University of Houston Athletics
Harm Opens at NCAA Championships
5/17/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
| NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
|---|---|
| Live Scoring | Golfstat |
| Lineup | Leonie Harm |
| Time | Friday, May 18 • 18 holes Saturday, May 19 • 18 holes Sunday, May 20 • 18 holes Monday, May 21 • 18 holes |
| Location | Karsten Creek Golf Club Stillwater, Okla. 6,328 yards • Par 72 |
| Season Stats | Season Statistics |
| Social Media |    |
STILLWATER, Okla. â€" For the second time in her award-winning career, University of Houston junior Leonie Harm will compete at the NCAA Championships when she tees off Friday afternoon at Karsten Creek Golf Club.
Harm, the 2018 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, earned her place in the nation's premier collegiate event with a record-setting performance in the NCAA Austin Regional Final Round on May 9.
The Gerlingen, Germany, native drained six birdies with an eagle during the final 18 holes on the way to a school-record 65 to move into a three-woman playoff for the final two individual spots out of the Austin Regional.
After nearly two extra hours of play, Harm clinched her place with a par on the seventh playoff hole.
Harm, who stands at No. 32 in the latest Golfstat individual rankings, leads the Cougars in 2017-18 with a 72.71 scoring average and 16 rounds of par or better. She has earned Top-7 finishes in each of her last four tournaments, including a second-place showing at the LSU Tiger Classic on March 23-25.
Harm first competed at the NCAA Championships in 2016. Qualifying out of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional after tying for seventh, she became the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships and tied for 81st with a score of 224.
She is the Cougars' career leader in stroke average at 73.04 and holds the school single-season record with a 72.70 mark in 2016-17. Harm became only the second student-athlete in program history to compete in 3+ NCAA Regionals during her career.
In addition to her work on the course, Harm is a two-time member of the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and was a 2016-17 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar. A biochemistry major, she is poised to collect both honors again for the 2017-18 season in the near future.
All teams and individuals will compete in 54 holes of stroke play, beginning Friday through Sunday.
From there, the Top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will compete in the final 18 holes of stroke play on Monday to determine the NCAA individual national champion and the Top-8 teams that will advance to match play.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the NCAA Championships by visiting Golfstat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.
PAIRINGS
For the First and Second Rounds, Harm will compete in a group with Texas A&M's Maddie Szeryk and Georgia's Jillian Hollis.
That group will start the First Round off No. 10 at 1:10 p.m., Friday, and begin the Second Round at 8:25 a.m., Saturday, off No. 1
Harm's tee time for Sunday's Third Round will be based on her place in the individual standings through 36 holes.
UP NEXT
All teams and individuals will compete in 54 holes of stroke play, beginning Friday through Sunday.
From there, the Top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will compete in the final 18 holes of stroke play on Monday to determine the NCAA individual national champion and the Top-8 teams that will advance to match play.
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