University of Louisville
NCAA Regionals
Women’s Golf Ready for NCAA Columbus Regional
May 07, 2017 | Women's Golf
The Cardinals are competing in the 18-team field from Monday through Wednesday.
NCAA Columbus Regional
Format: 54 holes (18 on Monday, 18 on Tuesday, 18 on Wednesday)
Tee Times: Tee times start at 9 a.m. ET on Monday and 7:30 a.m. ET Tuesday and Wednesday
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Course (Par/Yardage): OSU Golf Club-Scarlet Course (par 72/6,416)
Tournament Field (in order of Golfstat ranking): No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Florida State, No. 12 South Carolina, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 20 Colorado, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 27 Purdue, No. 29 Ohio State, No. 33 Michigan, No. 37 San Jose State, No. 44 Houston, No. 46 Louisville, No. 52 Wisconsin, No. 54 Kentucky, No. 62 Old Dominion, No. 116 Delaware, No. 168 Missouri State, No. 214 Cleveland State
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville women's golf team is competing in the NCAA Division I Columbus Women's Golf Regional Championship from Monday through Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio.
The Cardinals, making their 10th regional championship appearance in program history and fourth straight, will play at the par-72, 6,416-yard OSU Golf Club-Scarlet Course. The 18-team field consists of six top-25 programs in the latest Golfstat rankings: Florida (4), Florida State (5), South Carolina (12), Arkansas (13), Colorado (20), and Texas A&M (21).
Louisville, on the first day of competition, is grouped with San Jose State and Houston and tees off from hole No. 10 at 9 a.m. ET. Tee times on both Tuesday and Wednesday start at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Live stats are available on Golfstat.com.
The Cardinals will utilize a lineup of Olivia Cason, Lauren Hartlage, Molly Skapik, Jacqueline Twitty, and Meghan Nay.
Through 10 tournaments this year, the Cardinals have compiled four top-five finishes. Most recently, Louisville is coming off a seventh-place showing at the ACC Championship.
Hartlage has compiled a remarkable season, leading the team in scoring average at 73.19. She has tallied 14 rounds even or below par, with five top-10 finishes.
Cason, who earned all-region honors as a freshman last year, is second with a 74.45 scoring average. She has registered four top-10 finishes, with 10 rounds even or below par. Skapik rounds out the top three with a 75.39 average and also is third in rounds even or below par (6).
The top six teams from each regional (Columbus, Ohio; Athens, Ga.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and, Lubbock, Texas) advance to the NCAA Championships, held from May 19-24 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. The top three individuals not on an advancing team also secure trips to the national championship.
For the latest information on Louisville women's golf, log on to GoCards.com, or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account at www.twitter.com/UofLWGolf or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UofLWGolf.
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