Clemson, SC ACC Champion Clemson was selected for the Pullman Washington Regional of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship on Wednesday afternoon. Coach Kelley Hester’s team will be one of 12 teams in the field. The top five teams after 54 holes of stroke play will advance to the National Championship Tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona, May 19-24.The Pullman Regional will be held at Palouse Ridge Golf Club, the home course for the Washington State University program. This will be Clemson’s first appearance at this course, but the second time Clemson has played in an NCAA Regional in the state of Washington. In 2014, Clemson’s first year of competition, Clemson played in the NCAA Regional at Tumble Creek Golf Club in Suncadia, Washington.The Palouse Ridge Golf Club will play host to a women’s regional for the first time. It played host to a men’s NCAA Regional in 2013. The course opened on August 29, 2008. The facility is 2600 feet above sea level.This will be Cl
Greensboro, N.C. – Freshman Isabella Rawl clinched the win with a tie on 18 and the Clemson Tigers defeated Virginia, 3-1-1, to win the program’s first-ever ACC Championship. The Tigers used victories from Melena Barrientos, Chloe Holder, and Rawl to win the trophy. Barrientos earned the Tigers’ first win of the day, 3&2, over Virginia’s Celeste Valinho. A win at 13 gave her a three-shot lead, then the two played even, before Barrientos’ birdie on 16 gave her the match win. Holder gave the Tigers their second win, 4&3, over Rebecca Skoler. The Anderson, S.C., native won four-straight holes to close out the front nine and take a five-shot lead. Virginia used back-to-back wins to cut the lead to three, but Holder’s putt on 15 gave her the match win. Rawl was able to clinch the championship for the Tigers, finishing one up on Megan Propeck. Rawl was up three with three to play, but Propeck put pressure on the freshman winning 16 and 17 and putting Rawl just one up with
Greensboro, N.C. – Behind a fourth-place finish by Annabelle Pancake, Clemson women’s golf has advanced to the match play portion of the 2023 ACC Championship, finishing third as a team following 54 holes of stroke play. This marks the first time since the ACC adopted a new tournament format that the Tigers have advanced to the match play portion. Pancake became the highest individual finisher in an ACC Championship in school history, carding a three-under-69 in the third round to finish the stroke play portion at -7. Her three-round score is also Clemson’s record for lowest total score at an ACC Championship and best score vs par. Savannah Grewal finished 10th after carding a 68 in the final round, tying the Clemson record for low round in an ACC Championship (Alice Hewson, 2018, Grandover). Grewal recorded an eagle at 18, giving her the Clemson career record for eagles with seven. Melena Barrientos finished 11th (+1), while Isabella Rawl finished her first ACC Championship
Greensboro, N.C. – Clemson won three matches and defeated Duke 3-1-1 to win the semifinal match and advance to Sunday’s championship. Annabelle Pancake, Chloe Holder and Isabella Rawl each won their individual match to give the Tigers the victory.Rawl earned the Tigers’ first win over the day, 5&4, over Megan Furtney. Rawl’s back-to-back wins on holes 6 and 7 put her in front early, before wins on 12, 13 and 14 sealed the victory. Holder led from the first tee and used back-to-back wins on 12 and 13 to seal the win without ever tying or trailing. Pancake secured the victory for the Tigers, using wins on 14 and 16 to take a two shot lead. Duke conceded the hole on 17, giving Pancake the 3&1 win and the Tigers the 3-1-1 victory.Savannah Grewal tied her match, playing 19 holes of even golf against Duke’s Anne Chen. Grewal earned a victory on 17 to extend her match and the two were still tied when the match was clinched.Virginia rallied to defeat Wake Forest, 3-2, so the
Greensboro, N.C. – Following 36 holes of golf on Thursday, Clemson sits in third (-8, 568) at the ACC Championship, held at the 6,092, par-72 Sedgefield Country Club. The Tigers are just two shots out of second and are solidly in contention for one of the top four team spots that make it to the match play portion of the weekend.The Tigers finished at -3 in the first round (285), with Annabelle Pancake, Melena Barrientos and Savannah Grewal all carding a -2 (70), marking the first time in school history Clemson has had three players score under par in the same ACC Championship round. The trio combined for 13 first-round birdies to put the Tigers in second, two shots behind round one leader Duke.In the second round, freshman Isabella Rawl carded a team-best 69, including two eagles on the back nine to finish the round at -3. Pancake carded another 70 to put her in a tie for third overall at -4. Barrientos finished the day at -2 to sit in a tie for ninth, while Rawl is tied for 13th at