TEMPE, Ariz. – The eight-time national champion Sun Devil Women's Golf team will head to Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma after being selected to the Norman NCAA Regional, hosted by the University of Oklahoma running May 6-8.
Golf Channel announced the Regionals during their selection show this afternoon. Each regional will feature 18 teams and six individuals, with 24 teams and 12 individuals advancing to the National Championships to be played May 17-22 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The top three individuals from non-qualifying teams from each regional will also advance to the Championship.
Arizona State will be the No. 4 seed in a region that features Big 12 champion and No. 1 seed Texas. The regional also includes No. 2 seed Wake Forest, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 6 TCU, No. 7 Pepperdine, No. 8 Purdue, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 11 Mississippi State, No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 13 NC State, No. 14 Texas A&M, No. 15 UTSA, No. 16 UNC Wilmington, No. 17 Sam Houston State, and No. 18 Farleigh Dickinson.
"We are excited to be the 4th seed at the OU NCAA Women's Golf Regional in two weeks," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "We are coming off of a solid finish at the Pac-12 Championship last week in L.A. and I feel we are playing better every week."
"Right now, we are busy taking finals and will get to travel to Oklahoma when the spring semester is finished," Coach Farr-Kaye mentioned. "The Jimmie Austin Golf Club is a very good golf course to host a Regional and we are looking forward to playin in Oklahoma."
Home to the University of Oklahoma's Golf programs, Jimmie Austin Golf Club originally opened back in 1951. It went under a major renovation in 1996 with World-renowned course architect Robert Cupp chosen for the redesign. The course has played host to the 1997 Oklahoma State Amateur and NCAA Regional, the Big 12 Women's Championship in 1998 and 2010, and most notably the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in 2009. The course most recently hosted the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship and NCAA Regionals in 2012 (men's) and 2013 (women's).
The other three regional sites are Cle Elum, Washington, Opelika, Alabama and East Lansing, Michigan. Nine of 11 Pac-12 teams made NCAA Regionals, a testament to the strength of the best conference in women's golf, with USC and Stanford earning No. 1 overall seeds in their respective regionals. For the fifth consecutive year, Golf Channel will provide coverage of the NCAA Men's and Women's Golf National Championship round, with more than 100 hours of content scheduled. Live results for the regional will be available on Golfstat.com. Stay tuned to the Sun Devil Women's Golf social media platforms (@SunDevilWGolf) as well as thesundevils.com for more information regarding Arizona State's postseason run.
Golf Channel announced the Regionals during their selection show this afternoon. Each regional will feature 18 teams and six individuals, with 24 teams and 12 individuals advancing to the National Championships to be played May 17-22 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The top three individuals from non-qualifying teams from each regional will also advance to the Championship.
This is the 27th consecutive year that Sun Devil Women's Golf has qualified for a regional. The program has claimed or shared a total of five Regional team championships, with the last coming during their National Championship run in 2017.POSTSEASON BOUND! ????@SunDevilWGolf has been selected to the 2019 NCAA Women's Golf Tournament and will be heading to the Norman Regional! #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/7Yav5RlTGi
— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) April 24, 2019
Arizona State will be the No. 4 seed in a region that features Big 12 champion and No. 1 seed Texas. The regional also includes No. 2 seed Wake Forest, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 6 TCU, No. 7 Pepperdine, No. 8 Purdue, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 11 Mississippi State, No. 12 Virginia Tech, No. 13 NC State, No. 14 Texas A&M, No. 15 UTSA, No. 16 UNC Wilmington, No. 17 Sam Houston State, and No. 18 Farleigh Dickinson.
"We are excited to be the 4th seed at the OU NCAA Women's Golf Regional in two weeks," Coach Farr-Kaye remarked. "We are coming off of a solid finish at the Pac-12 Championship last week in L.A. and I feel we are playing better every week."
The Norman regional features seven Golfstat top-25 teams, including No. 2 Texas, No. 7 Wake Forest, No. 10 Florida, as well as No. 18 Oklahoma, No. 24 TCU, and No. 25 Pepperdine. The regional also has its fair share of star power, with five of the Top-15 individuals in the Golfstat Player Rankings competing in Norman. Arizona State's own Olivia Mehaffey, who recently became the school's 13th Pac-10/12 Individual Champion, came in at No. 12 in the most recent rankings.Let's head south!
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) April 24, 2019
Here are the teams that will be teeing it up in the Norman, Oklahoma #NCAAGolf Women's Regional! pic.twitter.com/zUeC4JzTOG
"Right now, we are busy taking finals and will get to travel to Oklahoma when the spring semester is finished," Coach Farr-Kaye mentioned. "The Jimmie Austin Golf Club is a very good golf course to host a Regional and we are looking forward to playin in Oklahoma."
Home to the University of Oklahoma's Golf programs, Jimmie Austin Golf Club originally opened back in 1951. It went under a major renovation in 1996 with World-renowned course architect Robert Cupp chosen for the redesign. The course has played host to the 1997 Oklahoma State Amateur and NCAA Regional, the Big 12 Women's Championship in 1998 and 2010, and most notably the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in 2009. The course most recently hosted the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship and NCAA Regionals in 2012 (men's) and 2013 (women's).
The other three regional sites are Cle Elum, Washington, Opelika, Alabama and East Lansing, Michigan. Nine of 11 Pac-12 teams made NCAA Regionals, a testament to the strength of the best conference in women's golf, with USC and Stanford earning No. 1 overall seeds in their respective regionals. For the fifth consecutive year, Golf Channel will provide coverage of the NCAA Men's and Women's Golf National Championship round, with more than 100 hours of content scheduled. Live results for the regional will be available on Golfstat.com. Stay tuned to the Sun Devil Women's Golf social media platforms (@SunDevilWGolf) as well as thesundevils.com for more information regarding Arizona State's postseason run.