Northwestern University Athletics
'Cats Tee Off NCAA Championships Friday At Rich Harvest Farms
5/17/2017 11:45:00 AM | Women's Golf
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – Northwestern women's golf has its sights firmly leveled on a national title at the 2017 NCAA Golf Championships this weekend, hosted at Rich Harvest Farms (Par-72; 6,343 yards), west of Chicago. It marks the Wildcats fifth straight appearance in the premier event in women's college golf.
LIVE LEADERBOARD – 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
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The Wildcats week at Rich Harvest Farms begins on Thursday, May 18 with the practice round. All 24 teams and 12 individuals will have a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m., with the 'Cats teeing off as a team from No. 7. NU's lineup is laden with experience, with senior Kacie Komoto, juniors Sarah Cho and Hannah Kim, and sophomores Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao all returning from last spring's squad that earned a ninth-place result at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
The quintet, along with head coach Emily Fletcher and assistant Beth Miller will tackle the course as a group Thursday for the first time, playing behind Texas and ahead of Miami (FL).
On Friday, Northwestern officially tees off its fifth consecutive appearance in college golf's most prestigious event. The Wildcats will have a "late-early" schedule over the first two days of the competition, with the field being split into morning and afternoon rounds to ensure efficient progression through the 18 holes. Chicago's Big Ten Team will begin the tournament on No. 1 at 1:06 p.m. CT on Friday (with tee times following every 11-minutes until 1:50), paired with Miami (FL) and Kent State. On Saturday, paired with those same two opponents, Northwestern will tee off from No. 1 at 8:36 a.m. CT (with tee times again following every 11-minutes until 9:20 a.m.
The competition will begin with three days of stroke play (18 holes per day), with the field cut to 15 teams after Sunday's action in preparation for one final day of stroke play on Monday to determine the individual medalist and the match play bracket. The Top-8 teams after four days will advance to match play, with quarterfinal and semifinal matches
Last season Northwestern earned a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, hosted at Eugene (OR) Country Club, the best result in program history. The Wildcats missed a Top-8 invitation to match play by just a single stroke. Fletcher and Miller return all five golfers from that lineup this year in Sugar Grove, one that was the youngest of any team at last season's event.
In each of the program's last four appearances in the NCAA Championships, it has posted the best finish in Northwestern history. The 'Cats earned 15th-place results in 2013 and 2014, a 10th-place finish in 2015 and then a ninth-place standing last spring.
LIVE LEADERBOARD – 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
PURCHASE TICKETS
NCAA.com – Women's Golf Championships Field Announced
The Wildcats week at Rich Harvest Farms begins on Thursday, May 18 with the practice round. All 24 teams and 12 individuals will have a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m., with the 'Cats teeing off as a team from No. 7. NU's lineup is laden with experience, with senior Kacie Komoto, juniors Sarah Cho and Hannah Kim, and sophomores Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao all returning from last spring's squad that earned a ninth-place result at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
The quintet, along with head coach Emily Fletcher and assistant Beth Miller will tackle the course as a group Thursday for the first time, playing behind Texas and ahead of Miami (FL).
Thursday the #B1GCats get their first look at Rich Harvest Farms during the #NCAAWGolf Championships practice round. https://t.co/f2kNrDePAT
— #B1GCats Golf (@NUGolf_Live) May 17, 2017
On Friday, Northwestern officially tees off its fifth consecutive appearance in college golf's most prestigious event. The Wildcats will have a "late-early" schedule over the first two days of the competition, with the field being split into morning and afternoon rounds to ensure efficient progression through the 18 holes. Chicago's Big Ten Team will begin the tournament on No. 1 at 1:06 p.m. CT on Friday (with tee times following every 11-minutes until 1:50), paired with Miami (FL) and Kent State. On Saturday, paired with those same two opponents, Northwestern will tee off from No. 1 at 8:36 a.m. CT (with tee times again following every 11-minutes until 9:20 a.m.
In three days, we're playing for a national championship.
— #B1GCats Golf (@NUGolf_Live) May 16, 2017
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The competition will begin with three days of stroke play (18 holes per day), with the field cut to 15 teams after Sunday's action in preparation for one final day of stroke play on Monday to determine the individual medalist and the match play bracket. The Top-8 teams after four days will advance to match play, with quarterfinal and semifinal matches
Last season Northwestern earned a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, hosted at Eugene (OR) Country Club, the best result in program history. The Wildcats missed a Top-8 invitation to match play by just a single stroke. Fletcher and Miller return all five golfers from that lineup this year in Sugar Grove, one that was the youngest of any team at last season's event.
In each of the program's last four appearances in the NCAA Championships, it has posted the best finish in Northwestern history. The 'Cats earned 15th-place results in 2013 and 2014, a 10th-place finish in 2015 and then a ninth-place standing last spring.
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