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Wake Forest To Begin 2025-26 Season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate
9/7/2025 6:05:00 PM | Women's Golf
In 2024, the Deacs recorded their lowest round of the season at 12-under-par during the first round of the ANNIKA.
LAKE ELMO, Minn. -- The Wake Forest women's golf team is set to begin its 2025-26 season at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn. from Sept. 8-10.
The Demon Deacons have already received multiple preseason accolades, earning top-15 rankings across the board – No. 11 in the WGCA Coaches Poll, No. 12 by Golf Channel, and No. 13 by Golfweek magazine. Individually, junior Macy Pate was named to Golf Channel's Preseason All-American Third Team, while freshman Chloe Kovelesky earned a spot on the honorable mention list.
This marks Wake Forest's sixth appearance at the event, with championships in 2019 and 2022. The previous year, the Deacons shot 12-under-par to open the season and finished three under and third overall.
Senior Anne-Sterre den Dunnen and Pate are the two returning Demon Deacons with prior experience at the competition. Both Deacs carded a 69 in the opening round of competition to aid in the team's stellar first-round score.
Live scoring will be available via Scoreboard, and live streaming of the event can be found here.
Wake Forest Lineup
Participating Teams (Golfweek Preseason Poll)
Oregon (2)
Texas (3)
USC (4)
ASU (5)
Duke (6)
Northwestern (9)
Wake Forest (13)
South Carolina (14)
Cal
Minnesota
Pepperdine
San Jose State
Monday Tee Times off of Hole 1 (Live scoring via Scoreboard)
Course Overview
The Demon Deacons have already received multiple preseason accolades, earning top-15 rankings across the board – No. 11 in the WGCA Coaches Poll, No. 12 by Golf Channel, and No. 13 by Golfweek magazine. Individually, junior Macy Pate was named to Golf Channel's Preseason All-American Third Team, while freshman Chloe Kovelesky earned a spot on the honorable mention list.
This marks Wake Forest's sixth appearance at the event, with championships in 2019 and 2022. The previous year, the Deacons shot 12-under-par to open the season and finished three under and third overall.
Senior Anne-Sterre den Dunnen and Pate are the two returning Demon Deacons with prior experience at the competition. Both Deacs carded a 69 in the opening round of competition to aid in the team's stellar first-round score.
Live scoring will be available via Scoreboard, and live streaming of the event can be found here.
Wake Forest Lineup
- Macy Pate
- During the 2024-25 season, Pate recorded three top-10s and tied her career-best at the Charles Schwab Fall Collegiate with a T2 finish. The 2024 ANWA Invitee carded 18 rounds at or under par with a low round of 69 three times during the fall and spring seasons. Additionally, Pate received her second All-ACC honor and a spot on the All-ACC Academic team. This past July, the Winston-Salem native recorded a runner-up finish at the Canadian Women's Amateur, highlighted by a four-under-par opening round. Pate secured a top-20 finish in last year's competition at one over.
- Chloe Kovelesky
- In her rookie campaign, Kovelesky recorded the team's second-lowest scoring average behind Chacarra, with an individual win at the Lady Bulldogs Invitational and a third-place finish at the NCAA Lubbock Regional. The Boca Raton, Fla. native saw back-to-back conference nods after being named to the 2025 All-ACC team, as well as a spot on the WGCA All-American Honorable Mention team. Kovelesky holds the lowest scoring average of the returners from 2024 and placed top 20 or better in every tournament she competed in. The 2025 WGCA All-American honorable mention recipient recorded the lowest scoring average of the returning Deacs. In July, Kovelesky tallied a top-five finish at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.
- Anne-Sterre den Dunnen
- Returning for her final year with the Demon Deacons is Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, who completed her junior year ranked No. 66 on Scoreboard and carded her lowest scoring average of her collegiate career. During the summer months, Den Dunnen placed fourth at the European Ladies Amateur and second at the Dutch National Stroke Play. In 2024, she wrapped the event T29 and four over.
- Casey Weidenfeld
- Weidenfeld will make her debut with the Deacs this upcoming tournament, after spending her undergraduate years at Auburn. During the 2022-23 season, the redshirt-freshman posted a 73.33 scoring average and recorded her best finish (T10) at the Moon Golf Invitational. That same year, she earned SEC Freshman of the Week and SEC All-Freshman Team. In her second season with the Tigers, she recorded a 72.35 scoring average and carded runner-up individual finishes at both the Mason Rudolph Championship (206, -10) and Tar Heel Invitational (206, -10, as well as four top-10 individual finishes. This past April, Weidenfeld made her second championship start at the Augusta Women's National Amateur. During the 2024 ANWA, she shot two-under-par (214) in her debut to finish T5 overall.
- Morgan Ketchum
- Ketchum is a graduate student from Winston-Salem, N.C., transferring in from Virginia Tech. She highlighted her junior year with a runner-up finish at six-under at the UNCG/AGPC Invitational and marked her postseason with back-to-back top 20 finishes. As a sophomore, she recorded the team-best 73.1 scoring average in 10 events along with two top-20 showings, headlined by her title at the Schooner Fall Classic, where she broke the Virginia Tech 54-hole record at 9-under 201. As a freshman, she led Tech with a 72.45 scoring average – the second-best, single-season scoring average in program history at the time, and best among first-year players.
Participating Teams (Golfweek Preseason Poll)
Oregon (2)
Texas (3)
USC (4)
ASU (5)
Duke (6)
Northwestern (9)
Wake Forest (13)
South Carolina (14)
Cal
Minnesota
Pepperdine
San Jose State
Monday Tee Times off of Hole 1 (Live scoring via Scoreboard)
- Morgan Ketchum (9:30 a.m.)
- Casey Weidenfeld (9:40 a.m.)
- Anne-Sterre den Dunnen (9:50 a.m.)
- Chloe Kovelesky (10 a.m.)
- Macy Pate (10:10 a.m.)
Course Overview
- Royal Golf Club - Lake Elmo, Minn.
- Par 72 - 6,395 yd
- 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.
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