmington, N.C.
The Landfall Tradition will be played on the par-72, 6,223-yard rolling layout along the scenic Intracoastal Waterway near Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.The field of 18 teams includes 14 teams ranked among the top-50 in the country in the latest NCAA rankings.
The three-day event tees off on Friday, Oct. 23 at 8:30 a.m. with 18 holes. The tournament continues on Saturday, Oct. 24 and concludes on Sunday, Oct. 25 with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
The Spartans tee off on the 10th hole on Friday morning at 8:48 a.m., playing alongside Kentucky and NC State.
Dates: Friday, Oct. 23 - Sunday, Oct. 25
Course: Country Club of Landfall
Live Scoring: Clippd
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,223 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule: Friday – Round 1; Saturday – Round 2; Sunday – Round 3 (8:30 shotgun first two rounds, 8:45 a.m. in final round)
LINEUP
1. Keeley Marx
2. Ana Sofia Murcia
3. Lucia Valderrama
4. Grace Vetter
5. Almendra Campoverde
THE LANDFALL TRADITION FIELD
In addition to Michigan State (50), the field includes host UNC-Wilmington, Alabama (19), Auburn (2), Central Florida (51), Clemson (56), Duke (6), East Carolina, Florida State (17), Indiana (45), Kent State (39), Kentucky (25), NC State (34), North Carolina (48), SMU (37), South Carolina (7), South Florida (43) and Wake Forest (1).
LAST TIME OUT
The Landfall Tradition will be played on the par-72, 6,223-yard rolling layout along the scenic Intracoastal Waterway near Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.The field of 18 teams includes 14 teams ranked among the top-50 in the country in the latest NCAA rankings.
The three-day event tees off on Friday, Oct. 23 at 8:30 a.m. with 18 holes. The tournament continues on Saturday, Oct. 24 and concludes on Sunday, Oct. 25 with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
The Spartans tee off on the 10th hole on Friday morning at 8:48 a.m., playing alongside Kentucky and NC State.
Dates: Friday, Oct. 23 - Sunday, Oct. 25
Course: Country Club of Landfall
Live Scoring: Clippd
Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,223 yards
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes, play five, count four
Schedule: Friday – Round 1; Saturday – Round 2; Sunday – Round 3 (8:30 shotgun first two rounds, 8:45 a.m. in final round)
LINEUP
1. Keeley Marx
2. Ana Sofia Murcia
3. Lucia Valderrama
4. Grace Vetter
5. Almendra Campoverde
THE LANDFALL TRADITION FIELD
In addition to Michigan State (50), the field includes host UNC-Wilmington, Alabama (19), Auburn (2), Central Florida (51), Clemson (56), Duke (6), East Carolina, Florida State (17), Indiana (45), Kent State (39), Kentucky (25), NC State (34), North Carolina (48), SMU (37), South Carolina (7), South Florida (43) and Wake Forest (1).
LAST TIME OUT
- Michigan State posted its best round of the tournament in Sunday's final day and finished in eighth place among 14 teams at the Tar Heel Invitational on Oct. 18.
- The Spartans entered the final round of play in 11th place but posted a 2-over par 286 and moved up three places to place eight at 28-over par 880 (294-300-286).
- Senior Keeley Marx was the top finisher for the Spartans, firing a 2-under par 69 in the final round and tying for seventh place at 1-under par 212 (70-73-69).
- Senior Ana Sofia Murcia had her best round of the weekend on Sunday, an even-par 71, and tied for 23rd place at 6-over par 219.
- Sophomore Lucia Valderrama tied for 39th place at 11-over par 224 (76-75-73) and junior Grace Vetter tied for 51st at 13-over par 226 (75-78-73).
- The Spartans are looking to close out the Fall season with a strong finish in their fourth event.
- Michigan State is ranked No. 50 in the country in the NCAA rankings
- MSU opened the season with a seventh-place finish at the Folds of Honor Collegiate and followed that up with a third-place showing at the Mary Fossum Invitational and an eighth-place finish at the Tar Heel Invitational.
- The Spartans shot a 2-under par 862 and placed second at the Mary Fossum Invitational and then tied for second place at the Tar Heel Invitational.
- Senior Keeley Marx has been the team's finisher in the first three events and leads the team with a 72.25 scoring average through eight rounds.
- Senior Ana Sofia Murcia is third on the team with a 74.88 scoring average and sophomore Lucia Valderrama is fourth with a 75.25 mark.
- Junior Grace Vetter has been a part of the team's scoring lineup in the last two events and carries a 76.20 average while freshman Almendra Campoverde will make her debut in the team's top-five.
- This year will mark the Spartans' 17th appearance at the Landfall Tradition, and the 16th in the last 17 years, missing the 2025 event while playing in the St. Andrews Links Collegiate in Scotland.
- Overall, it's MSU's 18th time playing in the tournament, the second-most appearances overall.
- Michigan State finished in seventh place among 17 teams in 2024, with then-senior Brooke Biermann tying for fifth place at 2-under par 214 (75-69-70).
- The only current MSU golfer to play in the event is senior Ana Sofia Murcia, who tied for tied for 33rd place at 5-over par 221 (74-73-74) while playing as an individual.
- The Spartans had one of their best finishes in the tournament in 2017, taking third in the rain-shortened, two-round event.
- MSU holds the tournament record for the lowest team round with a 13-under-par 275 in 2015, while Sarah Burnham's 6-under-par 66 is tied for the lowest individual round and the lowest round by any player on Sunday in the event.
- A pair of Spartans in Sara Brown (2006) and Burnham (2015) have both claimed medalist honors at the Landfall.
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