BATON ROUGE, La. – The Purdue women's golf team saw its season come to an abrupt end after the NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge was canceled after three restless days. Heavy rains, thunderstorms and lightning led to unplayable conditions at LSU's University Club and not a single drive, fairway shot or putt to be made by the 18 teams and six individuals scheduled to compete in the planned 54-hole event.
"The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee regrets that the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships regional in Baton Rouge could not be conducted as scheduled this week. The University Club has taken on over seven inches of rain in the past several days," the NCAA's Rick Nixon said in a statement. "The Division I Women's Golf Committee, NCAA staff and the Games Committee in Baton Rouge have been in constant communication throughout the past several days about the course conditions that have led to this unprecedented and most difficult decision."
"Committee policy states that since play could not take place Wednesday, advancement will be determined by the original seeding of teams used for selection to the 2021 championship, with the top six teams and top three individuals, not on an advancing team, going to the national championships," Nixon added.
The six top seeded schools advancing to the NCAA Championship from Baton Rouge are LSU, Mississippi, Baylor, Oregon, Maryland and Alabama, while the top three individuals are Karen Fredgaard (Houston); Nataliya Guseva, (Miami (Florida) and Hanna Alberto (Sam Houston).
"The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee regrets that the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships regional in Baton Rouge could not be conducted as scheduled this week. The University Club has taken on over seven inches of rain in the past several days," the NCAA's Rick Nixon said in a statement. "The Division I Women's Golf Committee, NCAA staff and the Games Committee in Baton Rouge have been in constant communication throughout the past several days about the course conditions that have led to this unprecedented and most difficult decision."
"Committee policy states that since play could not take place Wednesday, advancement will be determined by the original seeding of teams used for selection to the 2021 championship, with the top six teams and top three individuals, not on an advancing team, going to the national championships," Nixon added.
The six top seeded schools advancing to the NCAA Championship from Baton Rouge are LSU, Mississippi, Baylor, Oregon, Maryland and Alabama, while the top three individuals are Karen Fredgaard (Houston); Nataliya Guseva, (Miami (Florida) and Hanna Alberto (Sam Houston).