TEMPE, Ariz. – The No. 15 Arizona State Women's Golf team prepares to play at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club May 6-8 for their 27th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance, competing every year since the Regional postseason format was created in 1993.
The Sun Devils are one of just nine Division I Women's Golf teams to earn a spot at NCAA Regionals every year for the past 27 seasons. This puts the Arizona State program in elite company, as only the following teams have made an appearance in a Regional for at least 19 consecutive seasons:
Arizona State will be the No. 4 seed in a region that features Big 12 Champion and No. 1 seed Texas. ACC Champion Wake Forest received the No. 2 seed while two-time National Champion Florida claimed the No. 3 seed. Following the Sun Devils, by seed, the other Norman Regional participants are host 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.
The Norman Regional includes eight programs who won their respective conference championship - Texas (Big 12), Wake Forest (ACC), Pepperdine (WCC), Ole Miss (SEC), UTSA (C-USA), UNC Wilmington (CAA), Sam Houston State (Southland), Farleigh Dickinson (NEC).
Tee times for the first two days of the Norman Regional site have been announced, with the Sun Devils partaking in a practice round tomorrow beginning at 8:56 a.m. CT. Along with a pair of Big 12 programs Oklahoma and TCU, Arizona State will officially start the regional as their first round begins on the 10th hole at 7:30 a.m. CT, with a new competitor teeing-off every ten minutes.
Subsequent tee times for the second and final rounds of the Norman Regional for teams, players within teams as well as individual competitors will be re-paired based on round one scores.
The competitive Norman Regional boasts 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 became the school's 13th Pac-10/12 Individual Champion, came in at No. 12 in the most recent rankings. Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho, who is currently the top-ranked female in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, is the highest-ranked competitor in the Golfstat rankings coming in at No. 3.
The individual qualifiers in Norman will be Michaela Fletcher (Memphis), Lauren Cox (North Texas), Brigitte Dunne (SMU), Lianna Bailey (Oklahoma State), Han-Hsuan Yu (Oklahoma State), Lorena Tseng (Tulsa).
Home to the University of Oklahoma's Golf programs, Jimmie Austin OU 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.
Each of four regionals features 18 teams and six teams per regional (24 total) will advance to NCAA Championships May 17-22 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Arizona State Women's Golf program is looking to add to their record 34 appearances in the NCAA Championship. The top three individuals at each regional not from qualifying teams (12 total) will also advance to Stillwater.
Live results for the regional will be available on Golfstat.com. Tournament Central can be found at http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=17530. For more information on the Norman Regional, visit the Championship Central page.
All-Time Arizona State Regionals Finishes
1993 – 1st
1994 – 3rd
1995 – T1st
1996 – 5th
1997 – 1st
1998 – 2nd
1999 – 3rd
2000 – 4th
2001 – 6th
2002 – T6th
2003 – 5th
2004 – 7th
2005 – 4th
2006 – T4th
2007 – 3rd
2008 – 2nd
2009 – 1st
2010 – 2nd
2011 – 3rd
2012 – T6th
2013 – 5th
2014 – 3rd
2015 – 9th
2016 – 8th
2017 – 1st
2018 – T4th
2019 - TBD
The Sun Devils are one of just nine Division I Women's Golf teams to earn a spot at NCAA Regionals every year for the past 27 seasons. This puts the Arizona State program in elite company, as only the following teams have made an appearance in a Regional for at least 19 consecutive seasons:
- Arizona State, Arizona, Duke, Florida, USC, Stanford, Tennessee, UCLA, Wake Forest (27)
- Ohio State (25)
- Purdue (22)
- Pepperdine, South Carolina (21)
- Cal (20)
- Kent State, Texas A&M (19)
Arizona State will be the No. 4 seed in a region that features Big 12 Champion and No. 1 seed Texas. ACC Champion Wake Forest received the No. 2 seed while two-time National Champion Florida claimed the No. 3 seed. Following the Sun Devils, by seed, the other Norman Regional participants are host 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.
The Norman Regional includes eight programs who won their respective conference championship - Texas (Big 12), Wake Forest (ACC), Pepperdine (WCC), Ole Miss (SEC), UTSA (C-USA), UNC Wilmington (CAA), Sam Houston State (Southland), Farleigh Dickinson (NEC).
Tee times for the first two days of the Norman Regional site have been announced, with the Sun Devils partaking in a practice round tomorrow beginning at 8:56 a.m. CT. Along with a pair of Big 12 programs Oklahoma and TCU, Arizona State will officially start the regional as their first round begins on the 10th hole at 7:30 a.m. CT, with a new competitor teeing-off every ten minutes.
| PAIRING | Arizona State, Oklahoma, TCU |
| HOLE | 10 |
| TIME (CT) | GOLFER |
| 7:30 A.M. | #5 |
| 7:40 A.M. | #4 |
| 7:50 A.M. | #3 |
| 8:00 A.M. | #2 |
| 8:10 A.M. | #1 |
The competitive Norman Regional boasts 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 became the school's 13th Pac-10/12 Individual Champion, came in at No. 12 in the most recent rankings. Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho, who is currently the top-ranked female in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, is the highest-ranked competitor in the Golfstat rankings coming in at No. 3.
The individual qualifiers in Norman will be Michaela Fletcher (Memphis), Lauren Cox (North Texas), Brigitte Dunne (SMU), Lianna Bailey (Oklahoma State), Han-Hsuan Yu (Oklahoma State), Lorena Tseng (Tulsa).
Home to the University of Oklahoma's Golf programs, Jimmie Austin OU 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.
Each of four regionals features 18 teams and six teams per regional (24 total) will advance to NCAA Championships May 17-22 at The Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Arizona State Women's Golf program is looking to add to their record 34 appearances in the NCAA Championship. The top three individuals at each regional not from qualifying teams (12 total) will also advance to Stillwater.
Live results for the regional will be available on Golfstat.com. Tournament Central can be found at http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=17530. For more information on the Norman Regional, visit the Championship Central page.
All-Time Arizona State Regionals Finishes
1993 – 1st
1994 – 3rd
1995 – T1st
1996 – 5th
1997 – 1st
1998 – 2nd
1999 – 3rd
2000 – 4th
2001 – 6th
2002 – T6th
2003 – 5th
2004 – 7th
2005 – 4th
2006 – T4th
2007 – 3rd
2008 – 2nd
2009 – 1st
2010 – 2nd
2011 – 3rd
2012 – T6th
2013 – 5th
2014 – 3rd
2015 – 9th
2016 – 8th
2017 – 1st
2018 – T4th
2019 - TBD