Anica Yoo Prepared For NCAA Nationals
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Playing the best golf her career, Anica Yoo is prepared for the NCAA Division I Women‘s National Golf Championships, which begin Friday in Bradenton, Fla.
Yoo finished the NCAA Regionals with a 4-under 70-69-73--212 at the par-72, 6,350-yard Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas and was one of the low three individuals not on the low six teams to advance to the NCAA Nationals.
She is just the second Oregon State women’s golfer to advance to the NCAA Nationals as an individual, joining All-American Kathleen Takaishi who qualified in 1999 when she finished in a tie for 48th place at the Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
Yoo has shot seven sub-par rounds in her last six tournaments, including a pair of 4-under 68’s to tie the Oregon State single-round record. The 4-under 212 at the NCAA Regionals was a three-round school record, bettering the 3-under 213 that Takaishi shot at the Wahine Classic in the fall of 1998.
A senior from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Yoo has a scoring average of 74.53 this season, the lowest in Oregon State history, and a career scoring average of 75.64, the second lowest in school history (Seshia Telles, 75.59).
COURSE: The NCAA National Championships will be held at the par-72, 6,468-yard Concession Golf Club.
FIELD: The field for the NCAA National Championships includes 24 teams and 12 individuals that qualified at four regional competitions that were held May 7-9.
TEE TIMES: Anica Yoo will tee off at 12:55 p.m. ET (9:55 a.m. PT) in the first round on Friday and be paired with Emily Williams of Middle Tennessee State and Isabelle Johansson of Kentucky. The threesome will tee off at 8:25 a.m. ET (5:25 a.m. PT) in the second round on Saturday. The tee times for Sunday’s round will be determined by individual standings after the first two rounds.
LIVE SCORING: Live results from the championship can be found online at www.ncaa.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State women’s golf team on Twitter and Facebook.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT: The NCAA National Championships will consist of three days of stroke play Friday through Sunday (54 holes), after which the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, followed by the finals on Wednesday.
THE 2015 FINALS COMPETITION SCHEDULE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS (all times Eastern):
Friday, May 22
7:30 a.m. -- First round of competition
Saturday, May 23
7:30 a.m. -- Second round of competition
Sunday, May 24
7 a.m. -- Third round of competition
(Top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on an advancing team are determined)
Monday, May 25
Approx. 11:50 a.m. -- Tee times begin for final round
3-4 p.m. -- Pre-round coverage on Golf Channel
4-7 p.m. -- Live coverage on Golf Channel
7-8 p.m. -- Post-round coverage on Golf Channel
7:30 p.m. -- Individual awards ceremony
8 p.m. -- Quarterfinal Match Play pairings determined
Tuesday, May 26
7 a.m. -- Match #1 and #2 begin (1st and 10th tees)
7:50 a.m. -- Match #3 and #4 begin (1st and 10th tees)
9:30-10:30 a.m. -- Pre-round coverage on Golf Channel
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- Live coverage (quarterfinals) on Golf Channel
1:30 p.m. -- Match #5 begins (winners of match #1 and #2)
2:20 p.m. -- Match #6 begins (winners of match #3 and #4)
3-3:30 p.m. -- Pre-round coverage on Golf Channel
3:30-7 p.m. -- Live coverage (semifinals) on Golf Channel
7-8 p.m. -- Post-round coverage on Golf Channel
7:30 p.m. -- Semifinalist awards ceremony
8 p.m. -- Championship Match Play pairings determined
1-3 p.m. -- Pre-round coverage on Golf Channel
Approx. 2:10 p.m. -- Championship Match begins (winner Match #5 vs. winner of Match #6)
3-7 p.m. --Live coverage on Golf Channel
7-8 p.m. -- Post-round coverage on Golf Channel
