Dates: Monday, May 6 – Wednesday, May 8
Location: Forest Akers West Golf Course – East Lansing, Mich.
Host: Michigan State University
Course Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,325 yards
Format: 54-hole stroke play (18-18-18)
Tee Times: 9:15 a.m. ET on Monday and TBD on Tuesday and Wednesday
Live Scoring: Golfstat
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LINEUP
No. 1 – Inès Archer
No. 2 – Maisie Filler
No. 3 – Marina Escobar
No. 4 – Paula Francisco
No. 5 – Jackie Lucena
Alternate – Sophie Stevens
TEE OFF
The No. 18 Florida women’s golf team begins NCAA Regional play at the East Lansing Regional on Monday at 9:15 a.m. at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
The Gators look to be a top-5 team to advance to the NCAA Championship from May 17-22 at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif.
THE FIELD (Seed Number)
No. 1 USC, No. 2 Northwestern, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Pepperdine, No. 5 Michigan State, No. 6 Kentucky, No. 7 Denver, No. 8 Oklahoma State, No. 9 Indiana, No. 10 Augusta, No. 11 Illinois State and No. 12 Oakland.
Individuals (seeded in the following order): 1. Isabel Sy (Illinois), 2. Catie Craig (Western Kentucky) 3. Lauren Beaudreau (Notre Dame), 4. Carmen Griffiths (Louisville), 5. Hana Ryskova (Louisville) and 6. Kate Petrova (Evansville).
FORMAT
NCAA Regional play will take place May 6-8 at six regional sites, with 396 participants and each site featuring 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championships.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Gators have qualified for 30 of the 31 all-time women’s golf regionals as they were introduced in 1993 – the only year missed was 1999. Florida has made every regional since 2000 and each year under head coach Emily Glaser. The program has won three titles with the first in 2008 and back-to-back in 2016 and 2017, to tie for 10th all-time with Vanderbilt. Kelly Grassel claimed the program’s first individual regional title in 2017 at the Columbus Regional.
Florida looks to clinch a spot into the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2019.
HOME SWEET HOME
Florida head coach Emily Galser returns to her alma mater where she played four years at Michigan State University and is considered the greatest Spartan golfer of all time. She was an NCAA All-American in 2002, a four-time All-Big Ten selection (1999-2002), the 2002 Big Ten Golf…
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