April 15, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. –
The South Carolina women’s golf team enters the postseason at the No. 2 spot in the Golfstat Relative Rankings and are No. 5 in this week’s Golfweek/Sagarin Rating.

South Carolina has finished in the top five in 15 straight regular season stroke play events, a streak that dates back to October 2013. Last weekend, the Gamecocks tied for fourth at the PING/ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz. The event featured the top five teams in the nation and 15 of the nation’s top 25 individuals. After eight regular-season events, the South Carolina lineup holds the program’s best-ever team season scoring average by nearly a stroke at 291.18.

Playing another rigorous schedule, the sixth toughest in the nation according to Golfstat, the Gamecocks have produced a 42-12-2 record against the top 25. Only South Carolina and top-ranked Southern California have a winning record of 70 percent or better when facing teams in the top 25. The Gamecocks hold a winning percentage of 76.7 percent while the Trojans are at 70.3 percent.

The Gamecocks travel to Birmingham, Ala., for the 2015 SEC Championships this weekend. Play starts on Friday morning at the Greystone Golf and Country Club.

Golfstat Relative Rankings – April 15, 2015
1. Southern Cal
2. South Carolina
3. UCLA
4. LSU
5. Duke
6. Arizona
7. Washington
8. Mississippi State
9. Arkansas
10. Oklahoma State
11. Virginia
12. Wake Forest
13. Texas A&M
14. Tennessee
15. Northwestern
16. Stanford
17. Vanderbilt
18. Arizona State
19. Florida
20. UNLV
21. Pepperdine
22. UC Davis
23. UCF
24. Tulane
25. Baylor

Golfweek/Sagarin – April 13, 2015
1. Washington
2. Southern Cal
3. UCLA
4. Duke
5. South Carolina
6. LSU
7. Arizona
8. Arkansas
9. Mississippi State
10. Oklahoma State
11. Northwestern
12. Wake Forest
13. Tennessee
14. Arizona State
15. Virginia
16. Texas A&M
17. Stanford
18. Vanderbilt
19. UNLV
20. Baylor
21. Florida
22. Pepperdine
23. San Diego State
24. Tulane
25. Miami