Texas A&M’s Adela Cernousek at the 2024 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. (Photo: Texas A&M Athletics)
In March, Texas A&M was playing in a tournament in Tuscon, Arizona, and Aggies’ coach Gerrod Chadwell took his team on a road trip. The Aggies drove up the road to Scottsdale and Grayhawk Golf Club, site of the team’s semifinal appearance in the 2023 NCAA Championship.
Texas A&M had yet to put it all together in the 2023-24 season. The Aggies had enough talent and experience to compete against any field in the country, but the results weren’t there. Chadwell hadn’t gotten enough from his players and wanted them to remember what a championship feeling was like.
“I just pulled into the parking lot, and I wanted them to tell me how it feels,” Chadwell said. “I was like, ‘man, this is the way it should feel. Let’s go do it again.’”
Since that trip, Texas A&M has flipped the switch.
The Aggies, which finished fifth at the host team at the NCAA Bryan Regional, has been the best team through 36 holes at the NCAA Championship. Texas A&M is at 11 under and five clear of second-place Stanford heading into the third round. Clemson, which led after the opening round, is third at 3 under.
The contributions have come from all over the lineup, but none bigger than Adela Cernousek, who birdied four holes in a five-hole stretch on the back nine to get to 8 under for the tournament.
“I thought our round yesterday was special,” Chadwell said. “And today was playing just as hard. If you would have told me we were going to shoot whatever under this morning, I would’ve taken it.”
The Aggies shot 7 under to open the NCAA Championship and followed it up with a 4-under round on Saturday. Cernousek shot 4 under in the second round while Zoe Slaughter signed for a 1-under 71.
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