Big South Announces Seedings for 2024 Women's Golf Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) –- High Point University has earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Big South Women’s Golf Championship, which will be hosted at the Ocean Creek Golf Course on Fripp Island, S.C., beginning Sunday. The Panthers receive the No. 1 seed based on its current Clippd national ranking of 101, the highest among the nine Big South women’s golf programs.
Charleston Southern is ranked No. 120 in the nation by Clippd and receives the No. 2 seed, ahead of three-seeded
USC Upstate’s ranking of 146.
UNC Asheville earns the No. 4 seed with its national ranking of 158.
Radford, ranked No. 172, will be the No. 5 seed in the championship, with
Longwood (195) receiving the No. 6 seed.
Winthrop receives the No. 7 seed (No. 210), ahead of
Gardner-Webb (No. 8 – 228) and
Presbyterian College (No. 9 – 242).
The Big South Women’s Golf Championship will be held at the Ocean Creek Golf Course as part of the Fripp Island Golf and Beach Resort for the first time, and will utilize a par 72, 6,004-yard layout to determine this year’s champion. The 2024 Big South Women’s Golf Championship begins Sunday, April 14 with a morning practice round followed by the first round of competition in the afternoon. A three-day, 54-hole stroke play event will be held April 14-16, followed by a Semifinal/Final Match Play round on Wednesday, April 17 featuring the top four team finishers from stroke play. Championship action can be followed online via
Golfstat’s Live Scoring platform. The 2024 champion from Match Play will receive the Big South’s automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals. The Conference Championship schedule is as follows, and is subject to change due to weather:
Sun., April 14
8:00am - Practice Round (Shotgun)
1:30pm - First Round (Shotgun)
#1 High Point, #2 Charleston Southern, #3 USC Upstate (Holes 1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
#4 UNC Asheville, #5 Radford, #6 Longwood (Holes 8-12)
#7 Winthrop, #8 Gardner-Webb, #9 Presbyterian (Holes 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
Mon., April 15
Second Round (based on 18-hole scores) – Hole 1
8:00-8:36am - 7th, 8th, 9th-place teams
8:54-9:30am - 4th, 5th, 6th-place teams
9:48-10:24am - 1st, 2nd, 3rd-place teams
Tues., April 16
Final Round (based on 36-hole scores) – Hole 1
8:00-8:36am - 7th, 8th, 9th-place teams
8:54-9:30am - 4th, 5th, 6th-place teams
9:48-10:24am - 1st, 2nd, 3rd-place teams
Wed., April 17
Match Play – Semifinals
8:00am - No. 1 vs. No. 4 (Hole 1)
8:05am - No. 2 vs. No. 3 (Hole 10)
Match Play – Finals
1:30pm - 1/4 Winner vs. 2/3 Winner
Meanwhile, the Big South Conference will present its 2024 All-Conference Team, All-Freshman Team, All-Academic Team, All-Championship Team and the annual award winners on Tuesday, April 16 following the 54-hole stroke event at the post-Championship awards ceremony.
The team and runner-up trophies will be presented at the conclusion of Wednesday’s Match Play competition.