ELON – The Elon women's golf team will make the short trek to Asheboro to compete in the Tot Hill Farm Invitational on Sunday and Monday. The two-day, 54-hole tournament was moved up a day due to inclement weather in the Asheboro area and will see the 13-team field play 18 holes Sunday and 36 holes Monday at Tot Hill Farm Golf Club. Sunday's first round will begin with a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. ET.
 
The Phoenix will play the first 18 holes alongside familiar foes in Radford, Gardner-Webb and Wofford.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: Sept. 28-29, 2025
• Format: 54 holes (18-36, Sunday-Monday); 5-count-4
• Location: Asheboro, North Carolina | Tot Hill Farm Golf Club
• Course Info: Par 72 | 6,023 Yards
• Live Scoring: Clippd 

OFF THE TEE
1. Ashley Lafontaine
2. Annie Wu
3. Kelly Zhao
4. Emma Hansen
5. Lilli Downer
 
THE FIELD (13)
Coastal Carolina, Charleston, East Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Elon, Gardner-Webb, North Carolian A&T, Old Dominion, Presbyterian, Queens, Radford, Western Carolina, Wofford
 
ONE AFTER ANOTHER
The Tot Hill Farm Invitational is Elon's third tournament in as many weeks to start the 2025-26 season. The Phoenix has already posted two top-five finishes, including a win at its own Elon Invitational on Sept. 15-16, followed by a fourth-place effort at Boston College's Red Bandanna Invitational in Canton, Massachusetts, last week.
 
MUSCLE MEMORY
Four of the five Phoenix in Elon's lineup played in the 2024 edition of the Tot Hill Farm Invitational, helping Elon to a fourth-place effort. Ashley Lafontaine took eighth place individually with a 4-over 220 last year and will look to repeat her strong performance.
 
HOME TURF DEFENDED
The Phoenix started the 2025-26 season with a bang by winning a share of the title at their home tournament, the Elon Invitational. Three Phoenix finished among the top 10 individually and Elon carded a 2-over-par 286 in the final round to finish tied atop the leaderboard with James Madison at 4-over (856) after 54 holes of play. It was Elon's first win at its home tournament since 2022.
 
STRAIGHT TO WORK
Freshman Lilli Downer has been an instant impact for the Phoenix, making the lineup for all three tournaments. She tied for ninth individually with a 2-over 215 (71-73-71) to help Elon win its home tournament on Sept. 15-16 and carded her first under-par round (71, second round) at the Red Bandanna Invitational. Downer is the No. 5 golfer in Elon's lineup this week in Asheboro.
 
AROUND THE WORLD
Seven of the eight golfers on Elon's roster are originally from outside of the United States, with sophomore Garland Gould (Raleigh) being the lone American on the squad. The seven international golfers on the roster include four Canadians – Downer (Toronto, Ontario), Emma Hansen (Burlington, Ontario), Lafontaine (Ottawa, Ontario) and Kelly Zhao (Richmond Hill, Ontario) – one German (Rieke; Düsseldorf, Germany), one New Zealander (Sakura Kawakami; Rotorua, New Zealand) and one Taiwanese (Wu; Taichung, Taiwan).
 
GUIDING HANDS
Chris Dockrill – a 2014 Elon Sports Hall of Fame inductee and All-American for the Phoenix men's golf program – enters his 25th season at the helm of the Elon women's golf program and will be joined by first-year assistant coach LoraLie Cowart, who joined the Phoenix this past offseason following a decorated collegiate career at both Georgia and Georgia Southern.
 
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