I was waiting for a Cubuffs preview article, but with the Conference Championship action starting tomorrow morning, hosted by Arizona at the Sewailo Golf Club in Tuscon, decided to go forward with this thread now. Per http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=pairings&tid=13181, looks like the 1st Buff is teeing it up at 9:20 AM (Assume Tuscon time, 10:20 MT) tomorrow.
As I assume is to be expected, there is MUCH tough competition in the "Conference of Champions" for the #21 Buffs in this one. Per http://www.golfstat.com/2016-2017/rankhth.cfm , other Top 25 ranked Pac teams are #2 Stanford, #3 UCLA, #5 ASU, #7 USC and #14 Arizona. Cal is also just outside the 25 at #26, and even the lowest ranked Pac team, WSU, isn't that low at #58, so assume EVERY team in the Pac can have aspirations of being selected to the NCAA regionals with a great tournament this week. Edit- wanted to also mention last season's NCAA Championships final was an all Pac affair, with Washington taking down Stanford in a tight 3-2 match.
(Re Regionals, per page #13 of http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2016DIWGO_Pre-ChampsManual_20161103.pdf, 44 at-large teams are selected in addition to 28 conference champions to participate in the regionals. Selection annoucement day is this coming Thursday, 4/27, while regionals themselves start May 5th in Albuquerque, Lubbock, Columbus and Athens.)
Good luck to the Buffs!
Cubuffs Article from earlier in the week on Buff Junior Brittany Fan and the work she put into golf even before college-
Brian Howell/ Buffzone preview article - http://www.buffzone.com/other-cu-sports/ci_30941262/cu-buffs-embracing-challenge-at-pac-12-womens
(Note - Not that it matters at all, but just wanted to mention the reason he has different ranking numbers for the teams (#26 Buffs, for example) than I gave above was he used Golfweek (the ranking on the NCAA.com page) while I used the 1st I could find, Golfstat's relative rankings. Per the NCAA selection handbook linked to above, it's only the "NCAA/Golfstat ranking" that is used for NCAA tournament selection purposes.)
Host Arizona's Championships Info webpage- http://www.arizonawildcats.com/news/2017/4/18/Pac12WGolf.aspx
Spectators - For anyone in the Tuscon area with the time and inclination to root the Buffs on, per the above link,
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Parking and admission to the Championships is free. Parking is located on site at the Sewailo Golf Club and Casino Del Sol Resort. Spectators are expected to adhere to course rules: no smoking and no talking on cell phones. Spectators are not permitted in the areas that are designated as working space for tournament officials and event staff. Spectators are to wear appropriate golf attire; no jeans, yoga wear, short shorts or t-shirts please.
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Video- Per the above Arizona link, "There will be no live television coverage of the 2017 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championships. TV coverage of the event will debut in a one-hour special on Tuesday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. PDT/5:30 p.m. MDT on Pac-12 Network."
Leaderboard - http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=13181
As I assume is to be expected, there is MUCH tough competition in the "Conference of Champions" for the #21 Buffs in this one. Per http://www.golfstat.com/2016-2017/rankhth.cfm , other Top 25 ranked Pac teams are #2 Stanford, #3 UCLA, #5 ASU, #7 USC and #14 Arizona. Cal is also just outside the 25 at #26, and even the lowest ranked Pac team, WSU, isn't that low at #58, so assume EVERY team in the Pac can have aspirations of being selected to the NCAA regionals with a great tournament this week. Edit- wanted to also mention last season's NCAA Championships final was an all Pac affair, with Washington taking down Stanford in a tight 3-2 match.
(Re Regionals, per page #13 of http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2016DIWGO_Pre-ChampsManual_20161103.pdf, 44 at-large teams are selected in addition to 28 conference champions to participate in the regionals. Selection annoucement day is this coming Thursday, 4/27, while regionals themselves start May 5th in Albuquerque, Lubbock, Columbus and Athens.)
Good luck to the Buffs!
Cubuffs Article from earlier in the week on Buff Junior Brittany Fan and the work she put into golf even before college-
Brian Howell/ Buffzone preview article - http://www.buffzone.com/other-cu-sports/ci_30941262/cu-buffs-embracing-challenge-at-pac-12-womens
(Note - Not that it matters at all, but just wanted to mention the reason he has different ranking numbers for the teams (#26 Buffs, for example) than I gave above was he used Golfweek (the ranking on the NCAA.com page) while I used the 1st I could find, Golfstat's relative rankings. Per the NCAA selection handbook linked to above, it's only the "NCAA/Golfstat ranking" that is used for NCAA tournament selection purposes.)
Host Arizona's Championships Info webpage- http://www.arizonawildcats.com/news/2017/4/18/Pac12WGolf.aspx
Spectators - For anyone in the Tuscon area with the time and inclination to root the Buffs on, per the above link,
"
Parking and admission to the Championships is free. Parking is located on site at the Sewailo Golf Club and Casino Del Sol Resort. Spectators are expected to adhere to course rules: no smoking and no talking on cell phones. Spectators are not permitted in the areas that are designated as working space for tournament officials and event staff. Spectators are to wear appropriate golf attire; no jeans, yoga wear, short shorts or t-shirts please.
"
Video- Per the above Arizona link, "There will be no live television coverage of the 2017 Pac-12 Women's Golf Championships. TV coverage of the event will debut in a one-hour special on Tuesday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. PDT/5:30 p.m. MDT on Pac-12 Network."
Leaderboard - http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=13181
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