BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell continues its 2025-26 women's golf season Sunday with opening round of the Golfweek Fall Challenge at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawley's Island, S.C.
 
The 54-hole, 3-day, 20-team event includes defending champ Campbell and UNCW, plus regional rivals Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina and Old Dominion.  Four Big South schools – High Point, Presbyterian, USC Upstate and Winthrop – are also in the event, which begins Sunday at 7:30 a.m.
 
Under the direction of head coach John Crooks, who enters his 35th year in charge of the program, Campbell has earned NCAA postseason berths in 12 of the last 13 seasons.  Campbell earned an at-large berth to the 2025 NCAA Lubbock Regional.
 
Last year at Caledonia, the Camels delivered the 100th career women's golf coaching victory for Crooks.  Campbell (285-282-283—850) turned a 3-shot second-round deficit into its seventh team title (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024) and in addition to a pair of runner-up finishes on the Mike Strantz design since 2012.
 
Mira Berglund (T3), Alicia Olsson (T6) and Fanni Gronlund (T11, 72-69-71—212, -1) finished among the top 11 individuals in the 2024 event, while Isabella Hahne tied for 33rd (71-75-74—220) and Izabella Grimbrandt finished T52 (76-76-75—227) for the Camels.
 
Campbell opened the season Aug. 25 with a fifth-place showing at the Clemson Tiger Classic.  After playing the first 18 holes 16-over, the Camels played the afternoon round even par.  Taylah Ellems (T3), Hahne (T10) and Gronlund (T12) all placed among the top 12 individuals.
 
Four of the five players (Hahne, Gronlund, Ellems and Grimbrandt) in next week's lineup assembled by Crooks and associate head coach Val Patino have experience at Caledonia.  Junior Jade Potter will compete on the par-71 layout for the first time as will freshman Linn Svedlund, who will play as an individual.
 
Live scoring will be available at Golfstat.com.
 
Golfweek Fall Challenge
Caledonia Golf & Fish Club | Pawley's Island, S.C.
Par 71, 6526 Yards | Sept. 7-9, 2025
 
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
 
Format: 54 holes (18-18-18) with 7:30 a.m. double tee times Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
 
The Field (20 teams):  Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Boise State, Campbell, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Delaware, East Carolina, East Tennessee State, High Point, Lipscomb, Morehead State, UNC Greensboro, UNC Wilmington, Old Dominion, Presbyterian, USC Upstate, Troy, Winthrop.
 
The Course – Caledonia Golf & Fish Club (Par 71, 6526 yards): Caledonia was ranked No.-27 in the 2014 Golf Magazine "Top 100 You Can Play" course listing and is annually ranked on "America's 100 Greatest Public courses" list by Golf Digest.  The 6,526-yard Mike Strantz design has been described as having "18 signature holes," with holes routed around majestic oaks and meandering streams. The picturesque 18th hole borders the Plantation's old rice field, and requires a precise tee shot that sets up a difficult second shot: a forced carry onto a green at the foot of the clubhouse.
 
"Caledonia is a very intriguing golf course," said Crooks. "It gives you a lot of different looks, makes you hit a lot of different clubs. One hole might be a water hazard, one there might be a tree in the fairway, the next might have a bunker guarding the green you have to be careful with."
 
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 31 outings.  She has produced 23 career par, or better, rounds.  Hahne finished T10 (73-70—143) at the season-opening Tiger Classic.  A WGCA All-America Scholar and second-team All-CAA performer last season, she compiled a 74.0 adjusted scoring average and 74.57 overall stroke average.  Hahne was the individual runner-up last fall at The Southern (71-72-72).  She was the 2023 Big South freshman of the year.
Hahne's career results at Caledonia
2022 (T15) 70-69-74—213 (E)
2023 (T62) 76-79-73—228 (+15)
2024 (T33) 71-75-74—220 (+7)
 
Sophomore Fanni Gronlund (Kirkkonummi, Finland) opened the season with a T12 showing (71-73—144) at the Tiger Classic.  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 was the highest ranked freshman (No. 433) by more than 100 places among all CAA golfers last season.  Gronlund tied for 10th place at the 2024 Clemson Tiger Classic (74-70—144) and CAA Championship (76-75-73—224), while compiling a 74.6 adjusted scoring average and a 75.57 overall stroke average over 10 events.  She played par, or better, golf six times, including a collegiate low 2-under 69 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.
Gronlund's career results at Caledonia
2024 (T11) 72-69-71—212 (-1)
 
Red-shirt senior Taylah Ellems (Canberra, Australia) is coming off her best collegiate finish (T6) at the Tiger Classic, where she matched her collegiate low in the second round (72-69—141).  A member of the 2023 Big South all-freshman team, Ellems owns a 77.1 career stroke average over 17 events.  She competed in the 2022 Golfweek Fall Challenge at Caledonia and shot a 2-under 69 in the opening round.  Ellems posted a 76.4 scoring average in the 2024-25 season.
Ellems' career results at Caledonia
2022 (T32) 69-74-76—219 (+6)
 
Junior Jade Potter (Edinburgh, Scotland) opened the season with a T49 (81-76—157) finish at the Tiger Classic.  She competed in six events last season, including the CAA Championship and NCAA Lubbock Regional.  She posted a 78.65 scoring average (76.9 adjusted) over 17 rounds.  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, where she recorded a collegiate low score in the final round (80-80-72—232).
 
Red-shirt senior Izabella Grimbrandt (Stockholm, Sweden) opened the season with a T32 finish at the Tiger Classic (79-73—152).  A two-time WGCA All-America Scholar, she has competed in 23 events while compiling a 76.01 scoring average during her Campbell career.   Grimbrandt is competing at Caledonia for the fourth-straight season.  She posted a T8 (-3) finish on the Mike Strantz design as a red-shirt freshman in 2022.  She competed in six events and posted a 77.1 stroke average in 2024-25.  Grimbrandt registered a career-best T7 finish at the 2024 Clemson Tiger Classic (70-73—143). 
Grimbrandt's career results at Caledonia
2022 (T8) 70-69-71—210 (-3)
2023 (T35) 73-75-74—222 (+9)
2024 (T52) 76-76-75—227 (+14)
 
Freshman Linn Svedlund (Uppsala, Sweden) will compete as an individual at the Golfweek Fall Challenge.  In her collegiate debut at the Tiger Classic, Svedlund finished T42 (83-72—155) and was 3-under over her last 23 holes.  She has one victory and nine top 10 finishes in 14 World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events.  Svedlund won the 2024 Swedish Invitacional GolfTech tournament in Spain and finished in second place at the Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge.  She was ranked sixth among Swedish U18 girls.
 
Next: Following the Golfweek Fall Challenge, the Camels will travel to the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, Sept. 22-24 at Red Sky GC – Fazio Course in Wolcott, Colo.
 
Campbell Top Performances at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club (par 71)
 
Team Finish
1st (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
2nd (2014, 2016)
 
Individual Finish
1st – Isabell Ekstrom (2018) 67-67-68—202
1st – Nadine White (2015) 70-67-70—207
1st – Anna Nordfors (2021) 66-71-71—208
1st – Brooke Bellomy (2012) 68-75-68—211
1st – Tahnia Ravnjak (2013) 76-69-66—211
2nd – Tomita Arejola (2022) 70-70-65—205
T2nd – Ali Prazak (2013) 70-73-72—215
3rd – Anna Svanka (2018) 74-66-67—207*
3rd – Kaylin Yost (2012) 75-70-70—215
T3rd – Mira Berglund (2024) 70-70-68—208
 
Team Low Round
274 (Sept. 11, 2018) (School Record)
277 (Sept. 10, 2018)
277 (Sept. 12, 2022)
278 (Sept. 13, 2022)
279 (Sept. 11, 2022)
280 (Sept. 12, 2021)
282 (Sept. 13, 2021)
282 (Sept. 9, 2024)
283 (Sept. 9, 2018)
283 (Sept. 10, 2024)
284 (Sept. 10, 2013)
285 (Sept. 12, 2016)
285 (Sept. 8, 2024)
 
Individual Low Round
65 Stacey White (Sept. 11, 2018)
65 Tomita Arejola (Sept. 13, 2022)
66 Tahnia Ravnjak (Sept. 10, 2013)
66 Anna Svanka (Sept. 10, 2018)*
66 Anna Nordfors (Sept. 12, 2021)
67 Anna Svanka (Sept. 11, 2018)*
67 Lisbeth Brooks (Sept. 12, 2011)
67 Nadine White (Sept. 7, 2015)
67 Isabell Ekstrom (Sept. 9, 2018)
67 Isabell Ekstrom (Sept. 10, 2018)
 
Team Low 36-hole Total
556 (279-277) (Sept. 11-12, 2022) (School Record)
560 (283-277) (Sept. 9-10, 2018)
562 (280-282) (Sept. 12-13, 2021)
567 (285-282) (Sept. 8-9, 2024)
574 (286-288) (Sept. 9-10, 2012)
575 (290-285) (Sept. 11-12, 2016)
578 (290-288) (Sept. 8-9, 2013)
 
Individual Low 36-hole Total
134 (67-67) Isabell Ekstrom (Sept. 9-10, 2018) (School Record)
137 (70-67) Nadine White (Sept. 6-7, 2015)
137 (66-71) Anna Nordfors (Sept. 12-13, 2021)
139 (70-69) Izabella Grimbrandt (Sept. 11-12, 2022)
139 (70-69) Isabella Hahne (Sept. 11-12, 2022)
140 (74-66) Anna Svanka (Sept. 9-10, 2018)*
140 (70-70) Tomita Arejola (Sept. 11-12, 2022)
140 (70-70) Mira Berglund (Sept. 8-9, 2024)
140 (72-68) Alicia Olsson (Sept. 8-9, 2024)
141 (72-69) Emily Hawkins (Sept. 9-10, 2018)
141 (71-70) Emily Hawkins (Sept. 12-13, 2021)
141 (69-72) Taylah Ellems (Sept. 11-12, 2022)
141 (72-69) Fanni Gronlund (Sept. 8-9, 2024)
 
Team Low 54-hole Total
834 (283-277-274) Sept. 9-11, 2018 (School Record)
834 (279-277-278) Sept. 11-13, 2022 (School Record)
850 (285-282-283) Sept. 8-10, 2024
853 (280-282-291) Sept. 12-14, 2021
860 (286-288-286) Sept. 9-11, 2012
862 (290-288-284) Sept. 8-10, 2013
 
Individual Low 54-hole Total
202 (67-67-68) Isabell Ekstrom (Sept. 9-11, 2018) (School Record)
205 (70-70-65) Tomita Arejola (Sept. 11-13, 2022)
207 (74-66-67) Anna Svanka (Sept. 9-11, 2018)*
207 (70-67-70) Nadine White (Sept. 6-8, 2015)
208 (73-70-65) Stacey White (Sept. 9-11, 2018)
208 (70-70-68) Mira Berglund (Sept. 8-10, 2024)
208 (66-71-71) Anna Nordfors (Sept. 12-14, 2018)
210 (70-69-71) Izabella Grimbrandt (Sept. 11-13, 2022)
210 (73-69-68) Sanna Lundmark (Sept. 11-13, 2022)
210 (72-68-70) Alicia Olsson (Sept. 8-10, 2024)
211 (68-75-68) Brooke Bellomy (Sept. 9-11, 2012)
211 (76-69-66) Tahnia Ravnjak (Sept. 8-10, 2013)