WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Women's Golf learned its postseason destination Wednesday (April 29), watching the selection show for the 2026 NCAA Women's Golf Championships on Golf Channel. Earning their 11th straight regional berth in the fourth season under head coach Zack Byrd, the Boilermakers are headed to the Tallahassee Regional at Seminole Legacy Golf Club (May 11-13).
Purdue is the No. 7 seed for the regional tournament, which consists of 54 holes of stroke play. The top five teams and the top individual (not on an advancing team) will advance from the regional site to the NCAA Championships, which will be held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California (May 22-27). The Boilermakers have outperformed their seeding each of the past two seasons to advance to the national stage.
The Boilermakers earned an NCAA Regional berth for the 28th time out of the 29 renditions of the NCAA Championships. Purdue advanced to the championships stage 20 of those times, including three of the past four seasons. Last year, the Boilermakers entered the NCAA Lubbock Regional as the seventh seed before beating No. 19 Texas A&M (fourth seed) in a 5-on-5 playoff to secure a trip to the national championships.
In 2010, Purdue captured the national championship with the second-lowest four-round team score in NCAA Championships history.
The Boilermakers earned a trip to the postseason after a strong 2025-26 campaign that features the Old Gold and Black playing their best golf at the right time. Purdue has finished in the Top 3 in each of the last three tournaments, starting with a title defense at the Coach Mo Classic. Winning the event for the second straight year marked the sixth victory under Byrd and assistant coach Lauren Guiao, the most in a four-year span since winning 10 from 2011-14. Purdue followed up the win with a runner-up performance at the Boilermaker Spring Classic before finishing third at the Big Ten Championships. The third-place showing was the Boilermakers’ best finish at the conference tournament since 2019.
NCAA Tallahassee Regional
1. #3 Florida
2. #9 Wake Forest
3. #15 UCLA
4. #25 Florida State
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Kentucky
7. Purdue
8. Clemson
9. ULM
10. North Florida
11. Little Rock
12. UTRGV
