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NCAA Championship
Women's Golf preview: NCAA Championship
05.17.2016 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns will play at Eugene Country Club beginning Friday, May 20.
NCAA Championship – Eugene, Ore.
Where: Eugene Country Club
Format: Finals will consist of three days of stroke play on Friday, May 20 through Sunday, May 22 (54 holes), after which the top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday, May 23) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play, as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, May 24 followed by the finals on Wednesday, May 25.
The 2016 finals competition schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, May 19 Practice Round
Friday, May 20 First day of stroke play competition (18 holes)
Texas Tee Time: 10:36 a.m. CT off #10
Saturday, May 21 Second day of stroke play competition (18 holes)
Texas Tee Time: 3:06 p.m. CT off #5
Sunday, May 22 Third day of stroke play competition (18 holes to determine the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not an advancing team for final round of stroke play competition)
Tee Time: first tee time is at 9:30 a.m. CT
Monday, May 23 Final round of stroke play competition to determine the top-eight teams to participate in match play competition and 72-hole champion crowned.
Tee Time: first tee time is at 1:50 p.m. CT
Tuesday, May 24 Quarterfinals and Semifinals of match play
9 a.m. Seed #2 vs. Seed #7 (1st Tee)
Seed #3 vs. Seed #6 (10th Tee)
9:50 a.m. Seed #1 vs. Seed #8 (1st Tee)
Seed #4 vs. Seed #5 (10th Tee)
3:30 p.m. Semifinal 1
4:20 p.m. Semifinal 2
Wed., May 25 4:10 p.m. Final
Tournament Field: The 30 teams and six individuals competing in the 2016 championship are as follows:
Alabama, Southern California, UCLA, Florida, Duke, Georgia, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arkansas, Stanford, Washington, Virginia, Florida State, South Carolina, Furman, Oregon, Tennessee, TEXAS, Ohio State, BYU, Miami (FL), North Carolina, Michigan
Linnea Strom, Arizona State; Laura Lonardi, Baylor; Sarah Burnham, Michigan State; Bianca Pagdanganan, Gonzaga; Marianne Li, California; Jennifer Kupcho, Wake Forest; August Kim, Purdue; Andrea Wong, UC Davis; Lauren Stephenson, Clemson; Elise Bradley, LSU; Olivia Cason, Louisville; Leonie Harm, Houston
Tracking the Championship:
-Golf Channel – NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Live Coverage (all times CT)
Monday, May 23: Final Round Individual Stroke play 6-9 p.m. (LIVE)
Tuesday, May 24: Quarterfinals, match play 12:30-2:30 p.m. (LIVE)
And Semifinals, match play 5:30-9 p.m. (LIVE)
Wednesday, May 25: Finals, match play 5-9 p.m. (LIVE)
Texas Lineup:
2015-16 Texas Women's Golf TEAM notes
-first NCAA Championship appearance since 2013
-runner-up finish at Big 12 Championship
-seven top-5 team finishes (including two runner-ups)
-carded the lowest round in Texas women's golf history with a 277 (at the Las Vegas Collegiate in October)
-also had the lowest 54-hole total in history at 839 (also at the Las Vegas Collegiate)
-four golfers finished in the top-8 at least once
-four golfers scored at least one round in the 60s
INDIVIDUAL notes
Head Coach Ryan Murphy
-second year as Head Coach
-first appearance in NCAA Championship as a women's head coach
-brought in transfers Sophia Schubert from Auburn and Haley Mills from Kentucky and also freshman Maddie Luitwieler
-together, Schubert, Mills and Luitwieler have accounted for eight individual top-10s, 34 rounds at or under par and eight of the team's lowest finishes in 11 events—joining veterans Julia Beck, Natalie Karcher, Tezira Abe and Anne Hakula, who have also shown vast improvements (see in individual notes).
Sophomore Sophia Schubert (transfer from Auburn)
-five top-10 finishes
-two top-4 finishes in the last three tournaments
-has shot 17 of 33 rounds at or under par
-has fired six rounds in the 60s
-posted the lowest 54-hole total in Texas women's golf history with her 203 (at the Las Vegas Collegiate)
-earned runner-up honors at Big 12 Championship
Junior Julia Beck (from Austin)
-three top-10 finishes
-was Texas' low player at NCAA Regionals
-has shot 15 of 33 rounds at or under par
-four of her last five rounds have been at or under par
-tied for fifth at Big 12 Championship
IMPROVEMENT FROM 2014-15 (under Murphy)
-stroke average has improved from 74.24 to 73.61
-finished as Texas' low player once in 2014-15 to four times in 2015-16
-had one top-10 finish in 2014-15 to three in 2015-16
Junior Haley Mills (transfer from Kentucky)
-three top-10 finishes
-has finished as Texas' low player four times this season
-has shot 12 of 33 rounds at or under par
-has carded three rounds in the 60s, including the second round at NCAA Regionals
Senior Natalie Karcher (from Switzerland)
-one of Texas' senior leaders
-has finished in the top-20 three times this season
-made a birdie on hole 18 at the NCAA Regional to give Texas a one-stroke advantage to qualify for NCAA Championship
IMRPOVEMENT FROM 2014-15 (under Murphy)
-stroke average has improved from 74.94 to 74.50
-has three-top 20 finishes and one top-10 in 2015-16 to two top-20s and no top-10s in 2014-15
TEXAS ALL-TIME RESULTS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Year Team Result Low Individual Site
2015 DNQ Bertine Strauss, T51st (231) Bradenton, Fla.
2013 21st (1,213) Bertine Strauss, T58th (302) Athens, Ga.
2012 T13th (1,191) Bertine Strauss, T33rd (296) Franklin, Tenn.
2010 T16th (1,189) Haley Stephens, T33rd (294) Wilmington, N.C.
2009 23rd (1,252) Kelley Louth, T66th (310) Owings Mills, Md.
2008 T17th (1,227) Ashley Rollins, T23rd (297) Albuquerque, N.M.
2006 DNQ Julia Best, T83rd (310) Columbus, Ohio
2005 DNQ Lisa Ferrero, T60th (303) Sunriver, Ore.
2004 T6th (1,184) Janice Olivencia, T22nd (293) Opelika, Ala.
2003 3rd (1,213) Janice Olivencia, T6th (300) West Lafayette, Ind.
2002 T2nd (1,170) Janice Olivencia, T10th (289) Auburn, Wash.
2001 3rd (1,191) Janice Olivencia, T18th (286) Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
2000 3rd (1,198) Kristin Dufour, T25th (301) Sunriver, Ore.
1999 9th (921) Kristin Dufour, 6th (222) Tulsa, Okla.
1998 T10th (1,201) Laura Blessey, T23rd (297) Madison, Wis.
1997 DNQ Heather Bowie, 1st (285) Columbus, Ohio
1996 3rd (1,241) Kelli Kuehne, T10th (309) La Quinta, Calif.
1995 T9th (1,204) Nadine Ash, T12th (295) Wilmington, N.C.
1994 5th (1,234) Nadine Ash, T6th (298) Portland, Ore.
1993 2nd (1,189) Charlotta Sorenstam, 1st (287) Athens, Ga.
1992 6th (1,198) Jenny Turner, T13th (295) Tempe, Ariz.
1991 7th (1,232) Michiko Hattori, T6th (296) Columbus, Ohio
1990 T15th (1,227) Michiko Hattori, 2nd (297) Hilton Head, S.C.
1989 T10th (1,240) Kate Golden, T9th (300) Palo Alto, Calif.
1988 7th (1,189) Michiko Hattori, T7th (292) Las Cruces, N.M.
1987 17th (1,229) Sue Ginter, T25th (300) Albuquerque, N.M.
1985 DNQ Sherri Steinhauer, T42nd (317) Cape Cod, Mass.
1984 11th (1,273) Nancy Ledbetter, T28th (311) Tarpon Springs, Fla.
1983 15th (1,268) J. Diass/N. Ledbetter, T48th (312) Athens, Ga.
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