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University of Texas
NCAA Championships
No. 11 Women’s Golf preview: NCAA Championships
05.18.2023 | Women's Golf
When: Friday, May 19-Wednesday, May 24
Where: Grayhawk Golf Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Course Info: 6,384 yards, Par 72
Live Stats: Golfstat
Television coverage: GOLF CHANNEL starting with the final round of stroke play on Monday May 22.
Tee Times: The Longhorns will tee off hole one on Friday starting at 2:47 p.m. central time. On Saturday Texas will tee off hole 10 starting at 9:27 a.m. central time. The Longhorns will be paired with Baylor and Northwestern for the first two rounds.
Tournament Notes
NCAA Success: The Longhorns are one of four women's golf programs that will be in the NCAA Championships field for the seventh straight season. Texas will be making their 31stoverall appearance in the NCAA Championships. Texas ranks seventh in number of NCAA Championships appearances among all NCAA DI schools. Last season Texas' 13th place showing at the NCAA Championship was the Longhorns fifth-straight NCAA Championship top-15 finish. The Longhorns have advanced to the final group of eight for the match play portion of the NCAA Championship in two of the last three years. Texas has finished in the top-five at the NCAA Championships 10 times with a best finish of second in 1993 and 2002.
Format: Finals play for the championships consist of three days of stroke play on Friday thru Sunday (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) 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, followed by the finals on Wednesday.
The Field: The following are the competing teams in order of seed. Stanford, Wake Forest, LSU, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, San Jose State, Florida State, Southern California, Texas, Baylor, Northwestern, Pepperdine, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Clemson, SMU, Duke, Arizona, Oklahoma State, Virginia, Georgia, Texas Tech, Michigan State, TCU, Tulsa, New Mexico, NC State, Oregon State and Augusta.
2022-23 Season in Review: The Longhorns have seven top-five team finishes this season, including winning the first Big 12 Match Play tournament for women's golf. Texas also earned the team championship in the Cactus Cup match play event, where they took down No. 4 South Carolina and No. 6 San Jose State. The Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Championships with a third place finish at the NCAA Palm Beach Regional.
Six different Longhorns have a top-five individual finish in a tournament this season, Sophie Guo was the runner-up at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge and Bohyun Park was the runner-up at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. Bentley Cotton finished in third place at the Windy City Collegiate. Angela Heo finished T4 at the Stanford Intercollegiate, Cindy Hsu finished T4 at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and Emily Odwin finished fifth at the PING/ASU Invitational. Heo (T6) and Cotton (T9) finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Palm Beach Regional.
Coach of the Year Watch List: Texas head coach Ryan Murphy was named to the Watch List of the 2022-23 Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year.
For Texas: UT will be represented by the following five players at the NCAA Regional Championship:
Sophie Guo (Sr., 73.04 avg.)
Angela Heo (Fr., 73.28 avg.)
Bentley Cotton (Jr., 73.41 avg.)
Cindy Hsu (Fr., 73.78 avg.)
Bohyun Park (So., 74.04 avg.)
Inside the Texas Squad
Sophie Guo, Senior, Orlando, Fla.: No. 61 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings and No. 195 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings…has two top-10 finishes on the season with a best individual finish of T2 at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, California…shot rounds of 69-69-72=210 (-3) for that T2 finish…At the Momorial finished T7 as she carded rounds of 68-67-77=212 (-4)…her 67 in the second round is tied for the best individual round by a Texas player this season…posted a record of 5-3 at the Big 12 Match Play tournament…holds the UT record for all-time score relative to par with a eight-under par 64 in the third round of the Betsy Rawls Invitational in the 2019-20 season.
Bohyun Park, Sophomore, Farmers Branch, Texas: No. 163 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings and No. 58 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings…has a best individual finish this season of T2 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate where she shot 69-71-69=209 (-7)…finished T11 at the Momorial…Invited to the Augusta National Women's Amateur and made the 30 player cut to the final round…made a hole-in-one in the second round of the ANWA, the first ace in the history of the event…2022 WGCA Second Team All-American…four top-10 finishes in her freshman season in 2021-22, including a T3 finish at the 2022 Big 12 Championships where she shot 72-70-75=217 (+4)…finished T11 at the 2022 NCAA Albuquerque Regional and T17 at the 2022 NCAA Championship…posted a record of 6-1-1 at the Big 12 Match Play tournament this season.
Bentley Cotton, Junior, Austin, Texas.: No. 92 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings and No. 159 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings…has a best individual finish this season of third place at the Windy City Collegiate where she shot 75-72-68=215 (-1)…The 68 is tied for the third best round of a Texas player this season…has had her round counted in 23 of the 24 rounds she has played this season…posted a 5-3 record at the Big 12 Match Play tournament to help the Longhorns capture the title…finished T11 at the 2022 Big 12 Championships…Shot a final round 66 last year at The Bruzzy en route to a fourth place finish…the six-under par 66 ranks tied for sixth in the UT record books for an 18-hole score relative to par…T9 at NCAA Palm Beach Regional…Shot a 2-under 70 in the final round at the Palm Beach Regional.
Cindy Hsu, Freshman, Tainan City, Taiwan: No. 83 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings and No. 184 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings…Came onto the collegiate scene with back-to-back top-10 finishes in her first two events…finished in 8th place at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-70-70=214 (-2) and 71-73-71=215 (-1) for 10th at the Momorial…added a top-five finish with a T4 showing at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate as she carded rounds of 74-72-67=213 (E)…Her final round 67 is tied for the best individual round of the season for a Texas golfer…competed in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship in November in Thailand…has previously ranked in the top-100 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings…recorded a win at the 2021 IMG Junior World Championships and the 2021 Future Champions Challenge.
Angela Heo, Freshman, Murrieta, Calif.: No. 81 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings and No. 323 in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings…ranked No. 6 nationally in the class of 2022 by Junior Golf Scoreboard…In her first collegiate tournament she finished T4 at the Stanford Intercollegiate with rounds of 69-69-70=208 (-5)…That 208 is the best 54-hole score by a Texas golfer this season and is tied for 12th all-time…Heo went 3-0 in match play to help Texas win the Cactus Cup and 4-2 to help the Longhorns win the Big 12 Match Play tournament…In the semifinals of match play, Heo defeated 2022 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Caitlyn Macnab, who finished T3 at the 2022 Big 12 Championship…In the match Heo started with four straight birdies and shot 29 on the front nine. She was nine-under-par through the first 10 holes and had seven birdies and two eagles in a 14 hole stretch…Heo has had her round counted in 16 of the 18 rounds she has played in stroke play this season…T6 at NCAA Palm Beach Regional…carded a 1-under 71 in the final round of the Palm Beach Regional.
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