BUIES CREEK, N.C. – For the first time in six years, Campbell heads back to the Rocky Mountains next week to compete in the Golfweek Red Sky Classic at Wolcott, Colo.
 
The 18-team event will be held Monday-Wednesday (Sept. 22-24) at the Red Sky Golf Club Fazio Course (elevation 7,880) and includes nine teams – Arizona, Campbell, Denver, Kansas, LSU, Miami, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, Southern Cal – that advanced to NCAA Regional competition last spring.
 
The Camels opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Clemson Tiger Classic before tying for seventh in the 20-team field at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.
 
Head coach John Crooks and associate head coach Val Patino will take a lineup to Colorado that includes three seniors (Taylah Ellems, Izabella Grimbrandt and Isabella Hahne), a junior (Jade Potter) and one sophomore (Fanni Gronlund).
 
Next week's visit to the Mountain time zone marks Campbell's ninth to Red Sky.  CU has five top-five finishes in the event, including a third-place effort in 2017, but has not played at Red Sky since 2019.  From 2009-2019 the event was named the Golfweek Conference Challenge, with a field featuring teams (one per) from different NCAA Division I conferences.  Since 2021, the tournament has been known as the Golfweek Red Sky Classic.
 
Golfweek Red Sky Classic
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6309 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 22-24, 2025
 
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
 
Format: 54 holes (18-18-18) with 10:00 a.m. (MDT) double tee times Monday and Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. shotgun start Wednesday.
 
The Field: Arizona, Arkansas-Little Rock, Boise State, Cal-Irvine, Campbell, Charlotte, Denver, Eastern Michigan, East Tennessee State, Jacksonville State, Kansas, Louisiana State, Mercer, Miami, New Mexico State, UNC Asheville, Northern Arizona, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, Southern Cal.
 
The Course - Red Sky Golf Club – Fazio Course (Par 72, 6309 yards): Tom Fazio's design measures 7113 yards and will play to 6309 for the Red Sky Classic. It merges spectacular vistas of Vail's Back Bowls with a variety of terrain. Players make their way through open sage-covered hills, dense aspen forest and around a highland lake. Fazio's design team took particular care to maintain the site's indigenous vegetation, relocating more than 23,000 native plants into nurseries for re-planting throughout the course.
 
"Red Sky is unlike any golf course anywhere in the world I've visited," said head coach John Crooks. "The view from every tee box is spectacular and the weather can change at any time. It's a beautiful time of the year to be out there because the colors are changing, and the ball travels so far, which can be good news and bad news. High desert golf has its own challenges and the field in this event changes each year. It's a privilege to once again receive an invitation to play in this event. Everything about it is first class."
 
The Coach: Now in his 35th year as head coach of the CU women and first as Director of Golf, John Crooks has been named league coach of the year 23 times in his tenure.  His teams have combined to earn 37 NCAA post-season trips, including 16 straight appearances for the men or women.  His teams have won 162 tournaments and with 100 career tournament titles, Crooks trails only Dan Brooks of Duke (143) on the all-time coaching victories list among Division I women's coaches.  He has guided his teams to 27 league titles, including 19 on the women's side and eight in men's competition (from 1990-2025).
 
The Lineup:
 
Senior Isabella Hahne (Kungsbacka, Sweden) ranks 8th on the school career scoring average list (74.45) with seven top-10 finishes in 32 outings.  She has produced 25 career par, or better, rounds.  Hahne finished T10 (73-70—143) at the season-opening Tiger Classic before posting a T21 effort (70-71-76—217) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.  A WGCA All-America Scholar and second-team All-CAA performer last season, she owns a team-leading 72.0 scoring average through two events this year.  Hahne was the individual runner-up last fall at The Southern (71-72-72) and won the Sea Best Intercollegiate at San Jose CC during her freshman season.  She was the 2023 Big South freshman of the year.
 
Sophomore Fanni Gronlund (Kirkkonummi, Finland) opened the season with a T12 showing (71-73—144) at the Tiger Classic and followed with a T21 (71-75-71—217) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.  She was named the 2025 CAA Rookie of the Year and WGCA All-America Scholar.  Over the summer, she won the Finnish U-21 stroke play national championship.  She owns a 72.2 stroke average, second-lowest on the team this season.  Gronlund tied for 10th place at the 2024 Clemson Tiger Classic (74-70—144) and CAA Championship (76-75-73—224).  She has played par, or better, golf 9 times in her career, including a collegiate low 2-under 69 at the 2024 Golfweek Fall Challenge.
 
Junior Jade Potter (Edinburgh, Scotland) opened the season with a T49 (81-76—157) finish at the Tiger Classic before finishing T35 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge (75-74-70—219), where she shot a collegiate low, 1-under 70 in the final round.  She owns a 75.2 scoring average through two events.  Potter shot back-to-back 73s at the CAA Championship after entering the lineup for the second round.  She earned her best collegiate finish (T22) last spring at the City of Oaks Collegiate.
 
Red-shirt senior Taylah Ellems (Canberra, Australia) opened the season with her best collegiate finish (T6) at the Tiger Classic, where she matched her collegiate low in the second round (72-69—141).  She finished T41 (72-77-71—220) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.  A member of the 2023 Big South all-freshman team, Ellems owns a 77.1 career stroke average over 18 events.  Ellems has posted a 72.2 scoring average to start the '25-26 season.
 
Red-shirt senior Izabella Grimbrandt (Stockholm, Sweden) opened the season with a T32 finish at the Tiger Classic (79-73—152) before placing T84 (80-76-75—231) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.  A two-time WGCA All-America Scholar, she has competed in 24 events while compiling a 76.01 scoring average during her Campbell career.   Grimbrandt has posted a 76.6 stroke average through five rounds this season. 
 
Next: Following the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, the Camels return to action Oct. 5-7 in the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Cherokee CC in Knoxville, Tenn.
 
Campbell Top Performances at Red Sky GC – Fazio Course
 
Team Finish
3rd (2017)
4th (2012, 2014, 2018)
5th (2015)
 
Individual Finish
5 – Ayelen Irizar (2017) 70-76-68—214
T5 – Annelie Sjoholm (2015) 74-74-71—219
T8 – Tahnia Ravnjak (2015) 71-76-73—220
T9 – Louise Latorre (2014) 70-73-76—219
T9 – Brooke Bellomy (2014) 71-77-71—219
 
Team Low Round
286 (Sept. 24, 2018)
287 (Sept. 27, 2017)
289 (Sept. 24, 2014)
289 (Sept. 28, 2016)
290 (Sept. 22, 2014)
290 (Sept. 27, 2016)
 
Individual Low Round
67 Kaylin Yost (Sept. 26, 2012)
68 Ayelen Irizar (Sept. 27, 2017)
68 Stacey White (Sept. 24, 2018)
68 Stacey White (Sept. 23, 2019)
68 Emily Hawkins (Sept. 25, 2019)
69 Anna Nordfors (Sept. 25, 2018)
70 Louise Latorre (Sept. 22, 2014)
70 Nadine White (Sept. 27, 2016)
70 Ayelen Irizar (Sept. 28, 2016)
70 Ayelen Irizar (Sept. 25, 2017)
70 Stacey White (Sept. 26, 2017)
70 Anna Svanka (Sept. 27, 2017)
71 Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 24, 2012)
71 Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 22, 2014)
71 Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 24, 2014)
71 Tahnia Ravnjak (Sept. 24, 2014)
71 Nadine White (Sept. 24, 2014)
71 Tahnia Ravnjak (Sept. 21, 2015)
71 Louise Latorre (Sept. 22, 2015)
71 Annelie Sjoholm (Sept. 23, 2015)
71 Stacey White (Sept. 28, 2016)
71 Anna Svanka (Sept. 24, 2018)
71 Anna Nordfors (Sept. 26, 2018)
72 Teresa Urquizu (Sept. 25, 2012)
72 Annelie Sjoholm (Sept. 27, 2016)
72 Annelie Sjoholm (Sept. 26, 2017)
72 Emily Hawkins (Sept. 24, 2018)
 
Team Low 36-hole Total
579 (286-293) Sept. 24-25, 2018
592 (290-302) Sept. 22-23, 2014
593 (301-292) Sept. 25-26, 2017
596 (299-297) Sept. 21-23, 2015
598 (308-290) Sept. 26-28, 2016
 
Individual Low 36-hole Total
143 (70-73) Louise Latorre (Sept. 22-23, 2014)
143 (68-75) Stacey White (Sept. 24-25, 2018)
143 (68-75) Stacey White (Sept. 23-24, 2019)
144 (74-70) Stacey White (Sept. 25-26, 2017)
146 (71-75) Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 24-25, 2012)
146 (70-76) Ayelen Irizar (Sept. 25-26, 2017)
146 (77-69) Anna Nordfors (Sept. 24-25, 2018)
 
Team Low 54-hole Total
876 (286-293-297) Sept. 24-26, 2018
880 (301-292-287) Sept. 25-27, 2017
881 (290-302-289) Sept. 22-24, 2014
887 (308-290-289) Sept. 26-28, 2016
888 (299-297-292) Sept. 21-13, 2015
 
Individual Low 54-hole Total
214 (70-76-68) Ayelen Irizar (Sept. 25-27, 2017)
217 (74-70-73) Stacey White (Sept. 25-27, 2017)
217 (77-69-71) Anna Nordfors (Sept. 24-26, 2018)
218 (68-75-75) Stacey White (Sept. 24-26, 2018)
218 (68-75-75) Stacey White (Sept. 23-25, 2019)
219 (70-73-76) Louise Latorre (Sept. 22-24, 2014)
219 (71-77-71) Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 22-24, 2014)
219 (74-74-71) Annelie Sjoholm (Sept. 21-23, 2015)
 
2010 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC – Fazio Course | Par 72, 6247 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 26-28, 2010
Team Champion: Virginia (287-303-287-877)
Campbell Finish: T15 of 18 (317-320-311-948)
Campbell Individuals: T26. Michelle Koh 76-76-74—226, T61. Sarah Bejgrowicz 78-80-82—240, T61. Maria Jose Benavides 82-80-78—240, T80. Sandra Angulo 83-84-79—246, T84. Kaylin Yost 81-86-80—247.
 
2012 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC – Fazio Course | Par 72, 6262 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 24-26, 2012
Team Champion: Pepperdine (286-289-285—860)
Campbell Finish: 4th of 18 (298-303-293—894)
Campbell Individuals: T15. Brooke Bellomy 71-75-75—221, T23. Kaylin Yost 75-81-67—223, 31. Teresa Urquizu 78-72-75—225, T32. Lisbeth Brooks 74-76-76—226, T79. Tahnia Ravnjak 83-80-82—245.
 
2014 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6249 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 22-24, 2014
Team Champion: Pepperdine (284-298-280—862)
Campbell Finish: 4th of 17 (290-302-289—881)
Campbell Individuals: T9. Louise Latorre 70-73-76—219, T9. Brooke Bellomy 71-77-71—219, T11. Tahnia Ravnjak 73-77-71—221, T21. Nadine White 78-75-71—224, T46. Lisbeth Brooks 76-78-78—232.
 
2015 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6261 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 21-23, 2015
Team Champion: San Diego State (294-286-278—858)
Campbell Finish: 5th of 17 (299-297-292—888)
Campbell Individuals: T5. Annelie Sjoholm 74-74-71—219, T8. Tahnia Ravnjak 71-76-73—220, T17. Louise Latorre 77-71-75—223, T33. Nadine White 78-76-73—227, 85. Ayelen Irizar 77-89-84—250.
 
2016 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6261 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 26-28, 2016
Team Champion: San Diego State (287-280-299—866)
Campbell Finish: 10th of 18 (308-290-289—887)
Campbell Individuals: T24. Annelie Sjoholm 75-72-74—221, T26. Ayelen Irizar 76-76-70—222, T33. Stacey White 77-75-71—223, T37. Nadine White 80-70-74—224, T49. Desiree Andersson 80-73-74—227.
 
2017 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6126 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 25-27, 2017
Team Champion: Denver 292-291-289—872)
Campbell Finish: 3rd of 18 (301-292-287—880)
Campbell Individuals: 5. Ayelen Irizar 70-76-68—214, T11. Stacey White 74-70-73—217, T45. Anna Svanka 78-77-70—225, T62. Annelie Sjoholm 79-72-78—229, T62. Desiree Andersson 79-74-76—229.
 
2018 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6320 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 24-26, 2018
Team Champion: UCLA (277-284-272—832)
Campbell Finish: 4th of 18 (286-293-297—876)
Campbell Individuals: T13. Anna Nordfors 77-69-71—217, T19. Stacey White 68-75-75—218, T32. Anna Svanka 71-78-75—224, T32. Emily Hawkins 72-76-76—224, 39. Isabell Ekstrom 75-73-78—226.
 
2019 Golfweek Conference Challenge
Red Sky GC Fazio Course | Par 72, 6309 Yards
Wolcott, Colo. | Sept. 23-25, 2019
Team Champion: Ole Miss (281-280—288)
Campbell Finish: 11th of 18 (293-309-291—893)
Campbell Individuals: T20. Stacey White (68-75-75—218), T29. Emily Hawkins 73-79-68—220, T59. Desiree Andersson 75-78-75—228, T59. Anna Nordfors 77-78-73—228, T86. Alice Sundberg 82-78-78—238.