College Preview: Western Michigan Women

The WMU women’s golf team is excited to continue to grow under head coach Kim Moore, entering her third year. Last season the Broncos saw now-senior Alissa Fish become the first Brown & Gold golfer to finish as the individual medalist in two years, when Fish won Eastern Michigan’s Shirley Spork Invitational. 

In the upcoming 2022-23 campaign the Broncos have an exciting schedule that will have them travel around Michigan and Indiana for the fall and head all over the country in the spring, including WMU’s annual home away from home, the Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Ariz. The regular season culminates with the first-ever playing of the Mid-American Conference Championship at the historical Kalamazoo Country Club.  

Moore has brought some unexpected, good attention to the women’s program by virtue of winning the inaugural USGA Adaptive Open in July at Pinehurst, later followed by a celebrity event playing side-by-side with Jack Nicklaus in Grand Blanc.  She continues to inspire her players with a never give up approach, having been born with no right foot yet competed in college and the now EPSON Tour before turning to coaching about 8 years ago. 

“It’s just inspiring to sit back and watch,” Fish said about observing their coach at the Ally challenge Celebrity Shootout. “We were in the clubhouse today (with WMU teammates at the Ally Challenge) and to hear what Jack had to say about her, and like the fact that Jack Nicklaus is watching her play is pretty insane, and something that’s very special and pretty cool.

“Our team, we definitely look up to her a lot. This summer she was in some big tournaments and winning some big things. She’s fairly new to our program, and to be able to watch her this summer and go out and compete and perform at the level she does, with the ability that she has, is something that is pretty awesome, and we definitely can look up to.”