Top-seeded Arkansas Set for NCAA Columbus Regional
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 2 Arkansas women’s golf, the top seed at the NCAA Columbus Regional, will tee off its 23rd regional on Monday morning from the Ohio State University Golf Club.
The 54-hole competition will run from May 5-7, with the top five teams advancing to the NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, California, from May 16-21. Arkansas won the Las Vegas Regional last year and finished even par to beat Purdue by four strokes. At the NCAA Championships, the Razorbacks earned a 10th place finish and then-freshman Maria José Marin finished T4 at 5-under. The Hogs will look to advance to their 13th NCAA Championship following the regional round.
Arkansas will tee off the first round at 8 a.m. ET and is paired with No. 10 LSU and No. 14 Ohio State. Live scoring will be available on scoreboard.clippd.com.
The Razorbacks are coming off one of its best regular seasons in program history and spent some time as the top-ranked team in the NCAA in both the fall and spring. Arkansas has four tournament wins: The Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Dale McNamara Invitational, Jackson T. Stephens Cup (match play) and the Puerto Rico Classic. The Razorbacks finished their run at the SEC Championship in the match play semifinals after taking down No. 6 Texas, 3-2, in the quarterfinals.
Earlier this week, José Marin was named the 2024-25 SEC Player of the Year and was also selected to the All-SEC First Team, along with senior golfer Kendall Todd. Junior Reagan Zibilski and freshman Clarisa Temelo saw placements on the All-SEC Second Team with Temelo earning a spot on the Freshman All-SEC Team. Todd was the program’s choice for the SEC Community Service Team.
Arkanasas Lineup by Tee Times (in ET)
8 a.m. – Abbey Schutte
8:11 a.m. – Clarisa Temelo
8:22 a.m. – Reagan Zibilski
8:33 a.m. – Kendall Todd
8:44 a.m. – Maria José Marin
Columbus Regional – Columbus, Ohio
The University of Ohio Golf Club – Scarlet Course (Par 71)
1. #2 Arkansas
2. #10 LSU
3. #14 Ohio State
4. #23 Kansas
5. #26 Houston
6. #35 SMU
7. #39 UNLV
8. #47 Illinois
9. Kent State
10. Illinois State
11. Xavier
12. Oakland
About the Course (via GolfDigest)
Augusta National and Cypress Point architect Alister MacKenzie originally designed Ohio State’s Scarlet course in 1931, but he died in 1934 before construction began. After his death, Perry Maxwell oversaw the construction, though the course is still considered a MacKenzie layout. Jack Nicklaus returned to his collegiate course in 2005-2006 to restore the bunkers and lengthen the course to over 7,400 yards. The bunkers are some of the most penal in college golf, many massive in size and most with tall lips, often requiring high-lofted clubs to get back in play. The greens often play quite firm, making it difficult to hold approach shots close to some hole locations. The Ohio track regularly plays as one of the toughest courses on the Korn Ferry Tour when it hosts an annual event during the tour’s finals series. The course is semi-private and open to those who have an affiliation with Ohio State University.
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