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Sunday, February 15
Palm Aire Champions Course (Sarasota, Fla.)
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Women’s Golf Hosts Spartan Sun Coast Invitational Starting on Sunday
2/14/2026 4:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's women's golf team plays its second event of the spring season, hosting the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. starting on Sunday.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,191-yard Palm Aire Champions Course. Teams will play 36 holes on Sunday, Feb. 15 with an 8:15 a.m. shotgun start and the tournament concludes on Monday, Feb. 16 (8:30 a.m. shotgun).
THE LINEUP
1. Taylor Kehoe
2. Paula Balanzategui
3. Grace Vetter
4. Ana Sofia Murcia
5. Memee Pojanalai
IND. Shannon Kennedy
IND. Lucia Valderrama
IND. Amelie Weber
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Taylor Kehoe tied for 15th place to lead MSU to an eighth-place finish among 18 teams at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 1-2) … The Spartans posted scores of 5-under par 283 and 4-under par 284 to finish at 9-under par 567 through two rounds and finished with a 6-over par 294 to place eighth at 3-under par 861 … No. 4 Arkansas fired a 23-under par 841 to top the field with a 23-under par 841 … Kehoe led the Spartans, tying for 15th place at 3-under par 213 (70-71-72), with a pair of under-par rounds during the first day of play … Her score of 213 is the fourth-best 54-hole score of her career … Sophomore Grace Vetter and senior Paula Balanzategui each posted scores of even-par 216 and tied for 34th place … Vetter was at 4-under par 140 (69-71) through two rounds and tied her career-best individual round at 3-under par 69 on Feb. 1 … She posted a 4-over par 76 in the final round …. Balanzategui closed with a 3-over par 75 and finished the tournament with two under-par rounds (70-71-75) … Junior Ana Sofia Murcia had the best individual score of the day with a 1-under par 71 and tied for 49th place at 3-over par 219 (74-74-71) … Senior Shannon Kennedy tied for 78th place at 8-over par 224 (76-71-77).
LAST YEAR AT THE SPARTAN SUN COAST
Katie Lu shot a 7-under par 65 to help Michigan State's women's golf team fire a tournament-best 12-under par 276 and come back from a tie for sixth place entering the final round to win the team title at last year's event … The Spartans finished the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 4-under par 860 (297-287-276), tied for first place with Ohio State (285-291-284), who entered the final round in second place … Michigan State was crowned the team champion by a tiebreaker between each team's 5th score in the final round (Brooke Biermann of MSU shot an even-par 72, while Ohio State's fifth score was a 76) … MSU finished atop the 15-team field along with Ohio state, while Oklahoma finished in third place (3-under par 861), the College of Charleston placed fourth (1-over par 865) and Michigan rounded out the top-five teams (5-over par 869) … The Spartans' team score of 12-under par 276 was a tournament-best and team-best for the year, as well as the tied for the second-lowest 18-hole team score in program history … Biermann was the top finisher for the Spartans, finishing in eighth place at 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) … s Taylor Kehoe and Paula Balanzategui tied for 13th place at even-par 216 … Kehoe closed out with a 1-under par 71 for her 216 (73-72-71), while Balanzategui carded a 2-under par 70 (76-70-70) … Ana Sofia Murcia had her best round of the tournament on Monday with a 2-under par 70 and tied for 55th place at 9-over par 225 (77-78-70).
THE COURSE
The Palm Aire Champions Course was designed by renowned architect Dick Wilson in 1957 and updated by architect Michael Benkusky in 2021. Palm Aire is a members only privately run club which has played host to several PGA and LPGA events over its storied history. The Club features full athletic facilities, including 36 holes of golf; the Champions Course specifically is its signature golf course and a jewel nestled in beautiful Sarasota, Fla.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be held at the par-72, 6,191-yard Palm Aire Champions Course. Teams will play 36 holes on Sunday, Feb. 15 with an 8:15 a.m. shotgun start and the tournament concludes on Monday, Feb. 16 (8:30 a.m. shotgun).
THE LINEUP
1. Taylor Kehoe
2. Paula Balanzategui
3. Grace Vetter
4. Ana Sofia Murcia
5. Memee Pojanalai
IND. Shannon Kennedy
IND. Lucia Valderrama
IND. Amelie Weber
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Taylor Kehoe tied for 15th place to lead MSU to an eighth-place finish among 18 teams at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 1-2) … The Spartans posted scores of 5-under par 283 and 4-under par 284 to finish at 9-under par 567 through two rounds and finished with a 6-over par 294 to place eighth at 3-under par 861 … No. 4 Arkansas fired a 23-under par 841 to top the field with a 23-under par 841 … Kehoe led the Spartans, tying for 15th place at 3-under par 213 (70-71-72), with a pair of under-par rounds during the first day of play … Her score of 213 is the fourth-best 54-hole score of her career … Sophomore Grace Vetter and senior Paula Balanzategui each posted scores of even-par 216 and tied for 34th place … Vetter was at 4-under par 140 (69-71) through two rounds and tied her career-best individual round at 3-under par 69 on Feb. 1 … She posted a 4-over par 76 in the final round …. Balanzategui closed with a 3-over par 75 and finished the tournament with two under-par rounds (70-71-75) … Junior Ana Sofia Murcia had the best individual score of the day with a 1-under par 71 and tied for 49th place at 3-over par 219 (74-74-71) … Senior Shannon Kennedy tied for 78th place at 8-over par 224 (76-71-77).
LAST YEAR AT THE SPARTAN SUN COAST
Katie Lu shot a 7-under par 65 to help Michigan State's women's golf team fire a tournament-best 12-under par 276 and come back from a tie for sixth place entering the final round to win the team title at last year's event … The Spartans finished the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 4-under par 860 (297-287-276), tied for first place with Ohio State (285-291-284), who entered the final round in second place … Michigan State was crowned the team champion by a tiebreaker between each team's 5th score in the final round (Brooke Biermann of MSU shot an even-par 72, while Ohio State's fifth score was a 76) … MSU finished atop the 15-team field along with Ohio state, while Oklahoma finished in third place (3-under par 861), the College of Charleston placed fourth (1-over par 865) and Michigan rounded out the top-five teams (5-over par 869) … The Spartans' team score of 12-under par 276 was a tournament-best and team-best for the year, as well as the tied for the second-lowest 18-hole team score in program history … Biermann was the top finisher for the Spartans, finishing in eighth place at 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) … s Taylor Kehoe and Paula Balanzategui tied for 13th place at even-par 216 … Kehoe closed out with a 1-under par 71 for her 216 (73-72-71), while Balanzategui carded a 2-under par 70 (76-70-70) … Ana Sofia Murcia had her best round of the tournament on Monday with a 2-under par 70 and tied for 55th place at 9-over par 225 (77-78-70).
THE COURSE
The Palm Aire Champions Course was designed by renowned architect Dick Wilson in 1957 and updated by architect Michael Benkusky in 2021. Palm Aire is a members only privately run club which has played host to several PGA and LPGA events over its storied history. The Club features full athletic facilities, including 36 holes of golf; the Champions Course specifically is its signature golf course and a jewel nestled in beautiful Sarasota, Fla.
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