Irish Women’s Golf to play host to 2012 Clover Cup Tournament in Mesa

The Notre Dame women’s golf program, in conjunction with Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, will play host to the 2012 Notre Dame Clover Cup golf tournament from March 16-18, 2012. The 54-hole tournament will feature three rounds from Friday, March 16 to Sunday, March 18.

The 12-team tournament features seven teams that were ranked in the top 50 for the 2010-11 season in both the Golfweek/Sagarin final rankings. 2012 Clover Cup’s field will include Notre Dame (No. 25), Arizona (No. 9), Iowa State (No. 21), Oklahoma (No. 27), Colorado (No. 36), Minnesota (No. 39), Tulsa (No. 46) and Texas Tech (No. 47). These eight schools will be joined by Cincinnati, Furman, Southern Methodist, Michigan and Florida International.  

Located in North Mesa, Longbow Golf Club is just minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and Old Town Scottsdale. This is the inaugural season for the Notre Dame Clover Cup tournament and should prove to be a challenging event for the teams participating.

The host course - Longbow Golf Club - has hosted many prestigious local, regional and national tournaments and is the home of the AJGA Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic and has hosted the 2010 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship, the 2010 and 2011 WAC Women’s Golf Championship, the Golfweek Junior Series National Qualifying, U.S. Amateur qualifying, Gateway Tour events and many others.

The Ken Kavanaugh-designed course is constantly rated highly by leading golf writers and publications and has received numerous honors including being ranked among the Top 100 Resort Courses in the Country by Golfweek in 2009 and the Top 20 Best Public Access Courses in Arizona by Golfweek in 2010.  Golf Magazine called the Longbow Golf Club one of the Top 25 Courses in Arizona and Golf Digest gave it Four Stars for Places to Play in 2009 and 2010.