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today was my birthday so I wasn't able to keep up with the tourney. We had a terrible day but made the first cut of top 15 teams. We are currently tied for 7th still have tomorrow need to stay in top 8 to get to final 8 teams to start match play. We shot 13 over had so many doubles and a few triples hopefully got the worse out of the way.

Good start.............

CARLSBAD, Calif. – No. 6 Women's golf began the NCAA Championship with an opening round of 285 (-3), which places them in a tie for third place in the field of 30 teams. Freshman Anna Davis continued her impressive play after winning the Auburn Regional by carding a 3-under 69.

"I saw a lot of maturity out of the team today," Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said after the round. "I think the course played differently in the afternoon than it did in the morning. It got firmer and it seemed like it played a little bit shorter so we had to make some adjustments off the tees on the fly. I think we like the course and I think we have a good plan for the course so as long as we stick to our plan and stay committed, we'll have more good days."

After a slow start on the first two holes of the round, the Tigers heated up later in the day and ultimately tallied 16 birdies as a team. Auburn is five strokes behind 18-hole leader Clemson.

Davis picked up two birdies on the front nine, then recorded back-to-back birdies on No. 11 and No. 12 including a chip-in from just short of the green on the 11^th hole. Davis extended her rounds under par streak to three after Friday's round and recorded her 11^th round under par this season.
 

Redshirt sophomore Casey Weidenfeld carded a 2-under 70 in her opening round which included four birdies. Senior Megan Schofill was 2-over through 12 holes at the Champions Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, but picked up three birdies in her final four holes of the round to finish at 1-under (71).  Schofill and Weidenfeld each recorded their 15^th round under par this season on Friday.

Senior Anna Foster settled in after a 3-over start through her first two holes of the day to post a 75 (+3), which was the final counting score for the Tigers.

"I'm especially proud of Anna Foster for having a rough start and just never getting upset," Luellen said about the senior. "She's unflappable, just parring away. She had a lot of birdie looks but didn't make anything today so I think it bodes well for tomorrow."

Auburn played under cloudy but comfortable conditions on Friday afternoon during the opening round and will now play in the morning wave beginning just after 9 a.m. CT during Saturday's second round paired with players from LSU and UCLA.

"All of the top ranked teams are in the same boat as we are in, so I like that we're playing under the same conditions," continued Luellen. It's a quick turnaround. We'll get to bed as early as we can and get up. It'll be a very early morning but we know that is part of the deal here."

The championship format includes 30 teams and six individuals completing 54 holes of stroke play on Friday-Sunday. Then the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will compete in one additional day of stroke play on Monday to determine the top eight teams for match play competition and the 72-hole stroke play individual champion.

The top eight teams after 72 holes of play will be placed into a bracket with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 8 seed, the No. 2 seed playing the No. 7 seed, the No. 3 seed playing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed playing the No. 5 seed in match play. Three rounds of match play will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide the national champion.

Live scoring of the second round will be available online at Golfstat.com and the GolfStat mobile app.

 
Auburn individuals:

5 minutes ago, Tigger1985 said:

Any idea of who we are talking to? 

Don't think anyone can say for certain. I would assume things/rumors picking up around Regionals/World Series time.

Glad its almost over 

1 hour ago, Mikey said:

What is a birdie? a Bogey? an eagle,

A birdie is a score of 1 under par on a hole (for example, scoring 4 on a par-5). A bogey is 1-over par on a hole. An eagle is 2-under par on a hole.

58 minutes ago, SCTiger2011 said:

Geeze, I did not suffer through the pain of the Slater/Pawlowski/Golloway years for some bandwagon fans who watched two innings of the 2019 CWS to spew this nonsense lolll.  

Yes, please get rid of the man who owns 3 Regional Championships and 2 CWS appearances in the last 6 years and hire a TRUE WINNER who can return Auburn baseball back to the glory days of...of...?

Fire the pitching coach.  Keep recruiting at a high level.  Enjoy the new facilities that the administration drug their feet around approving for a decade.  

The sky is not falling.  This year sucked.  They went 1-8 in conference games decided by 1 run with the 4th toughest schedule in the nation.  You don't burn down the house because your wife spilled red wine on the carpet.  

Well said

Never in my life have I seen this great of scoring in a regional. We shot 20 under par today alone ended up at 21 under for entire tourney. We made up 13 strokes on VA today and this is not an easy course. Our two freshmen shot 4 and 5 under today. Now on to Nationals..............we have a great team best I've ever seen at Auburn

AU -21 under

VA -13 under

Texas Tech -8 under

Ohio St and LSU have locked up positions 4 and 5 but still playing

AU 20 under with a approx. 2 holes to play per player VA at 16 under with same amount of holes to play. Looking good but don't count the chickens just yet........

1 minute ago, Golden Eagle said:

Really happy to hear we're trouncing Yale (ahem...basketball).   And, of course, everybody else...this team is amazing!

Yale is currently 49 under oh I mean 49 over so if math is correct we're leading them by 68 strokes. 

Update on the turds poor babies finished 6th one stroke behind Baylor.........so their not going to the Nationals

I had a few errands to do come back and Auburn is on fire atm. We are 18 under for the day!!!!! That's thru 12 holes meaning one player or two on the team has a birdie on every hole. Virginia is 10 under for the day. 

Currently Auburn is leading at 19 under and Virginia 16 under Texas Tech is third at 3 under.

Sidenote our #1 player is not having his best round which just shows how deep we are.

1 hour ago, autan said:

Is Auburn still overall No. 1 seed?

Yes

1 hour ago, autan said:

Where does Virginia rank nationally?

12th

1 hour ago, autan said:

Is their performance a surprise or was this expected from the Cavaliers? 

Yes but teams can get hot or just suited for a certain type golf course 

1 hour ago, autan said:

Being challenged in the Regionals is a good thing for our Tigers going into NCAA finals I would think.

I agree

1 hour ago, autan said:

Will our guys coast in as runner-up

Yes but knowing them they will play as if they are in 6th place trying to make up ground

1 hour ago, autan said:

WDE Tiger Golf team!!

Damn straight

We've gotten off to a good start but so has Virginia currently Virginia is 10 under Auburn 8 under thru about 4 holes. Both teams have started separating themselves from the field. auburn is 10 strokes ahead of 3rd place Texas Tech.

3 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

gplf we need you expert opinion.........

Not much to go on but HF is somewhat better but hitting a driver compared to a wedge swing easier for HF to take a full swing

8 minutes ago, norfolk said:

Is there anyway to follow this Golf on TV ?

Not for regionals you may catch some highlights on golf channel. Maybe the SEC channel will have a small segment on Wed night for the SEC teams that make the National.

Well had a few rough holes toward the end. Currently sit at 1 under with Virginia at 6 under. Virginia is playing extremely well for their ranking which is 12th nationally. Final round tomorrow lets see what happens and how Virginia holds onto that 5 shot lead. Golfs a funny sport things can flip on a dime in team scoring

Keep in mind we need to finish in top 5 to move on to nationals

Course is playing really tough today but we have tied Virginia for the lead at 3 under thru 14 or so holes. Valdes is having a heck of back nine at 3 under

1 hour ago, Ausburn2 said:

He played with Old Tom Morris and could whittle a mean hickory shaft. They where a couple of sap suckers who tapped Sapodilla trees to make there own gutta percha balls. Memories fade with time.....

Remember like it was yesterday whittling those hickory trees

2 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

i know you are private and i respect that but did you ever play golf for auburn? my memory is bad and this chemo had made my memory worse than it was.

Yes a very long time ago 

Good first day not great. Left some shots out there and had to many doubles . Gotta get the putters going today

AUBURN, Ala. – No. 7 Auburn has advanced to the 2024 NCAA Championship after winning the Auburn Regional by four strokes on Wednesday. The Tigers fired a final round 297 (+9) for a 54-hole score of 874 (+10) to claim the victory. Additionally, freshman Anna Davis earned her first individual victory at the event after posting a three-round total of 211 (-5).

"All week overall I think we played a lot of really good golf," Auburn head coach Melissa Luellen said after the win. "I know they really wanted to win last year. We missed, and that was very painful. We didn't talk about it, but I know it was in the back of some of their heads today. It's golf and anything can happen."

After a difficult front nine, the Tigers finished with a stronger back nine on Wednesday to earn their spot in the NCAA Championship for the 22^nd time in program history and the fifth time under Luellen.

"When we got off to such a rough start, my stomach was in knots and I know theirs were too," continued Luellen. "You could tell that everybody was struggling and just feel that energy. But all of the mental work that we do with Bill Nelson, that's when it starts to come together: when you struggle and how you respond to it."

Davis recorded five birdies in her final round, including back-to-back birdies on No. 12 and No. 13 at Auburn University Club. The freshman knocked an approach from around 140 yards on No. 12 close for a birdie, then got up-and-down on the following hole for another birdie. She then made a putt of around 30 feet on the 17^th hole, a par 3, to finish at 3-under for the day.
 

"I think I was just very comfortable being at home and we've played this golf course so many times the past few weeks, so it all just felt very comfortable and consistent. Today I feel like I just gave myself a lot of chances on the last eight holes to make birdies."

Megan Schofill finished just behind Davis in a tie for second place individually at 2-under (214). Schofill bounced back after shooting 4-over on the front nine with a bogey-free 32 (-4) on the back nine to finish the round at even par (72). Schofill tied the best par-5 scoring mark in the field at 6-under over all three rounds and recorded her third top-5 individual finish of the season.
 

Redshirt sophomore Casey Weidenfeld carded a 77 (+5) on Wednesday and finished the event inside the top-20 for the sixth time this season. Her 54-hole total of 222 (+6) placed her in a tie for 16^th on the individual leaderboard. The redshirt sophomore was just three birdies shy of the most birdies in the field during the tournament with 10.

Senior Anna Foster provided the final counting score in the Tigers' winning effort on Wednesday, shooting a 79 (+7) which led to a three-round total of 227 (+11) and a tie for 25^th place finish.

The team victory marks the second of the season for Auburn after claiming the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in March.

The other teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship from the Auburn Regional include No. 14 Oregon, No. 29 North Carolina, No. 2 South Carolina and No. 47 Tulsa. Minnesota's Isabella McCauley also advanced to the championship as an individual. 

Auburn will participate in the NCAA Championship May 17-22 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Champions Course in Carlsbad, California.

 
Auburn individuals:

37 minutes ago, CCTAU said:

Come on man. We haven’t hated GT since 1987! 
You must still have some grease on your hands from way back in the day!

Yep

Yes........ended up winning by 4 strokes Megan and Anna saved our ass. Let me just let everyone know about Anna Davis winning the individual at 5 under Anna is suppose to be playing high school golf this spring was an early enrollee and within a few weeks of enrolling she playing college golf. She's special also her twin brother will be here next fall to play on the men's team.

Very disappointing in total team play today shooting a 9 over today was a shock. Another good thing is the puppies from Athens did not make the cut.

1 Auburn 290 287 297 874 +10 2 Oregon 298 297 283 878 +14 3 North Carolina 300 292 293 885 +21 T4 South Carolina 293 305 293 891 +27 T4 Tulsa 298 298 295 891 +27 T6 Georgia 306 290 296 892 +28 T6 Houston 298 293 301 892 +28 8 Miami 305 306 304 915 +51 9 Michigan 311 304 309 924 +60 10 East Tennessee St. 308 310 314 932 +68 11 Kennesaw St. Univ.  317 317 302 936 +72 12 University at Albany 321 325 333 979 +115

1    Anna Davis  Auburn 73  69  69  211  -5  T2    Isabella McCauley *  Minnesota 77  72  65  214  -2  T2    Louise Rydqvist  South Carolina 69  74  71  214  -2  T2    Megan Schofill  Auburn 69  73  72  214  -2  T5    Kayla Smith  North Carolina 72  72  71  215  -1  T5    Moa Svedenskiold  Houston 72  69  74  215  -1

We've settled somewhat now have a one stroke lead over Oregon. That front nine has already caused Oregon some problems