Golf Heads to Colorado for Red Sky Classic

2025 GOLFWEEK RED SKY CLASSIC
Date	Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 22-24, 2025
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf)
Venue	Red Sky Ranch & GC \| Wolcott, Colo. \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 6,100
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WOLCOTT, Colo. (EMUEagles.com) — Winners of its first two tournaments of the season, the Eastern Michigan University women's golf team will look to make it three consecutive when the Eagles face a tough field at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, Sept. 22-24, at Red Sky Ranch in Wolcott, Colo. The Eagles will face 19 teams in the three-round, three-day event that will see players tee off at 10 a.m. from No. 1 and No. 10 the first two days before a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. gets the final round's action under way.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that could compete in the 2025 Golfweek Red Sky Classic:
1. Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 72.8 avg. | #1 NAIA in 2024-25... T4th at Leadership & Golf Invitational
2. Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 74.5 avg. | 2025 NCAA Region competitor (1st in program history)
3. Matilde Zocchi (Fr.) • 76.0 avg. | T20th at The Southern in her collegiate debut
4. Julianna Go (Jr.) | Making her season debut this week in Colorado
5. Angelica Holman (Sr.) | Making her season debut... 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational medalist

ON THE COURSE • LPGA Q SCHOOL
The Leovao sisters are stepping away from the team this week to compete in the LPGA Q School Pre-Qualifying event in Daytona Beach, Fla.
1. Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 72.0 avg. | Has won back-to-back events for the Eagles (Southern/Leadership & Golf)
2. Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 72.3 avg. | Third at The Southern to help team to first win since 2022

CHIP INS
» Eastern captured the title at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16), the 30th crown in program history, and, coupled with the title won at The Southern (Sept. 8-9), secured back-to-back crowns for the fifth time in program history. It also marked only the second time EMU has won consecutive 54-hole tournaments.
» Josh Brewer has now won 18 titles as a head coach after securing 16 with Georgia and the past two with EMU.
» The team broke the school record with a score of 859, surpassing the previous low of 871 set last year at the Gators Invitational (March 7-8, 2025). It also reset the low score for tournaments played at par-72 events after the team shot 875 one week earlier at The Southern.
» Janae Leovao won the individual title for the second week in a row to become the first Eagle to win back-to-back titles in program history. She is the first EMU player since Stephany Fleet (2007-08)
» Janae Leovao was named the MAC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 19). She earned the honor in a vote of the conference's golf coaches.
» The first Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll was released Sept. 5 with the Eagles receiving three votes. EMU is one six teams in the field that were placed on the rankings, including No. 4 USC, No. 7 LSU, No. 23 Arizona, and both Pepperdine and Kansas, who, like EMU, received votes just outside the top 25.
» In the coming weeks, a trio of Eagles will play in outside tournaments with both Janae Leovao and Jasmine Leovao set to compete in the 2025 LPGA Q School Pre-Qualifying event, Sept. 24-26, at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., before Savannah de Bock represents Belgium at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championship in Singapore (Oct. 1-4).
» The 2025-26 roster features 11 players, including five returners in Savannah de Bock, Julianna Go, Angelica Holman, Erina Tan, and Mariana Vega are all back for the Eagles this season. The program also added six newcomers, including three transfers and three freshmen.
» Eastern was No. 122 in the final Scoreboard/Clippd rankings of 2024-25 with Savannah de Bock leading the way at No. 175 individually. This year's team has added three transfers that should help that ranking rise as Jasmine Leovao (No. 97) and Janae Leovao (No. 148) both were among the top 150 at Long Beach State while Baiyok Sukterm was the No. 1 player in the NAIA.
» The Eagles were busy over the summer playing in numerous events. One the biggest events was the 2025 European Ladies' Team Championship where Caterina Don and Italy placed seventh and Savannah de Bock and Belgium finished ninth by winning the Flight B competition.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The Golfweek Red Sky Classic will be played over three days at Red Sky Ranch & Golf Club in Wolcott, Colo. Players will tee off from holes No. 1 and No. 10 starting at 10 a.m. MT (Noon ET) on both Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 before teeing off at 9:30 a.m., Sept. 24, in a shotgun format.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
Twenty teams are slated to compete in the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, including: Arizona, Boise State, Campbell, Charlotte, Denver, Eastern Michigan, East Tennessee State, Jacksonville State, Kansas, Little Rock, LSU, Mercer, Miami (Fla.), New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, UC Irvine, UNC Ashville, and USC. According to the final 2024-25 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, five of those teams (USC, LSU, Arizona, Kansas, and Pepperdine) were ranked among the top 50 last season

IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS
Six teams in the field appear on the Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll (Sept. 5), including three in the top 25 and three receiving votes. The ranked teams include No. 4 USC, No. 7 LSU, and No. 23 Arizona, with the trio of teams receiving votes includes Pepperdine (8 votes), Kansas (7), and EMU (3). Last year, USC, LSU, and Kansas all advanced to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, Calif., while Denver, Miami, Pepperdine, and Sacramento State each competed at one of the NCAA Regional sites.

LAST TIME: 2024 GOLFWEEK RED SKY CLASSIC
Eastern Michigan competed in the 2024 edition of the Golfweek Red Sky Classic and shot 29-over 893 to finish 12th in the 16-team field. Savannah de Bock led team by winning the tournament at 12-under 204 (70-65-69), defeating the runner-up by three strokes. Her 204 strokes stand as the school record, as does her second-round 65.

(LPGA Q) SCHOOL IS IN
LPGA Q School opens this week at three sites around the U.S. with both Janea Leovoa and Jasmine Leovao heading to LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 24-26, to play in LPGA Q School Pre-Qualifying. While the total number of advancing qualifiers has not been determined yet, those that make the cut at the three pre-qualifying sites will play in the LPGA Q School Qualifying event, Oct. 15-18, at the Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla. From there, qualifiers will move to Final Qualifying, Dec. 4-8, at Magnolia Groves GC in Mobile, Ala., with the top 25 finishers earning their LPGA Tour cards for 2026 while all players that complete the Qualifying and/or Final Qualifying events will earn Epson Tour eligibility in 2026.

REVIEW: EAGLES SWEEP IN WASHINGTON
At the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16), the Eagles made it two consecutive tournaments in which the team and individual wins were claimed by Eastern Michigan as the team shot 5-under 859 to defeat Oregon State by four strokes for the team win while Janae Leovoa won for the second week in a row, tihs time using a 7-under 209 to claim medalist honors. Baiyok Sukterm tied for fourth at 2-under 214 while Savannah de Bock tied for seventh at even-par to give EMU three players in the top 10 of the individual standings.

TAKING IT BACK(-2-BACK)
The win in Washington was the 30th all-time for the Eagles and, coupled with the win at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) gave the Eagles back-to-back titles for the fifth time in program history and the first time since the 2021-22 season when they won the Golden Grizzly Invitational in Rochester, Mich. (Sept. 26-27, 2021) and the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Oct. 4-5, 2021). Additionally, Eastern won back-to-back 54-hole tournaments for just the second time with the only other instance coming during the 2019-20 season. That year, the Eagles won titles at the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2019) and the MAC Fall Preview in Silver Lakes, Ohio (Oct. 7-8, 2019).

RECORD BREAKERS
As a team, the 859 strokes recorded in the win the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) broke the school record by 12 strokes, surpassing the 871 recorded last year at the Gators Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. (March 7-8, 2025). When measuring against par-72 tournaments, the 859 is 16 strokes better that the record set at The Southern last week (875). Additionally, all three rounds recorded by the team rank among the top 15 in program history with the 282 shot in round one ranking first, bettering the 283 record in round two at The Southern. The 286 shot in round two tied for fifth while the 291 final round tied for 15th.

MORE WINS BREWER-ING
Eastern Michigan has now won twice under Josh Brewer, who has now won 18 tournaments in his coaching career after securing 16 during his 12-year tenure at Georgia. The wins also marked the first for a Brewer-led team since the Bulldogs won the 2023 NCAA Athens Regional in Athens, Ga., the team's third NCAA regional title.

TWINNING
Janae Leovao shot 7-under 209 to win the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) that included rounds of 68 and 69 to close out win. She won her second consecutive tournament after finishing no higher than second place four times in her prior 35 tournaments. Her win made her the seventh different EMU player to record multiple wins in a career and the first to win multiple times in the same season since Stephany Fleet won twice in 2007-08. She also became the first EMU player to win back-to-back titles in program history and, coupled with teammate Angelica Holman's win at the Women's National Golf Invitational that closed out the 2024-25 season, EMU has now won three consecutive individual tournament titles for the first time in program history.

FEELING HONORED
Following her victory at the Leadership & Golf Invitational, the conference coaches voted her the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week, Sept. 19. It marked her first weekly award with the Eagles and the first of the season for an Eastern player.

INTERNATIONAL DUTY
During the first week of October, Savannah de Bock will play for Team Belgium at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championships as she and her teammates will compete for the Espirito Santo Trophy, Oct. 1-4, on the Tampines Course at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. The tournament, which features four rounds of play with the lowest combined team score earning the trophy, will mark the third time de Bock has competed for Belgium in the event as she tied for 48th in 2022in Guyancourt, France, before tying for 77th in 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

ON THE HORIZON
The Eagles will take a week off from competition before returning to action Oct. 6-7 at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate. The two-day tournament, hosted by the University of Oklahoma, will be played at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.

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Players Mentioned

Savannah de Bock

Julianna Go

Angelica Holman

Janae Leovao

Jasmine Leovao

Baiyok Sukterm

Erina Tan

Mariana Vega

Matilde Zocchi

Eastern Michigan Athletics