
Preview: NCAA Regional
5/7/2023 2:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
RALEIGH, N.C. – The TCU women's golf team will compete at the NCAA Regional beginning Monday at 7:55 a.m. CT. in Raleigh, N.C.
The three-day tournament will be played at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. and consist of 18 holes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The top five teams and the low individual not on a qualifying team after three rounds will advance to the NCAA Championships, held May 19-24, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
THE COURSE – Lonnie Poole Golf Course – Par 72 – 6,324 yards
Opened in the summer of 2009, the Lonnie Poole Golf Course has been the home of both men's and women's golf teams at NC State. The $11.6 million facility offers not just a multipurpose golf course, but also a research center and clubhouse. Designed by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, the course was rated as a top-10 Arnold Palmer design in 2018. The course offers a variety of low-lying areas as well as fairways that extend with rolling hills, while the skyline of Raleigh and the NC State campus reach above the trees.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring with be provided by Golfstat.com.
THE FIELD (Raleigh Regional Seed)
Wake Forest (1)
Arizona State (2)
Florida State (3)
Florida (4)
Arizona (5)
North Texas (6)
TCU (7)
North Carolina State (8)
Purdue (9)
Nebraska (10)
Campbell (11)
Richmond (12)
TCU MATCHES/SCHEDULE
TCU, whose pairing group will include NC State and Purdue, will tee-off at 7:55 a.m. CT. on hole No. 1. Each trio of golfers will tee off every 11 minutes.
TCU LINEUP
Caitlyn Macnab | Sophomore | Johannesburg, South Africa
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Won her first collegiate individual title in TCU's season-opener at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a -10 under par 200 ... she posted scores of 69, 67 and 64 in each round, respectively ... her final round 6-under 64 is a new all-time career-low for the South African native and it is tied for the second-lowest score in school history ... set the school record for 54-hole low score with her three-round score of 200 ... totaled 16 birdies in the event ... posted another top-15 finish, coming
in a tie for 14th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup ... was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month for September ... shot par or better in all three rounds at the Illini Invitational, finishing in a tied for 23rd place with a score of 4-under par 212 ... tallied a total of nine birdies in the event ... finished fourth at the Battle at the Beach after carding a 6-under 207 (69-66-72) ... tallied 11 birdies in the event ... placed 11th among all competitors at the Match in the Desert shooting a 2-under 70 ... tied for 38th place at the Nexus Collegiate ... shot a 6-under 65 in Round 1 of the MountainView Collegiate, one stroke from her career-best ... shot a 14-under 202 at the MountainView Collegiate, two strokes from the 54 hole school-record she already set at the Schooner Fall Classic ... placed third at the MountainView Collegiate ... placed tied for fourth at the Augusta Women's Amateur ... this was her second appearance at Augusta National ... placed tied for 9th at the Big 12 Women's Championship ... broke the school-record for most eagles-made in a career ... made an eagle-putt on No. 3 at the Dallas Athletic Club to claim her 11th career eagle ... was selected to the All-Big 12 Championship Team for the second straight season ... currently ranks as the No. 32 women's amateur in the world.
Sofia Barroso Sa | Freshman | Belmont, Portugal
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Incoming freshman for the Horned Frogs, made her collegiate debut at the Schooner Fall Classic ... opened the tournament with a score of 1-over par 71, but closed with
a 2-under par 68, on the way to a score of 1-over par 211 for the event ... tallied eight birdies in the tournament and went onto finish in a tie for 27th place ... in just her second collegiate tournament, she carded a 13-over par (77-72-80=229) to win the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title ... became TCU's first freshman to win an event since in 2018 ... registered her first collegiate eagle scoring a 3 on the par 5 second hole in round two ... finished in a tie for 35th place at the Illini Invitational with a score of 1-under par 215 ... set a new tournament best with nine birdies and one eagle in the event ... shot a 4-over par 217 (69-76-72=217) in the Battle at the Beach to finish 29th in the event ... recorded six birdies in the event ... tied for 26th place with a 2-over par 74 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 17th place at the MountainView Collegiate ... tied her season-best score of a 3-under 69 in Round One and Round Three at the MountainView Collegiate ... tied for 16th place at The Bruzzy ... tied for 6th place at the Big 12 Women's Championship
Lois Lau | Junior | Noisy-sur-Ecole, France
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Finished in a tie for fifth place at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 7-under par 203 ... she also tied the school's second-lowest single-round score with a final-round of 6-under par 64 ... bettered her all-time career-low by two strokes ... registered TCU's first eagle of the season, scoring a 3 on a par-5, in just her third hole of the event ... shot under par in back-to-back rounds for the first time since last season's first two rounds at the Clover Cup ... notched another top-15 finish as she came in a tie for 11th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup ... carded scores of par or better in all three rounds at the Illini Invitational, finishing in a tie for 19th place with a score of 5-under par 211 ... led the team with 12 total birdies in the 54-hole event ... shot a career-best 11-under par (202) to finish second overall at the Battle at the Beach ... she posted scores of 68, 65, 69 in each round, respectively ... carded a career-high 12 birdies in the event ... tied for 26th place with a 2-over par 74 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 26th placed at the MountainView Collegiate shooting 2-under ... tied for 27th place at the Bruzzy ... shot a 2-over 74 in Round 1 of the Big 12 Women's Championship ... tied for 23rd place at the Big 12 Women's Championship.
Sabrina Nguyen | Junior | Escondido, California
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Notched a 65th place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 9-over par 219 ... matched her all-time career-low with a 1-under par 69 in the first round of the tournament ... went on to collect seven birdies in the event, which included a single-round best four birdies in the first round ... posted a top-40 finish at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup, helping guide Horned Frogs to a third-place finish ... placed in a tie for 72nd place with a score of 7-over par 223 at the Illini Invitational ... placed in a tie for 30thplace as an individual with a score of 3-over par 75 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 26th placed at the MountainView Collegiate with a score of 2-under ... tied for 55th place at The Bruzzy ... tied for 38th place at the Big 12 Women's Championship.
Sheridan Clancy | Freshman | Perth, Australia
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Joined the squad at the beginning of the spring semester ... made her tournament debut in the Match at the Desert held in Arizona ... placed 36th overall at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 16th at the Big 12 Women's Championship ... was tied for 4th place after Round 1 at the Big 12 Women's Championship after carding a career-high six-birdies in the opening round ... her score of 72 in Round 1 of the Big 12 Women's Championship set her career-high for lowest round.
The three-day tournament will be played at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. and consist of 18 holes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The top five teams and the low individual not on a qualifying team after three rounds will advance to the NCAA Championships, held May 19-24, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
THE COURSE – Lonnie Poole Golf Course – Par 72 – 6,324 yards
Opened in the summer of 2009, the Lonnie Poole Golf Course has been the home of both men's and women's golf teams at NC State. The $11.6 million facility offers not just a multipurpose golf course, but also a research center and clubhouse. Designed by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, the course was rated as a top-10 Arnold Palmer design in 2018. The course offers a variety of low-lying areas as well as fairways that extend with rolling hills, while the skyline of Raleigh and the NC State campus reach above the trees.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live scoring with be provided by Golfstat.com.
THE FIELD (Raleigh Regional Seed)
Wake Forest (1)
Arizona State (2)
Florida State (3)
Florida (4)
Arizona (5)
North Texas (6)
TCU (7)
North Carolina State (8)
Purdue (9)
Nebraska (10)
Campbell (11)
Richmond (12)
TCU MATCHES/SCHEDULE
TCU, whose pairing group will include NC State and Purdue, will tee-off at 7:55 a.m. CT. on hole No. 1. Each trio of golfers will tee off every 11 minutes.
TCU LINEUP
Caitlyn Macnab | Sophomore | Johannesburg, South Africa
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Won her first collegiate individual title in TCU's season-opener at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a -10 under par 200 ... she posted scores of 69, 67 and 64 in each round, respectively ... her final round 6-under 64 is a new all-time career-low for the South African native and it is tied for the second-lowest score in school history ... set the school record for 54-hole low score with her three-round score of 200 ... totaled 16 birdies in the event ... posted another top-15 finish, coming
in a tie for 14th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup ... was named the Big 12 Golfer of the Month for September ... shot par or better in all three rounds at the Illini Invitational, finishing in a tied for 23rd place with a score of 4-under par 212 ... tallied a total of nine birdies in the event ... finished fourth at the Battle at the Beach after carding a 6-under 207 (69-66-72) ... tallied 11 birdies in the event ... placed 11th among all competitors at the Match in the Desert shooting a 2-under 70 ... tied for 38th place at the Nexus Collegiate ... shot a 6-under 65 in Round 1 of the MountainView Collegiate, one stroke from her career-best ... shot a 14-under 202 at the MountainView Collegiate, two strokes from the 54 hole school-record she already set at the Schooner Fall Classic ... placed third at the MountainView Collegiate ... placed tied for fourth at the Augusta Women's Amateur ... this was her second appearance at Augusta National ... placed tied for 9th at the Big 12 Women's Championship ... broke the school-record for most eagles-made in a career ... made an eagle-putt on No. 3 at the Dallas Athletic Club to claim her 11th career eagle ... was selected to the All-Big 12 Championship Team for the second straight season ... currently ranks as the No. 32 women's amateur in the world.
Sofia Barroso Sa | Freshman | Belmont, Portugal
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Incoming freshman for the Horned Frogs, made her collegiate debut at the Schooner Fall Classic ... opened the tournament with a score of 1-over par 71, but closed with
a 2-under par 68, on the way to a score of 1-over par 211 for the event ... tallied eight birdies in the tournament and went onto finish in a tie for 27th place ... in just her second collegiate tournament, she carded a 13-over par (77-72-80=229) to win the Barbara Nicklaus Cup individual title ... became TCU's first freshman to win an event since in 2018 ... registered her first collegiate eagle scoring a 3 on the par 5 second hole in round two ... finished in a tie for 35th place at the Illini Invitational with a score of 1-under par 215 ... set a new tournament best with nine birdies and one eagle in the event ... shot a 4-over par 217 (69-76-72=217) in the Battle at the Beach to finish 29th in the event ... recorded six birdies in the event ... tied for 26th place with a 2-over par 74 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 17th place at the MountainView Collegiate ... tied her season-best score of a 3-under 69 in Round One and Round Three at the MountainView Collegiate ... tied for 16th place at The Bruzzy ... tied for 6th place at the Big 12 Women's Championship
Lois Lau | Junior | Noisy-sur-Ecole, France
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Finished in a tie for fifth place at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 7-under par 203 ... she also tied the school's second-lowest single-round score with a final-round of 6-under par 64 ... bettered her all-time career-low by two strokes ... registered TCU's first eagle of the season, scoring a 3 on a par-5, in just her third hole of the event ... shot under par in back-to-back rounds for the first time since last season's first two rounds at the Clover Cup ... notched another top-15 finish as she came in a tie for 11th place at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup ... carded scores of par or better in all three rounds at the Illini Invitational, finishing in a tie for 19th place with a score of 5-under par 211 ... led the team with 12 total birdies in the 54-hole event ... shot a career-best 11-under par (202) to finish second overall at the Battle at the Beach ... she posted scores of 68, 65, 69 in each round, respectively ... carded a career-high 12 birdies in the event ... tied for 26th place with a 2-over par 74 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 26th placed at the MountainView Collegiate shooting 2-under ... tied for 27th place at the Bruzzy ... shot a 2-over 74 in Round 1 of the Big 12 Women's Championship ... tied for 23rd place at the Big 12 Women's Championship.
Sabrina Nguyen | Junior | Escondido, California
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Notched a 65th place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic, carding a three-round score of 9-over par 219 ... matched her all-time career-low with a 1-under par 69 in the first round of the tournament ... went on to collect seven birdies in the event, which included a single-round best four birdies in the first round ... posted a top-40 finish at the Barbara Nicklaus Cup, helping guide Horned Frogs to a third-place finish ... placed in a tie for 72nd place with a score of 7-over par 223 at the Illini Invitational ... placed in a tie for 30thplace as an individual with a score of 3-over par 75 at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 26th placed at the MountainView Collegiate with a score of 2-under ... tied for 55th place at The Bruzzy ... tied for 38th place at the Big 12 Women's Championship.
Sheridan Clancy | Freshman | Perth, Australia
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS: Joined the squad at the beginning of the spring semester ... made her tournament debut in the Match at the Desert held in Arizona ... placed 36th overall at the Match in the Desert ... tied for 16th at the Big 12 Women's Championship ... was tied for 4th place after Round 1 at the Big 12 Women's Championship after carding a career-high six-birdies in the opening round ... her score of 72 in Round 1 of the Big 12 Women's Championship set her career-high for lowest round.
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