Bulldogs Receive No. 4 Seed in 2009 Big South Women's Golf Championship
April 08, 2009 | Women's Golf
Charlotte, N.C. – The Gardner-Webb women's golf team will enter into its first Big South Women's Golf Championship on April 13-15 as the No. 4 seed. The championship tournament will be hosted by High Point University at The Patriot Club Golf Club in Ninety-Six, S.C.
The seeding for the 2009 Big South Women's Golf Championship next
week is based on the current Golfweek national rankings.
The Bulldogs drew the No. 4 seed, as Gardner-Webb is ranked No. 147
overall in the current Golfweek rankings.
Coastal Carolina University, last year's runner-up finisher, has
received the No. 1 seed based on its current Golfweek
national ranking of 98, the highest among the eight Big South
women's golf programs.
Winthrop, which finished third in last year's championship, is
ranked 112th in the nation by Golfweek and receives the
No. 2 seed. Defending champion Charleston Southern is the No. 3
seed with its ranking of 119. Radford, ranked No. 165, will be the
No. 5 seed in the championship, while associate women's golf member
Bucknell (198) is the No. 6 seed. Host High Point receives the No.
7 seed (No. 201) and associate member Holy Cross (No. 8 – 236)
rounds out the championship field. In addition, new Big South
member Presbyterian College will participate in the event, but will
not count in the overall team and individual standings due to its
transition to Division I.
The Patriot Club is hosting the Big South Women's Golf Championship
for the third time, as the course hosted the event in 2005 and
2008. The 2009 Big South Women's Golf Championship begins this
weekend with a practice round on Sunday, April 12. The three-day,
54-hole event will be played April 13-15 and is free and open to
the public. The 2009 champion will receive the Big South's
automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals.
The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Date Time (ET)
Sunday, April 12
1:00pm Practice Round
Monday, April 13
8:00am First round
8:00-8:36am #7 High Point, #8 Holy Cross, Presbyterian
8:45-9:21am #4 Gardner-Webb, #5 Radford, #6 Bucknell
9:30-10:06am #1 Coastal Carolina, #2 Winthrop, #3 Charleston
Southern
Tuesday, April 14
8:00am Second Round
Wednesday, April 15
8:00am Final Round
Meanwhile, the annual Big South Women's Golf Awards Banquet will be
held Monday, April 13 at 6:00pm at The Patriot Golf Club. The 2009
annual award winners and half of the All-Conference team will be
announced at that time, while the remaining All-Conference
performers will be determined by their finish in the Conference
Championship.
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