DEMOREST, Ga. – Piedmont’s own Erin Donovan is set to begin the NCAA DIII Women’s Golf Tournament on Tuesday, May 21, in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
The event will be held at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and will be played on the Keene Run course.
This marks the first women’s golfer in Piedmont program history to earn a bid to the National Tournament.
The championship field consists of 29 teams and six individuals, with 24 conferences granted automatic qualification to the tournament (Pool A). Five more teams will be granted at-large bids, two in Pool B (independent institutions/institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification) and three in Pool C (institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champion and the remaining teams in Pool B).
Donovan is set to tee off at 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday at hole 1.
THE DETAILS:
Where: Nicholasville, Kentucky
The Course: Keene Trace Golf Club (Keene Run: Par 72 – 5795 yards)
When: Tuesday, May 21 – Friday, May 24
Format: 72 holes (18 each day)
Live Scoring: Follow
LAST TIME OUT:
After being named USA South Player of the Year, Donovan cemented her status as the conference’s top golfer by winning the USA South Conference Tournament going away, firing a final round 69 to win by seven strokes.
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OF NOTE:
The sophomore from Southaven, Mississippi narrowly missed out on selection to the national tournament a season ago after a dynamic freshman campaign. However, as a sophomore, she continued her ascent, picking up four wins in the nine events she competed in.
