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NCAA Championship
No. 2 Women's Golf preview: NCAA Championship
05.15.2019 | Women's Golf
The NCAA Championship takes place May 17-22 at Fayetteville, Ark.
No. 2 Texas at the NCAA Championship
May 17-22, 2019
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. [Blessings Golf Club]
Format: 18 holes Friday, Saturday, Sunday; top-15 advance to additional 18-hole round on Monday; top-eight advance to match play Tuesday and Wednesday.
Time: 7 a.m. CT each day
Par/Yardage: 73 / 6,473
Participating Teams (in alphabetical order): No. 4 Arizona, No. 14 Arizona State, No. 10 Arkansas, No. 13 Auburn, No. 3 Duke, No. 11 Florida, No. 9 Florida State, No. 20 Illinois, Indiana, No. 5 Kent State, No. 16 Northwestern, Ole Miss, No. 22 Purdue, No. 23 San Jose State, No. 1 Southern California, No. 7 Stanford, Tennessee, No. 2 Texas, UCF, No. 15 UCLA, No. 8 Vanderbilt, No. 17 Virginia, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 18 Washington.
Texas Lineup: Agathe Laisne, Kaitlyn Papp, Hailee Cooper, Sara Kouskova, Emilee Hoffman.
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Notes
- The No. 2 University of Texas women's golf team will make its 28th all-time NCAA Championship appearance and its fourth consecutive when it travels to Fayetteville, Ark., to participate in the 2019 edition of the event May 17-22 at the par-73, 6,473-yard Blessings Golf Club.
- Format: Each team will participate in three 18-hole rounds of stroke play [Friday, Saturday, Sunday]. The top-15 teams after 54 holes will advance to a fourth round of stroke play on Monday. The top-eight teams after Monday's round qualify for match play. The quarterfinals and semifinals will take place on Tuesday with the NCAA Championship on Wednesday.
- How They Got Here: Top-seeded Texas won the NCAA Norman Regional by nine strokes at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla. It marked the first regional victory in program history. Texas carded a nine-under-par three-round total of 855 [287-281-287], which tied for the 10th-best 54-hole total in school history.
- NCAA History: Texas is making its 28th all-time appearance in the NCAA Championship and fourth consecutive. The Longhorns tied for 12th at the 2018 NCAA Championship, marking the program's best finish since 2004. Texas' best-ever finish at the NCAA Championship is second, achieved in 1993 and 2002. UT's last top-10 showing came in 2004 [tied for sixth].
- High Five: Texas has notched five victories in 2018-19, making this year's Longhorns just the third team in program history to win five or more tournaments in a single season. The school record is six wins in 1987-88. The 1992-93 Longhorns also earned five victories.
- Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Texas has earned eight team wins and posted 19 top-five finishes in 24 events during that span.
- The Longhorns already this season have broken the school records for best 18-hole team score [272] and best 54-hole team score [824].
- Texas individuals have won three tournaments this season - Hailee Cooper [Betsy Rawls, Bruzzy] and Agathe Laisne [Big 12 Championship].
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