May 12, 2016

EUGENE, Ore. – Golf Channel is set to broadcast four rounds of the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, the organization announced ahead of the six-day event that gets underway on Fri., May 20 at Eugene Country Club in Oregon. The Florida-based company will provide over 50 hours of news and tournament coverage, including 25 hours of live tournament footage as well as expanded online coverage via Golf Channel Digital.

Day one of live coverage begins in the final round of stroke play at the women’s championship on Mon., May 23 when the field gets cut to eight teams and the individual national champion is determined. Match play quarterfinal and semifinal action on Tues., May 24 will also be aired on Golf Channel before the company wraps up coverage with the finals on Wed., May 25. Below is the full schedule of Golf Channel’s live coverage of the tournament.

Monday, May 23 – Final Round, Individual Stroke Play (7-10 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, May 24 – Quarterfinals, Match Play (1:30-3:30 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, May 24 – Semifinals, Match Play (6:30-10 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, May 25 – Finals, Match Play (6-10 p.m. ET)

The No. 18 Gamecocks earned a spot in the 24-team championship field following their second-straight victory at an NCAA Regional this past weekend. South Carolina, which needed to finish in the top six in its regional to advance to the NCAA Championship, claimed a share of the Baton Rouge Regional with a three-day total of 857 (-7). Junior standout Katelyn Dambaugh earned her first career medalist honors at the 54-hole event, matching the program-record with a 207 (-9).

South Carolina is one of just five schools to reach the NCAA Championship in each of the last seven seasons, and this spring marks its 16^th overall appearance at the event. The Gamecocks finished 17^th at the 2015 NCAA Championship, and their best showing at the tournament came in 2012 when they placed fifth. The 24-team field at the 2016 NCAA Championship will be cut to 15 schools following three rounds of stroke play. A fourth stroke-play round will narrow the field to eight teams that will compete in match play before a champion is determined after three more rounds. A full list of the 24 participants can be found on the NCAA Women’s Golf Webpage.