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Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
No. 12 Women’s Golf preview: Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
02.27.2022 | Women's Golf
The Longhorns head to Hilton Head, S.C., for the three-day 54-hole event that features 10 of the nation’s top-25-ranked teams.
When: Monday, Feb. 28 – Wednesday, March 2
Schedule of Play: Three rounds of stroke play; 18 holes each day.
Where: Long Cove Club (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
Host: University of South Carolina
Course Info: Par-71; 6,281 Yards
Watch Live: The Golf Channel will air live coverage of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate every day of the event from 1:30-4:30 p.m. CT. There will also be encore broadcasts of each day on Monday (11 p.m.-2 a.m. CT), Tuesday (8:30-11:30 p.m. CT/7-10 a.m. CT on Wednesday) and Wednesday (5:30-8:30 p.m. CT). There will be a total of 21 hours of coverage and it will make history as the first all-women's regular season collegiate golf tournament aired live on Golf Channel.
2022 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Golf Channel Schedule
Dates — Live (CT) / Encores (CT)
Monday, Feb. 28 — 1:30-4:30 p.m. / 11 p.m.-2 a.m.
Tuesday, March 1 — 1:30-4:30 p.m. / 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m.; 7-10 a.m. (Wednesday)
Wednesday, March 2 — 1:30-4:30 p.m. / 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Live Stats
Tournament Notes
The Field: In addition to the Longhorns (No. 12 in the most recent WGCA Coaches Poll, released on Feb. 25, 2022), the 17-team Darius Rucker Intercollegiate field includes: No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 host South Carolina, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Arkansas, No. 11 Arizona State, No. 17 Auburn, No. 18 LSU, No. 20 Baylor, No. 21 Duke, Furman, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, Northwestern and Vanderbilt. Ten of the 17 teams participating are currently ranked among the nation's top-25.
In the opening round, UT will be paired with Alabama and Baylor, with play beginning at 9:40 a.m. ET / 8:40 a.m. CT on hole 1.
The Last Time: Texas last played in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate in March of 2020 where the Longhorns finished fifth in the overall team standings. The tournament was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19.
The Texas Lineup: UT will be represented by the following five players at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate:
- Bentley Cotton (So., 73.73 avg.)
- Sara Kouskova (Sr., 72.20 avg.)
- Bohyun Park (Fr., 73.00 avg.)
- Sophie Guo (Jr., 74.67 avg.)
- Brigitte Thibault (Grad., 76.11 avg.)
Inside the Texas Lineup
Bentley Cotton, Sophomore, Austin, Texas: No. 322 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings (Feb. 27) … registered a collegiate-best tied for sixth-place finish at the Lamkin Invitational (Feb. 15) at three-over-par 219 (72-70-77) … finished in 14th-place finish in the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) … set her collegiate-best 18-hole score of 3-under-par 68 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16) … four top-25 individual finishes in seven tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … placed 17th at the East Lake Cup and tied for 18th at the Trinity Forest Invitational.
Sara Kouskova, Senior, Prague, Czech Republic (KOOS-co-VUH): No. 31 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … ranked eighth in the first spring 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup rankings … finished tied for 26th at the Lamkin Invitational (Feb. 15) at 10-over-par 226 (80-71-75) … received an invitation, and has accepted, to compete in the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur March 30-April 2 in Augusta, Ga … tied for 12th at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 29-31) at one-under-par 215 (72-73-70) … second at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 15-17) at 12-under-par 201 (68-67-66) … tied her collegiate-best 18-hole score of 66 during the final round at Stanford (Oct. 17) … her three-round 201 marked the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history … tied for 15th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at even-par 216 (70-73-73) … tied for 19th at the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) at nine-over-par 225 (77-70-78) … 2021 honorable mention All-American (WGCA and Golfweek) … six top-20 individual finishes in eight tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … won the 2021 Arizona Wildcat Invitational … No. 27 in the final 2021 Golfstat individual national rankings … posted a 72.16 scoring average and shot par or better in 14 of her 25 rounds in 2020-21 … 2020-21 Edith Cummings Munson Award recipient (success on the course and in the classroom) … 2021 All-Big 12 Team.
Bohyun Park, Freshman, Farmers Branch, Texas (B-OH-yun): No. 61 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … ranked 21st in the first spring 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup rankings … finished tied for 23rd at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 29-31) at two-over-par (71-76-71) … tied her collegiate-best 18 hole score of 68 during the final round at the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17) … registered a third-place showing at the Windy City Classic (Oct. 5) at one-under-par 215 (68-74-73) … tied for 10th place in her collegiate debut at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at two-under-par 214 (73-73-68), highlighted by a four-under-par 68 in the final round … qualified as a high schooler to compete in the 2021 U.S. Open … won three individual Class 4A state championships for Carrollton Ranchview … became just the eighth female in Texas UIL history to claim three state golf titles … won the 2021 state title with an 11-stroke margin over the second-place finisher … climbed to as high as No. 2 in the AJGA rankings … won the KJ Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in July 2020 … placed third at the 2018 AJGA Girls Championship and fourth at the 2019 AJGA Girls Championship … earned a second-place finish at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship in August 2020 and a fourth-place result at the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions.
Sophie Guo, Junior, Orlando, Florida (GWOH): No. 137 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings … tied her season-best 18-hole score of three-under-par 69 in the first round of the Lamkin Invitational (Feb. 14) … tied for 18th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15) at one-over-par 217 (74-73-70) … fired a season-best 18-hole score of two-under-par 69 in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 16) … seven top-20 individual finishes in eight tournament appearances in the 2020-21 season … placed third at the East Lake Cup and seventh at the Mountain View Collegiate last year … tied for 20th place at the NCAA Championship … posted a 72.70 scoring average in 2020-21 … No. 66 in the final 2021 Golfstat individual national rankings … 2021 All-Big 12 Team.
Brigitte Thibault Graduate Student, Rosemere, Quebec, Canada (BRIDGE-it, TEE-bow): No. 200 in the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings … will make her spring season debut at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate … graduate transfer from Fresno State … first player in Fresno State program history to advance to the NCAA Championship … earned her individual spot at the 2021 nationals with a tie for sixth place at the NCAA Stanford Regional, recording a 2-under 211 (70-73-68) … holds the Fresno State record for career scoring average (73.17) … three-time first-team All-Mountain West selection (2019, 2020, 2021) … posted four top-10 and seven top-15 individual finishes in the 2020-21 season … won the 2021 Rebel Beach Intercollegiate (Feb. 15-16) with a 4-under 212 (72-70-70) … competed at the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur … 2019 Mountain West Conference individual champion.
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