Friday, May 21
Grayhawk Golf Club – Scottsdale, Ariz.
University of Houston
vs
NCAA Championships
Fredgaard Ready to Tee Off at NCAA Championships
5/20/2021 12:29:00 PM | Women's Golf
Sophomore tees off at 2:25 p.m., (CDT) Friday in First Round at Grayhawk Golf Club
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – University of Houston sophomore Karen Fredgaard will compete in the NCAA Championships for the first time during her award-winning collegiate career when she tees off Friday afternoon at Grayhawk Golf Club.
Fredgaard earned her inaugural trip to the NCAA Championships as one of the nation's Top-10 players. Although the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional was canceled without a shot being played due to unplayable conditions from wet weather last week, Fredgaard's No. 7 ranking made her one of three student-athletes not from a qualifying team to advance to the nation's top collegiate tournament.
Fredgaard and the field will play 54 holes of stroke play with 18 holes each day, starting Friday. Following 54 holes, the Top-15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play Monday to determine the individual national champion.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the NCAA Championships by clicking here.
ABOUT KAREN FREDGAARD
This season, Fredgaard has emerged as one of the nation's and the world's leading amateur players. The sophomore leads the Cougars with a 70.27 scoring average and 12 rounds of par or better, including seven in the 60s, and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
She enters the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 player in the latest Golfstat national rankings and at No. 8 in the recent Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
Competing in five tournaments during the spring season, she has finished among the Top-10 in each event with four Top-Five showings.
Earlier this month, she was selected to compete for Team International during the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup in June.
Fredgaard captured the individual title at the UCF Challenge to open the season on Jan. 31-Feb. 2 for the first championship of her collegiate career and tied for third at the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club on March 31-April 3.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Fredgaard will be the second Cougar student-athlete to make the program's third individual appearance at the NCAA Championships.
All-American and two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Leonie Harm was the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships.
The Gerlingen, Germany, native became the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships after finishing seventh at the 2016 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Two years later, she posted a Final-Round 65 and battled through seven-hole playoff to emerge from the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional with an 11th-place finish.
THE FIELD
Schools competing as teams at the 2021 NCAA Championships are South Carolina, Duke, LSU, Wake Forest, Mississippi, Stanford, Oklahoma State, USC, Florida State, Arizona State, Georgia, Baylor, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Kent State, Texas, Maryland, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky and Michigan State.
Fredgaard's fellow individual student-athletes are Nataliya Guseva (Miami (Fla.)), Hanna Alberto (Sam Houston State), Louise Yu (Vanderbilt), Beth Lillie (Virginia), Celina Sattelkau (Vanderbilt), Mikayla Bardwell (Tennessee), Lauren Hartlage (Louisville), Christin Eisenbeiss (North Florida), Kaisa Arwefiall (San Jose State), Brigitte Thibault (Fresno State) and Anna Zanusso (Denver).
PAIRINGS
For Friday's First Round, Fredgaard will begin her day off No. 10 at 2:25 p.m. (CDT). She will be joined in her group by Sattelkau and Guseva.
Complete First-Round pairings when finalized can be found by clicking here.
JOIN the P.A.R. 4 CLUB
Fans are invited to join The P.A.R. 4 Club to support Houston Women's Golf. P.A.R. 4 Club members provide financial support directly to Houston Women's Golf for needs beyond the program's operating budget.
Fans who join the P.A.R. 4 Club can begin receiving benefits for as little as $100 annually.
To join the P.A.R. 4 Club, fans can email gchadwel@central.uh.edu. For more information about the P.A.R. 4 Club, levels of giving and benefits, fans can click here.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarWGolf on Twitter and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarWGolf or on the team's Instagram page at UHCougarWGolf.
Fredgaard earned her inaugural trip to the NCAA Championships as one of the nation's Top-10 players. Although the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional was canceled without a shot being played due to unplayable conditions from wet weather last week, Fredgaard's No. 7 ranking made her one of three student-athletes not from a qualifying team to advance to the nation's top collegiate tournament.
Fredgaard and the field will play 54 holes of stroke play with 18 holes each day, starting Friday. Following 54 holes, the Top-15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play Monday to determine the individual national champion.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the NCAA Championships by clicking here.
ABOUT KAREN FREDGAARD
This season, Fredgaard has emerged as one of the nation's and the world's leading amateur players. The sophomore leads the Cougars with a 70.27 scoring average and 12 rounds of par or better, including seven in the 60s, and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
She enters the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 player in the latest Golfstat national rankings and at No. 8 in the recent Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
Competing in five tournaments during the spring season, she has finished among the Top-10 in each event with four Top-Five showings.
Earlier this month, she was selected to compete for Team International during the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup in June.
Fredgaard captured the individual title at the UCF Challenge to open the season on Jan. 31-Feb. 2 for the first championship of her collegiate career and tied for third at the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur at Augusta National Golf Club on March 31-April 3.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Fredgaard will be the second Cougar student-athlete to make the program's third individual appearance at the NCAA Championships.
All-American and two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Leonie Harm was the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships.
The Gerlingen, Germany, native became the first Cougar to compete at the NCAA Championships after finishing seventh at the 2016 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Two years later, she posted a Final-Round 65 and battled through seven-hole playoff to emerge from the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional with an 11th-place finish.
THE FIELD
Schools competing as teams at the 2021 NCAA Championships are South Carolina, Duke, LSU, Wake Forest, Mississippi, Stanford, Oklahoma State, USC, Florida State, Arizona State, Georgia, Baylor, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Kent State, Texas, Maryland, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky and Michigan State.
Fredgaard's fellow individual student-athletes are Nataliya Guseva (Miami (Fla.)), Hanna Alberto (Sam Houston State), Louise Yu (Vanderbilt), Beth Lillie (Virginia), Celina Sattelkau (Vanderbilt), Mikayla Bardwell (Tennessee), Lauren Hartlage (Louisville), Christin Eisenbeiss (North Florida), Kaisa Arwefiall (San Jose State), Brigitte Thibault (Fresno State) and Anna Zanusso (Denver).
PAIRINGS
For Friday's First Round, Fredgaard will begin her day off No. 10 at 2:25 p.m. (CDT). She will be joined in her group by Sattelkau and Guseva.
Complete First-Round pairings when finalized can be found by clicking here.
JOIN the P.A.R. 4 CLUB
Fans are invited to join The P.A.R. 4 Club to support Houston Women's Golf. P.A.R. 4 Club members provide financial support directly to Houston Women's Golf for needs beyond the program's operating budget.
Fans who join the P.A.R. 4 Club can begin receiving benefits for as little as $100 annually.
To join the P.A.R. 4 Club, fans can email gchadwel@central.uh.edu. For more information about the P.A.R. 4 Club, levels of giving and benefits, fans can click here.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarWGolf on Twitter and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarWGolf or on the team's Instagram page at UHCougarWGolf.
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