FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas women's golf will be the No. 1 seed in the Columbus Regional in next month's NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships. The Razorbacks earned their first top-seed since 2018 and their 23rd regional appearance in program history.
The Hogs rank atop a field of 12 teams that will play at The Ohio State University Golf Club - Scarlet Course from May 5-7. The top 5 teams from the six regionals will advance to the NCAA Championship held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California from May 16-21. Other regional sites include Norman, Oklahoma; Lexington, Kentucky; Charlottesville, Virginia; Gold Canyon, Arizona and Lubbock, Texas.
Arkansas won the Las Vegas Regional last year and finished even par to beat Purdue by four strokes. At the NCAA Championships, the Razorbacks earned a 10th place finish and then-freshman Maria José Marin finished T4 at 5-under. The Hogs will look to advance to their 13th NCAA Championship following the regional round.
The team is coming off one of its best regular seasons in program history and spent some time as the top-ranked team in the NCAA in both the fall and spring. Arkansas has four tournament wins: The Blessings Collegiate Invitational, Dale McNamara Invitational, Jackson T. Stephens Cup (match play) and the Puerto Rico Classic. The Razorbacks finished their run at the SEC Championship in the match play semifinals after taking down No. 6 Texas, 3-2, in the quarterfinals.
10 other SEC programs join Arkansas in the field: South Carolina, Ole Miss, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.