Michigan State Women’s Golf Wins NCAA Palm Beach Regional

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s women’s golf team led through the first two rounds and saw its advantage disappear early in the third round, before a strong finish on the back nine to win the NCAA Palm Beach Regional, played on the par-72, 6,312-yard course at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

The Spartans shot a final round 3-over par 291 and finished the three-day, 54-hole tournament at 8-over par 872 (285-296-291), topping the 12-team field. 

Final Results

This is the first NCAA Regional win in program history for the Spartans and Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll, who has guided the program to 12 NCAA Championships in 23 regional appearances.

The top five teams and two individuals (not among the top five teams) advance from the regional to play in the NCAA Championships, which will be held from May 19-24 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

In addition to Michigan State, the teams advancing from the Palm Beach Regional included runner-up Duke (11-over par 875), Texas and Northwestern (tied for third place at 14-over par 878) and fifth-place LSU (15-over par 879).

“I think today is one of the toughest days of the year,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “I think any coach would agree with me. Going into the last day of regionals, whether you have a 10-stroke lead or a 1-stroke lead, anything can happen because they’re the best teams in the country and they are all capable of rounds under par.

“We had a couple of rough holes in the beginning and the front is the easier nine, but we seemed to steady the ship. We had moved down to third at one point on the back, but you just have to believe in these young people and what we’ve trained to do all year, which is to be in this position and have a spot in the National Championship.”

The Spartans were led by sophomore Brooke Biermann, who shared medalist honors with LSU’s Latanna Stone at 3-under par 213. Her tie for first place is the best finish ever for an MSU women’s golfer at the NCAA Regionals.

Biermann (69-73-71) led the Spartans with a 1-under in Wednesday’s final round. She finished the day with two birdies and 16 pars. As MSU battled back and forth on the back nine with Duke and Northwestern for the team lead, Biermann helped to seal the win with a birdie on the par-3, 138-yard 17th hole and closed out her round with a par on the par-5, 508-yard 18th…