No. 2 Demon Deacons Open Season at ANNIKA Intercollegiate

Monday, September 11

Lake Elmo, Minn.

All Day

Wake Forest University

Annika Intercollegiate

No. 2 Demon Deacons Open Season at ANNIKA Intercollegiate

9/10/2023 2:26:00 PM | Women's Golf

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LAKE ELMO, Minn. - The preseason No. 2 Demon Deacons will open their fall slate Monday at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M.

The reigning NCAA Champions are one of nine preseason top-15 teams in the 12-team field and are joined by fellow ACC competitors Duke, Florida State and Virginia. For the first round of play, the Deacs will be paired with preseason No. 3 Texas A&M and preseason No. 7 South Carolina.

This will be the fourth appearance for Wake Forest at the prestigious event, as they are the defending team champions and won the team and individual titles in 2019. The Deacs came in third in 2021, but the event was not played in 2020.

The Deacs are led by reigning ACC Player of the Year and ACC Women's golf Scholar Athlete of the Year Rachel Kuehn and WGCA National Coach of the Year Kim Lewellen. In her sixth year at the helm, Lewellen and the Deacs have won two ACC titles (2019, 2022), won the 2023 NCaA Championship and finished runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Lewellen is assisted by seventh-year Lyons Family Associate Head Coach Ryan Potter.

Wake Forest Lineup
Rachel Kuehn
At the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, Kuehn became the first Wake Forest women's golfer in program history and just the sixth ACC women's golfer to be named the ACC Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons. She was also the first Wake Forest women's golfer since 2011 to be named the Scholar Athlete of the Year and was the first player in program history to be both Player and Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Kuehn recorded the lowest single-season scoring average in program history with a 70.53 over 36 rounds played last season and won two individual titles at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup and the Nexus Collegiate. She was a finalist for the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel for the second year in a row and went undefeated in match play at NCAA Championships.

Kuehn finished inside the top 28 in all 12 events of the season with five top-five and three more top-10 finishes. She earned medalist honors at ACC Championships with a third-place finish and an eight-under score of 208 and had the lowest four-year career scoring average in program history with a 71.19.

Brooke Rivers

Most recently, the Turks and Caicos native finished second at the Canadian Women's Amateur and won the AJGA Junior Championship at Boyne Highlands. She also won Canadian Future Links Quebec Championship and finished second at AJGA Callaway Junior Classic. Two more second-place finishes were tallied for Rivers prior to the Callaway Junior Classic when she finished second at AJGA Dominican Junior Open and the Ontario Women's Amateur. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Rivers is a member of Canadian Women's National Team and finished T10 representing Canada at the World Amateur Women's Team Championship.

Carolina Chacarra
Chacarra finished third on the team last season with a 71.70 stroke average over 33 rounds played. She had 10 top-21 finishes in 11 events, with four of those being inside the top 11. She was named to the All-ACC Team and earned Second Team All-America honors for the second year in a row, along with being named a WGCA All-American Scholar for the second time.

Macy Pate
Pate, a Winston-Salem native, was the back-to-back Carolinas Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022 and was a 2022 Rolex All-American. While in high school, she broke the record for the lowest round in North Carolina high school history, shooting a 57. Most recently, she won the North and South Junior and the Scott Robertson Memorial. In 2022 she also participated in the Wyndham Cup.

Mimi Rhodes
Rhodes finished the 2022-23 season fifth on the team with a stroke average of 72.92 over 36 rounds played. She had six top-25 finishes including a seventh-place finish in stroke play at the ACC Championships, her best finish of the year, where she recorded a career-low 67 in the second round of stroke play. The then-junior also went undefeated in match play at the NCAA Championships to help the team earn their first national title in program history.

Participating Teams (WGCA Preseason Poll)

Wake Forest (2)
Texas A&M (3)
Mississippi State (6)
South Carolina (7)
Texas (8)
Florida State (10)
Oregon (11)
Baylor (12)
San Jose State (13)
Virginia (23)
Duke
Minnesota

Course Information

Royal Golf Club - Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Par 72 - 6,395 yards
Rolling hills, mature trees and abundant wildlife provide the scenic backdrop to the challenging, yet approachable 18-hole course. The front nine, or the Queen's Nine, was designed by Annika Sorenstam, her first U.S. project. While the back nine, known as the King's Nine, was Arnold Palmer's last. Together, these golf legends envisioned a multi-generational golfing experience; a place where beginners would feel comfortable in learning, and where experienced players could test their skills.

Tee Times
Round 1 - off first hole