The Bulldogs open the 2025-26 season in Illinois as part of the field for the 2025 Redbird Fall Invitational.
 
The event, hosted by Illinois State, features 36 holes Sunday followed by a final 18 on Sunday. Shotgun starts are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. (Central) both days.
 
Coach Christie Cates's line-up for the first tournament of the fall will include senior Cybil Stillson, redshirt junior Sophie McGinnis, junior Ashley Freitas, sophomore Treva Dodd, and freshman Addi Kooi. Senior Kelli Scheck will compete as an individual.
 
Scheck led the Bulldogs in scoring average during the 2024-25 campaign with a mark of 75.85. She, Stillson and Dodd participated in all 12 tournaments a year ago.
 
The Bulldogs, led by Dodd in her Butler debut, finished third as a team at the 2024 Redbird Fall Invitational. Dodd carded a 54-hole total of three-under 213 to finish third individually.
 
The Redbird Fall Invitational has been the first tournament on Butler's schedule in every season dating back to 2018 (other than in the fall of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The Bulldogs won the 2022 event with Scheck and Stillson contributing to that title as freshmen in their first Butler event.
 
The par-72 Weibring Golf Club in Normal, Ill., will be set up at 6,093 yards.
 
The Bulldogs will be joined in the 16-team field by the host Redbirds, Bowling Green, Dayton, Drake, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, Illinois Wesleyan, Indiana State, IU Indianapolis, Loyola Chicago, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Valparaiso.
 
Live Scoring is available with a link posted to ButlerSports.com.