BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell continues its spring schedule on Sunday with the first round of the Ironwood Invitational, hosted by East Carolina at Ironwood Golf & Country Club in Greenville.
 
The Camels will compete in a 16-team field that includes five teams ranked among the nation's top 100, including Charleston (59), Louisville (68), Xavier (80), host East Carolina (89) and Columbia (90).
 
Following Saturday's practice round, the 54-hole event begins Sunday with the opening round on the Lee Trevino design.  Play continues Monday before concluding with Tuesday's final round on the par-72 layout that will play to 6471 yards.
 
The Camels are coming off a 10th-place finish at the City of Oaks Invitational.  Fanni Gronlund (76-76-75—227) was CU's low individual at T12.
 
The last time the Camels played at the Ironwood Invitational was in 2022, when Campbell tied for fifth place (291-286-298—875).
 
Head coach John Crooks and associate head coach Val Patino will take a lineup to Greenville that includes seniors Isabella Hahne, Izabella Grimbrandt and Taylah Ellems, junior Jade Potter, and sophomore Fanni Gronlund.  Sophomore Evie McCallum will compete as an individual.
 
ECU Ironwood Invitational
Ironwood G&CC | Greenville, N.C.
Par 72, 6471 yards | Apr. 5-7, 2026
 
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com
 
Format: 54 holes (18-18-18); 9:00 a.m. shotgun start Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Monday, 9:00 a.m. Tuesday.
 
The Field (NCAA Ranking): Appalachian State (115), Boston University (214), Campbell (155), College of Charleston (59), Columbia (90), East Carolina (89), Elon (141), Gardner-Webb (224), Georgia State (144), Jacksonville (213), Louisville (68), Memphis (164), Old Dominion (148), Towson (228), Wofford (167), Xavier (80).
 
The Course – Ironwood CC (Par 72, 6278 yards): Opened in May 1996, the Lee Trevino Signature Course is the centerpiece of the Ironwood community. Winding through 200 acres of rolling wooded terrain, the course reveals subtle nuances while providing scenic vistas of the Tar River, ponds and native wildlife.  Trevino's design displays a masterful use of the contours of the land, creating a challenging, yet highly playable course.  Each hole offers marvelous views of the rolling woodlands, the stands of old oaks and beech trees, the sun's reflection of the quiet waters of the Tar River and tributaries meandering through the course.  The layout features Kato Crenshaw bent grass greens and 419 Bermuda grass fairways.
 
The Coach: Now in his 36th 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:
 
Sophomore Fanni Gronlund (Kirkkonummi, Finland) leads the team with a 74.0 stroke average and has played par, or better, golf seven times through 23 rounds.  She is coming off a T12 (76-76-75—227) finish at the City of Oaks Collegiate, her fourth top-20 effort of the season.  Gronlund opened the season with a T12 showing (71-73—144) at the Tiger Classic, placed T14 at Edisto Island and T19 at the Gators Invitaitonal.  She was named the 2025 CAA Rookie of the Year and WGCA All-America Scholar.  Last summer, she won the Finnish U-21 stroke play national championship.  She has played par, or better, golf 13 times in her career.
Collegiate career low round: 69 (3X, most recently 2026 Gators Invitational)
Career-best finish: T10 (2024 Tiger Classic, 2025 CAA Championship)
 
Junior Jade Potter (Edinburgh, Scotland) owns a 76.9 scoring average through eight events. She finished T35 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge (75-74-70—219), where she shot a collegiate low, 1-under 70 in the final round.  Potter shot back-to-back 73s at the 2025 CAA Championship after entering the lineup for the second round.  She earned her best collegiate finish (T22) at the 2025 City of Oaks Collegiate (80-80-72—232).
Collegiate career low round: 70 (2025 Golfweek Fall Challenge)
Career-best finish: T22 (2025 City of Oaks Collegiate)
 
Senior Isabella Hahne (Kungsbacka, Sweden) has produced seven top-10 finishes in 38 career outings with 25 par, or better, rounds.  Hahne owns a 76.3 scoring average through eight events this year with three rounds of par, or better, golf.   She 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, Hahne was the individual runner-up in 2024 at The Southern (71-72-72).  She won the Sea Best Intercollegiate at San Jose CC in 2023 when she was named Big South freshman of the year.  She finished T11 at the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regional at Lonnie Poole (71-72-73—216).
Collegiate career low round: 68 (2024 Gators Invitational)
Career-best finish: T1 (2023 Sea Best Intercollegiate)
 
Red-shirt senior Izabella Grimbrandt (Stockholm, Sweden) carries a 78.1 scoring average into the tournament and has twice posted a season-low 73.  Grimbrandt recorded a season-best T21 finish at the Edisto Island Invitational.  A two-time WGCA All-America Scholar, she has competed in 29 events while compiling a 76.1 scoring average during her Campbell career.   Her career-best finish (T7) came at the 2024 Clemson Tiger Classic.
Collegiate career low round: 69 (2022 Golfweek Fall Challenge)
Career-best finish: T7 (2024 Tiger Classic)
 
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 has compiled a 74.4 stroke average in the 2025-26 season with three rounds of par, or better, golf.  A member of the 2023 Big South all-freshman team, Ellems owns a 77.1 career stroke average over 21 events.
Collegiate career low round: 69 (2025 Tiger Classic)
Career-best finish: T6 (2025 Tiger Classic)
 
Sophomore Evie McCallum (Limekilns, Scotland) will make her season debut at Ironwood as an individual.   She played in one event as a freshman in 2024-25.  The 2023 Scottish Girls Amateur champion, McCallum also won the 2024 Steven Gallagher Foundation Vase.  She has compiled seven top 10 finishes in WAGR events, while representing Scotland in the 2023 and 2024 Royal & Ancient Home Internationals and European Girls Team Championships.
Collegiate career low round: 77 (2024 The Southern)
Career-best finish: 65 (2024 The Southern)
 
Next: Following the Ironwood Invitational, Campbell will compete in the CAA Championship, Apr. 17-19 at The Clubs at St. James - Reserve GC in Southport, N.C.