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No. 18 Women’s Golf preview: NCAA Championship
05.20.2021 | Women's Golf
The NCAA Championship takes place May 21-26 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas women's golf program, ranked No. 18 in the latest Golfweek Women's Team Collegiate Rankings, heads to Scottsdale, Ariz. for its fifth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance. The Longhorns are scheduled to tee off with No. 13 Kent State and No. 20 Maryland at 8:30 a.m. CT on Friday at Grayhawk Golf Club.
2021 NCAA Championship
May 21-26, 2021
Where: Scottsdale, Ariz. (Grayhawk 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.
Par/Yardage: 72/6,384
Field: Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Kent State, Kentucky, LSU, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi, Oklahoma State, Oregon, South Carolina, Southern California, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Lineup: Kaitlyn Papp, Agathe Laisne, Sara Kouskova, Sophie Guo, Ashley Park
Live Results | 2020-21 Media Guide
Notes
• The Texas women's golf team is making its 29th all-time appearance in the NCAA Championship and fifth consecutive.
• Fourth-seeded Texas tied for second in the NCAA Louisville Regional at the University of Louisville Golf Club to advance to the 2021 NCAA Championship. Texas carded an 11-over-par three-round total of 875 (297-287-291) to finish three strokes behind regional-winner Florida State.
• The Longhorns tied for fifth at the 2019 NCAA Championship, marking the program's best finish since placing third in 2003. Texas' best-ever finish at the NCAA Championship is second, achieved in 1993 and 2002.
• UT finished the 2019-20 season ranked No. 2 in the nation and were victorious three times as a team throughout the year.
• Sophie Guo, Agathe Laisne and Kaitlyn Papp were all named to the preseason watch list for The ANNIKA Award, the highest honor women's collegiate golf.
• Two Texas golfers finished the 2019-20 season ranked in the top-six nationally, according to the Golfweek rankings. Kaitlyn Papp was ranked No. 5 and Sophie Guo was No. 6.
• Papp was the low amateur at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open back in December, finishing tied for ninth at 3-over par. Her top-10 finish at the Champions Golf Club in Houston granted her an exemption into the 2021 U.S. Open Field.
• The Longhorns placed third at the Trinity Forest Invitational, their first tournament of the spring, in early February.
• Texas posted a huge 25-shot win at the Wildcat Invitational in early March. The Longhorns' 28-under 836 ranks as the third-lowest 54-hole score on UT record. The Horns finished the tournament with a 14-under 274 in the final round, tied for the second-best 18-hole score to par in school history. That followed a 13-under 275 in the first round, which helped make it a historic week for the Longhorns.
• Sara Kouskova was the individual medalist for the first time in her career, topping the leaderboard at 10-under par. She shot under par in all three rounds, posting 68-70-68 in her three rounds. Kouskova was one of four Longhorns to post a top-seven individual finish.
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