{"id":909215,"date":"2026-09-25T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/909215\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:40:12","slug":"camels-head-to-tot-hill-farm-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/909215\/","title":{"rendered":"Camels head to Tot Hill Farm Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     BUIES CREEK, N.C. \u2013 After finishing as runner-up in the first two events of the season, Campbell continues its fall schedule next week with the Tot Hill Farm Invitational, hosted by the College of Charleston at Tot Hill Farm Golf Club in Asheboro.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe 54-hole event begins with the first two rounds on Monday, then concludes with Tuesday&#8217;s final round.\u00a0 Live scoring will be available at <a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/245135\/scoring\/team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scoreboard.clippd.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCampbell opened the season with runner-up finishes at the Golfweek Fall Challenge and the Brittany Kelly Classic.\u00a0 Through two events, the team&#8217;s head-to-head record stands at 33-2.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAt Tot Hill Farm, the Camels will play a Mike Strantz design for the second time this season.\u00a0 Earlier this year, Strantz&#8217;s par-72 layout was ranked the No. 7 best course you can play in North Carolina by Golfweek.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEleven of the 12 teams in the field are located in the Carolinas and Virginia, including the top four finishers from last season&#8217;s Coastal Athletic Association Championship \u2013 Charleston, UNCW, Campbell and Elon.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCampbell freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/miah-rivas\/11844\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11844\" target=\"_blank\">Miah Rivas<\/a> won the individual title at the Golfweek Fall Challenge then tied for fifth at the Brittany Kelly Classic hosted by Ball State.\u00a0 Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/fanni-gronlund\/11838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11838\" target=\"_blank\">Fanni Gronlund<\/a>, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jade-potter\/11840\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11840\" target=\"_blank\">Jade Potter<\/a>, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/linn-svedlund\/11841\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11841\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Svedlund<\/a> and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/yukino-kudo\/11843\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11843\" target=\"_blank\">Yukino Kudo<\/a> all finished T20 at Ball State.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHead coach Val Patino&#8217;s lineup will be the same as competed at the Brittany Kelly Classic \u2013 Rivas, Gronlund, Potter, Kudo and Svedlund.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTot Hill Farm Invitational<br \/>\nTot Hill Farm GC | Asheboro, N.C.<br \/>\nPar 72, 6023 Yards | Sept. 28-29, 2026<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLive Scoring: <a href=\"https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/245135\/scoring\/team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scoreboard.clippd.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFormat: 54 holes (36-18) with 7:42 a.m. double tee times Monday and Tuesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Field (12 teams): Campbell, Charleston, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Elon, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington, Old Dominion, Radford, South Carolina (individuals), Tennessee Tech, Western Carolina, Wofford.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Course \u2013 Tot Hill Farm GC (Par 72, 6023 yards): Ranked as the No. 7 Best Course You Can Play in North Carolina by Golfweek 2026, Tot Hill Farm Golf Club is a bucket list golf destination experience as architect Mike Strantz intended. Mike&#8217;s intent on providing visually stunning and challenging designs came from his hero of golf course architecture, Dr. Alistair MacKenzie. From MacKenzie&#8217;s book The Spirit of St. Andrews, he noted, &#8216;It frequently happens the best holes give rise to the most bitter controversy. It is largely a question of the spirit in which the problem is approached, depending on the player. Whether he looks at it from the &#8216;card and pencil&#8217; point of view and condemns anything that disturbs his steady series of 3&#8217;s or 4&#8217;s, or whether he approaches it in the &#8216;spirit of adventure.&#8217;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Coach: Val Patino is in her third season on the Fighting Camel staff and first a head coach after being promoted from associate head coach this summer.\u00a0 In two seasons assisting Hall of Fame coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/coaches\/john-crooks\/1409\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1409\" target=\"_blank\">John Crooks<\/a>, Patino helped lead the Camels to one postseason bid (2025) and a pair of third-place finishes in the Coastal Athletic Conference Championship.\u00a0 She has mentored 2025 CAA golfer of the year Alicia Olsson and the 2025 CAA rookie of the year <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/fanni-gronlund\/11838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11838\" target=\"_blank\">Fanni Gronlund<\/a>.\u00a0 A former five-time Big Sky all-conference performer at Idaho, Patino was named assistant coach at Campbell in August 2024 and elevated to Associate Head Coach one year later.\u00a0 She<br \/>\nspent two years as graduate assistant coach at Ball State.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Lineup:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFreshman <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/miah-rivas\/11844\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11844\" target=\"_blank\">Miah Rivas<\/a> (Guadalajara, Mexico) leads the team with a 71.3 stroke average and has played par, or better, golf four times in her first six collegiate rounds.\u00a0 She became the first Campbell women&#8217;s golfer in program history (since 1989-90) to win her collegiate debut, Sept. 6-8, at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.\u00a0 At Caledonia, Rivas shot (68-73-69\u2014210) to finish at 3-under par for a one stroke win in the 120-golfer field.\u00a0 She was named CAA golfer of the week Sept. 9.\u00a0 Rivas was the 10th Campbell freshman to win a tournament and the first since <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/isabella-hahne\/11084\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11084\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Hahne<\/a> won the Sea Best Intercollegiate in the spring of 2023.\u00a0 She followed with a T5 (70-72-76\u2014218, +2) showing at the Brittany Kelly Classic.\u00a0 Rivas has been ranked among the top five players in Mexico and is coming off a summer when she won three tournaments \u2013 the National Cup Jos\u00e9 de Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez, Mexican Olympics CONADE and the Gaby L\u00f3pez Open.<br \/>\nCollegiate career low round: 68 (2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\nCareer-best finish: 1 (2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJunior <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/fanni-gronlund\/11838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11838\" target=\"_blank\">Fanni Gronlund<\/a> (Kirkkonummi, Finland) owns the 12th-lowest scoring average (min. 50 rounds) in school history (74.93).\u00a0 She has posted five top-10 finishes in 22 outings.\u00a0 Gronlund opened the season with a career-best T5 effort (67-75-72\u2014214, +1) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge, where she fired a collegiate-low 67 in the opening round at Caledonia.\u00a0 She was T20 (77-76-72\u2014225) at the Brittany Kelly Classic and owns the second-lowest scoring average (73.2) on the team with two rounds of par, or better golf.\u00a0 Gronlund, who led the team with a 74.3 scoring average in &#8217;25-26, placed among the top-10 golfers in both the &#8217;25 (T10) and &#8217;26 (7th) CAA Championship.\u00a0 Over the summer, Gronlund won the Finnish Strokeplay Championship and led Finland to a fourth-place finish in Women&#8217;s European Team Championship.\u00a0 She was named CAA Rookie of the Year in 2025 and is a two-time WGCA All-America Scholar.<br \/>\nCollegiate career low round: 67 (2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\nCareer-best finish: T5 (2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/jade-potter\/11840\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11840\" target=\"_blank\">Jade Potter<\/a> (Edinburgh, Scotland) posted her second career top-5 finish at the Golfweek Fall Challenge (72-70-72\u2014214, +1), where she matched her collegiate low score in the second round.\u00a0 She followed with a T20 effort (75-77-73\u2014225) at the Brittany Kelly Classic and has compiled a 73.2 scoring average through two events.\u00a0 Potter was a member of the 2026 CAA All-Championship team after turning in a career-best T4 finish at the league tournament.\u00a0 She compiled a career-best 76.7 scoring average in &#8217;25-26. Over the summer, she represented Scotland at the European Ladies Team Championship and Home Internationals.<br \/>\nCollegiate career low round: 70 (2X, last 2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\nCareer-best finish: T4 (2026 CAA Championship)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFreshman <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/yukino-kudo\/11843\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11843\" target=\"_blank\">Yukino Kudo<\/a> (Tokyo, Japan) has compiled a 74.3 stroke average through two events.\u00a0 She made her first collegiate start at the Golfweek Fall Challenge, where she finished T43 (71-76-74\u2014221, +8).\u00a0 She then notched her first collegiate top-20 finish (T20) at the Brittany Kelly Classic (77-73-75\u2014225).\u00a0 A graduate of Montverde Academy in Florida, Kudo won the opening event in the 2025 IJGA \u00d7 NXXT College Pathway Series and competed in the Florida State Girls Junior Championship.\u00a0 She also won the 2025 Lake Nono Junior Open.<br \/>\nCollegiate career low round: 71 (2026 Golfweek Fall Challenge)<br \/>\nCareer-best finish: T20 (2026 Brittany Kelly Classic)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/gocamels.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/linn-svedlund\/11841\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11841\" target=\"_blank\">Linn Svedlund<\/a> (Uppsala, Sweden) posted her collegiate best finish (T20) at the Brittany Kelly Classic (79-74-72\u2014225).\u00a0 Last season, she posted a 78.2 scoring average over 20 rounds and turned in a collegiate-low, even-par 71 at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate.\u00a0 She logged a season-best T27 finish at the Edisto Island Invitational.\u00a0 Svedlund compiled one victory and nine top 10 finishes in 14 World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events. She was ranked sixth among Swedish U18 girls.<br \/>\nCollegiate career low round: 71 (2025 Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate)<br \/>\nCareer-best finish: T20 (2026 Brittany Kelly Classic)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNext: Following the Tot Hill Farm Invitational, the Camels return to action Oct. 5-6 with the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate, hosted by Tennessee at Cherokee CC in Knoxville, Tenn.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; BUIES CREEK, N.C. \u2013 After finishing as runner-up in the first two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-909215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}