Old Dominion University has played women’s golf since 2003, and lately, the Monarchs have been playing it pretty well. ODU won the Conference USA title two years ago and has gone to the past two NCAA tournaments.
Few ODU teams can claim that kind of success. Yet in their first 15 seasons, they never hosted a “home” match.
That changes Friday, when the Monarchs host the three-day Princess Anne Invitational at Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach.
I haven’t written a lot about college golf, so when I talked to ODU women’s coach Mallory Hetzel, I had a lot to learn.