Mizzou women’s golf is back on the tee Monday, launching the 2026-27 season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate after a 2025-26 run that pushed the program to new ground.
The Tigers begin the three-day event at 9:25 a.m. CT from the 10th tee.
They’ll play again Tuesday before closing things out Wednesday. Rounds two and three will be streamed live on Babygrande Golf beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The tournament is being held at Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, a par-72 layout that stretches 6,408 yards.
Mizzou won’t be easing into the year against a soft field. The lineup includes seven teams that were in last season’s DI National Championships at Omni La Costa, along with runners-up USC. Virginia, UCLA, Minnesota, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Oregon, North Carolina, Houston, Auburn and Kansas State are also in the field.
The Tigers bring back three of their top five scorers from a season that ended with a program-best 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championship. That team made just its second NCAA Championship appearance and its first since 2005, another marker in the rise of the program under head coach Caroline Westrup Gaeta.
Addie Dobson heads the returning group with a 72.61 stroke average, followed by Melanie Walker at 72.89 and Fleur van Beek at 73.26. Addie Surber, who posted a 73.79 average, and Alexandra Berglund, who finished at 74.44, also return for the new season.
Mizzou’s lineup also includes three newcomers. Sophomore Grace Crawford joins after competing in 10 tournaments during her true-freshman season at Alabama. Freshman Page Bowman arrives as a three-time Missouri individual state champion from Glendale High School, while Nina Anderson comes in as a member of the Danish national team who played in the 2023 and 2024 European Team Championships.
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